CAPITAL B GARY: Volunteers are preparing to monitor polls and assist voters
By Calvin Davis Capital B Gary September 24, 2026 Julia Vaughn has been hearing a question from voters she says she’s never been asked in previous cycles: “Do I need a passport to cast a ballot?” They don’t, the Common Cause Indiana executive director tells them. But the “...”
Krull Commentary: Rokita and Beckwith in black and white
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 25, 2026 Now we know. Neither Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith nor Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita likes the job he has. Each would prefer to be doing something else. Beckwith wants to be the worst coach in the WNBA. He made that “...”
MAGIC IN HER CLASSROOM: Indianapolis teacher wins national award for ‘messy, chaotic’ civics lessons
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 25, 2026 Watching her 10-year-old students craft legislation as part of a class exercise on how a bill becomes a law, Kaylea Dominguez, who had designated herself as “president,” began to get a feeling of unease, which undoubt “...”
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE: Secretary of state candidates spar over Indiana roots
By Tom Davies Indiana Capital Chronicle September 24, 2026 The birth of Beau Bayh and his twin brother was headline news across Indiana in 1995 as the first children born to a current governor and first lady in more than a century. That hasn’t inoculated Bayh from political att “...”
MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS: 2 Marion County judges face disciplinary charges after years of complaints
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 24, 2026 The judicial misconduct charges recently filed against two Marion County Superior Court judges – including one who is on the November ballot for retention – came after years of issues and concerns with caseload manage “...”
CHURCH AND STATE: Forum asks whether America has abandoned its ‘best idea’
By Greta Lapp Klassen The Indiana Citizen September 22, 2026 FORT WAYNE – Christian nationalism in the United States can be distilled down to a combination of three core beliefs, according to religious scholar and author Randall Balmer: “the United States was founded as C “...”
VIDEO OUTREACH: ReCenter Indiana starts campaign to get young adults to the polls
Staff Report The Indiana Citizen September 22, 2026 ReCenter Indiana is launching a six-week video ad campaign aimed at encouraging young adults to go to the polls and exercise their right to vote this November. The 30-second videos, directed at 18- to 24-year-olds in Marion, Ham “...”
WFYI PUBLIC MEDIA: ICE arrests 426 people across Indiana in 5-day operation
By Barb Anguiano and Caroline Beck WFYI Public Media September 17, 2026 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 426 individuals across Indiana during a five-day operation that began Aug. 30 to Sept. 3, which the agency called “Operation Safe Community — “...”
MIRROR INDY: Future of Black history program uncertain as Trotter exits Indiana Landmarks
By Peter Blanchard and Mirror Indy FPI News September 17, 2026 A leading figure in the movement to preserve Black history across Indiana is leaving her role at Indiana Landmarks. Eunice Trotter, director of the nonprofit’s Black Heritage Preservationist Program, is stepping dow “...”
Indiana’s DEI fight moves from Statehouse to classrooms as school board elections turn partisan
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 21, 2026 As Indiana prepares for its first school board elections in which candidates can identify their political party affiliation on the ballot, conservative elected officials and activists are increasingly focusing on individual “...”