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 “...”
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 “...”
‘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 “...”
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 “...”
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 “...”
‘GIVES US HOPE’: Faith groups see opening as they deliver appeal to Gov. Braun to end executions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 After months of getting brushed off by state agencies, members of an interfaith coalition seeking an end to the death penalty in Indiana got an encouraging response from Gov. Mike Braun’s office this week. Indianapolis F “...”
‘IS SOMEONE LYING?’: Gov. Braun calls Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s claims about redistricting fallout for federal funding ‘fake news’
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun is at odds with Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith over how President Donald Trump’s administration will respond to Indiana’s failure to approve new congressional maps, with Braun forcefully rejecting Beckwith’s cl “...”
NOMINATING CHANGE: Beckwith says lieutenant governor selection bill would undercut parties’ grassroots power
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says a bill aimed at changing how Indiana’s candidates for lieutenant governor are selected – eliminating the role of party conventions, where he defeated Gov. Mike Braun’s hand-picked candidate “...”
Chalkbeat story: Indianapolis Public Schools to change immigration-related policies after Todd Rokita’s ICE lawsuit
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Amelia Pak-Harvey Chalkbeat December 15, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township dis “...”
GRIEF AND HOPE: Leaders and community members gather to remember Sandy Hook
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Describing what students are having to learn in the classroom at a time when school shootings happen too often, Holden Pasley said what most in the small crowd were probably thinking – “This is not normal.” The lanky “...”