SIGNATURE IRREGULARITIES: Woman enters guilty plea in St. Joseph County election fraud case
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 29, 2025 A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to a single counterfeiting charge in St. Joseph County, Indiana, for allegedly forging signatures on a candidate petition form in 2024. Karina Escobar Perez, 27, entered the guilty plea t “...â€
LEADERSHIP CHANGE: Carrasco takes over as chair of senate judiciary committee
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 26, 2025 The powerful Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee got new leadership this week after Sen. Liz Brown, chair of the committee since January 2021, was replaced with Sen. Cyndi Carrasco, former state inspector general. In a stat “...â€
Stateline story: GOP could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds
By Jonathan Shorman Indiana Capital Chronicle December 24, 2025 Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds. The bulk of the gains would be concent “...â€
DIRECT APPEAL: Interfaith coalition meets with governor’s staff to discuss death penalty
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 22, 2025 One day after the year anniversary of Joseph Corcoran’s execution, Indianapolis First Friends Quaker Meeting and Shalom Zone were able to meet with Gov. Mike Braun’s staff to discuss ending capital punishment in Indian “...â€
Based in Lafayette story: Rokita has eyes on more Coles cash
This story was originally published by Based in Lafayette. By Dave Bangert Based in Lafayette December 20, 2025 Former Fairfield Township Trustee Taletha Coles, already on the hook for more than $40,000 in restitution tied to a guilty plea in 2023, faces even more in a lawsuit fi “...â€
Chalkbeat Story: How a fractured Indianapolis school system reached the verge of a huge power shakeup
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Amelia Pak-Harvey Chalkbeat December 19, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township “...â€
HELP FOR HOOSIER FAMILIES: Democrat, Republican leaders seek ways to curb rising costs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 19, 2025 Indiana legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle agreed affordability is a problem for many Hoosier households, but they disagreed on how to ease the strain on family finances and even how much state government shoul “...â€
‘HOPE IN ACTION’: Annual Giving Machine tradition highlights Hoosier generosity
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 19, 2025 CARMEL, Ind. — They may look like ordinary vending machines from the outside, but the Light the World Giving Machines, now a growing holiday tradition, open a window into how Hoosiers help one another. Operated by The Churc “...â€
Capital B Gary story: Why the Chicago Bears Are Looking Across State Lines for Their Next Stadium
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Javonte Anderson, Calvin Davis, Rayonna Burton-Jernigan and Derreka Rollins Capital B Gary December 18, 2025 The Chicago Bears said this week that they are expanding their search for a new stadium beyond Illinois, explicit “...â€
ICC story: Misconduct complaint against Rokita dismissed, but senator seeks to revive it
By Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle December 17, 2025 A state senator wants to keep pressing her professional misconduct complaint against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita after the commission that reviews such allegations decided not to take action in the case. Rokita†“...â€