ICC story: Advocates, experts fear increase in food insecurity following SNAP cuts
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle July 25, 2025 Low-income Hoosiers are about to get a whole lot hungrier. At least, that’s the concern of state advocates and national researchers focused on combat “...”
Chalkbeat Philadelphia: For Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, a renewed focus on civics instruction
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Dale Mezzacappa Chalkbeat July 23, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system. Martin Luther King H “...”
PASTOR AND POLITICIAN: Lt. Gov. Beckwith says there’s not much difference between his two full-time jobs
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen July 24, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has two full-time jobs – elected official and pastor – and two July events at the Noblesville church where he has preached for five years showcased how he is blurring the lines between those ro “...”
HOOSIER HOLLYWOOD: New state law offers transferable tax credits to spur movie making in Indiana, but economic claims may be overblown
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 24, 2025 Assembled on a soundstage at Huntington University last week, Gov. Mike Braun, legislators and community officials were optimistic about the potential for more soundstages, more cameras, more lights, more action coming to Indi “...”
ICC story: Open government group launching public access hotline, hopes to ease PAC workload
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle July 22, 2025 A new hotline aims to help Hoosiers with public meeting and records questions — and buy recently installed Public Access Counselor Jennifer Rub “...”
UNEXPECTED TERMINATIONS: Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s hiring of ‘congregants, friends, allies’ draws criticism from ousted OCRA staffers
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen July 21, 2025 As Micah Beckwith took office in January, the Republican lieutenant governor and his aides quickly remade a small state agency he oversees – removing long-time employees at the Office of Community and Rural Affairs to make room “...”
ROKITA’S REQUEST DENIED: Indiana Supreme Court won’t dismiss AG’s 2nd disciplinary case, but it does appoint 3-member panel to hear it
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 19, 2025 The Indiana Supreme Court has denied Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s motion to dismiss the second disciplinary complaint pending against him but has granted his request to appoint a three-judge panel to preside over t “...”
A FOOT IN THE DOOR? Advocates hope Gov. Braun may support creating a commission as he says housing is key to Indiana’s economic future
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 18, 2025 Just as a new report is highlighting that two-thirds of Indiana’s largest occupations are paying less than what workers need to cover rent, Gov. Mike Braun has indicated he sees housing as key to the state’s economic healt “...”
TSF Story: What commenters had to say about environmental management regulation changes
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com July 17, 2025 Earlier this month, Gov. Mike Braun’s office published an 18-page report by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) listing 10 regulations “...”
WFYI Story: WFYI braces for $1.5 million loss after Congress eliminates federal public media funding
This story was originally published by WFYI. By Eric Weddle WFYI July 18, 2025 WFYI is bracing for a major financial hit after Congress approved a Trump administration rescission bill late Thursday that eliminates previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broa “...”