TSF Story: Bipartisan bill gets a late word change and a heated debate in Senate committee
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 25, 2025 A bipartisan bill that passed unanimously in the House received a single word change that may have upended its original intent in Tuesday’s Senate Corrections and Cri “...”
‘A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST’: Doctors Bernard, Rouse win fight for preliminary injunction to block release of TPRs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 The terminated pregnancy reports filed with the Indiana Department of Health every time a physician performs an abortion in the state will remain exempt from public access after the Marion County Superior Court granted a prel “...”
PICKING A PARTY: Push to turn Indiana school board races into partisan elections gains momentum in Statehouse
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 Once again, the Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation to turn school board races into partisan contests, but, unlike in previous years, GOP lawmakers appear closer to advancing such a bill to the governor’s de “...”
Votebeat story: Trump orders an overhaul of how elections are run, inviting a likely legal challenge
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Jessica Huseman Votebeat March 25, 2025 Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration a “...”
Chalkbeat Indiana story: Education is a ‘state and local responsibility’ Indiana leaders say after U.S. Education order
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Aleksandra Appleton and MJ Slaby Chalkbeat Indiana March 21, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion “...”
ICC story: Rokita weighs in on federal education moves, Indiana immigration bill
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle By Niki Kelly Indiana Capital Chronicle March 24, 2025 Attorney General Todd Rokita met with reporters Friday to applaud President Donald Trump’s move to shutter the U.S. Department of Education. While in Co “...”
‘BUT YOU’RE NOT HERE’: Hoosiers voice concerns, frustrations at ‘empty chair’ town hall that Sen. Todd Young declined to attend
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 21, 2025 The young woman stepped up to the microphone at the town hall meeting and began reading from a small notebook in which she had written a handful of questions she wanted to ask Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Her inquir “...”
Capital B Gary story: EPA Rollbacks Mean More Pollution, Less Justice for Black Communities
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Adam Mahoney and Jenae Barnes Capital B March 21, 2025 For a quarter of a century, a Black neighborhood in Beaumont, Texas, where Chris Jones lives has been the subject of two federal civil rights investigations by the Env “...”
‘ANTI-IMMIGRANT ANIMUS’: St. Joseph County sheriff questions AG Rokita’s motives in his sanctuary city lawsuit
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 21, 2025 Claiming Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita appears to be playing on the “recent and alarming political popularity of anti-immigrant animus,” the St. Joseph County Police Department has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsu “...”
TSF story: Indiana passes a resolution that calls for congressional term limits
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Schyler Altherr TheStatehouseFile.com March 18, 2025 Indiana lawmakers Monday passed a resolution to call for a change in the United States Constitution. Supporters of the resolution are intending to add a constituti “...”