The 16 annual reports show Gov. Mike Braun with the highest total, $28,014, followed by Secretary of State Diego Morales at $26,563 and Energy and Natural Resources Secretary Suzanne Jaworowski at $25,046. The totals are not directly comparable: officials used different methods to report expenses, and some filings omit costs or identify travel paid for by outside groups without giving the amount.

State law requires officials to report the purpose and location of official travel, expenses and the state fund used to pay for each trip. The reporting requirement followed scrutiny of Morales’ international travel and who covered its costs. The State Budget Agency publishes the reports, whose level of detail varies from specific meeting descriptions to general references to official business.

Braun’s listed expenses largely involved travel within Indiana for meetings, speaking engagements and other events. His report also included a February trip to Washington described as event-related and not paid for with taxpayer money. His office said it was for a Republican Governors Association meeting and was paid through his campaign fund. Other travel expenses were charged to an Indiana State Police fund.

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith reported $16,355 after reimbursements, including about $13,500 for in-state travel. A December trip to Washington for the White House Christmas reception included $1,237.76 in airfare and hotel costs. Beckwith also reported three other Washington-area visits and a trip to Sarasota, Florida; some costs for events hosted by the National Lieutenant Governors Association were reimbursed.

Jaworowski’s reported costs made up about 62% of the $40,460 listed by the seven cabinet secretaries. Her largest expense was $8,283.97 for a 12-day trip to Seoul and Busan, South Korea, for a nuclear energy conference and economic development meetings. She also reported $2,167.41 for a New York visit to discuss development opportunities with a South Korean construction company, which the filing did not identify.

Education Secretary Katie Jenner reported $5,815.78 and 83 event entries, more than any other cabinet secretary. Her listed destinations included Washington, Denver, New Orleans and Zurich, where she took part in an exchange about Switzerland’s apprenticeship system. The report lists $70 in state expenses for the Zurich visit and says outside organizations paid some or all of the costs for that and other trips, without specifying how much.

Attorney General Todd Rokita reported $5,694.54, including about $5,400 for 10 out-of-state trips. His filing listed seven trips to Washington, including visits for Supreme Court arguments in transgender sports cases and events involving Medicaid fraud and federal health policy. Many in-state entries named broad regions rather than specific destinations and listed their purpose as official business.

Morales’ five out-of-state trips accounted for about $8,000 in reported expenses, including conferences and meetings in Washington, Biloxi, Phoenix and Providence. Monthly fleet charges of $18,329.49 made up about 69% of his total. Treasurer Daniel Elliott reported $6,987.11, including about $5,000 in monthly gas-card charges. His report listed $458.59 in expenses for a weeklong Israel delegation trip, but did not establish the trip’s full cost.

The other cabinet secretaries reported totals ranging from $456.72 for Health and Family Services Secretary Gloria Sachdev to $6,952.91 for Transportation and Infrastructure Secretary Matt Ubelhor. Management and Budget Secretary Lisa Hershman listed 37 trips but no numeric expenses; Business Affairs Secretary Mike Speedy likewise reported trips without itemized costs.

The differences matter when the public tries to assess how official travel is funded. Some reports group fuel charges by month, some assign expenses to individual days, and some record a trip without stating its cost or the amount covered by a sponsor. The filings therefore provide a view of reported spending, but not a complete, uniform accounting of every trip’s total cost.