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March 31 2025

Capital B Gary: Advocates Fight Medicaid Cuts in Indiana, Calling Them a Direct Threat to Health

This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Jenae Barnes Capital B Gary March 28, 2025 Pamela Johnson worries about what could happen to her grandson, Robin Johnson Singleton, if Medicaid is cut. Robin, who has Down syndrome, has been on Medicaid since birth. The ni “...”

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March 28 2025

TSF story: Critics say bill would make voting more difficult for disabled people and others

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com by Chloe White TheStatehouseFile.com March 28, 2025 House Bill 1680, written by Rep. Timothy Wesco, R-Osceola, would enact roughly 15 different provisions regarding elections in Indiana. On Monday, the Senate Elections “...”

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March 28 2025

‘MORE THAN JUST A MARKER’: Historical plaque in Municipal Gardens remembers slain Black man, helps ensure painful past is not forgotten

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 28, 2025 One hundred and three years after his body was found hung from a sapling along the banks of the White River, George Tompkins is finally getting his story written into the pages of history. Tompkins, a 19-year-old Black man li “...”

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March 28 2025

ICC story: Indiana SOS publicly posts about India trip after 10 days away

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle March 27, 2025 Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales, who went on an unannounced “economic development trip” in India and missed obligations back home, public “...”

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March 26 2025

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 “...”

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March 26 2025

‘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 “...”

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March 26 2025

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 “...”

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March 26 2025

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 “...”

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March 24 2025

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 “...”

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March 24 2025

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 “...”