Indianapolis-State Auditor Connie Nass will address the Huntingburg Kiwanis Club at noon on July 29, 2002 at Teen Outback. She will discuss Indiana state government's present financial condition and the impact that the new budget agreement will have on state revenues.

"A key factor in the loss of our $2 billion surplus has been State government spending which has more than doubled over the past ten years," stated Auditor Nass. "For every man, woman, and child, state government spending has increased nearly 30% above the rate of inflation since 1991."

Auditor Nass also will distribute the latest edition of her official publication, "A Report to Indiana Citizens on the State's Finances". The Report is available on the auditor's web site at www.state.in.us/auditor.

Connie Nass, a native of Huntingburg, Indiana, was elected Auditor of State in 1998. Her office is responsible for keeping the State's official financial records, paying the State's bills (including the wages of 40,000 state employees), and disbursing tax revenues to cities, towns, counties, and schools.