TSF Story: Low vaccination rate driving measles outbreak in Texas
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 5, 2025 A high fever, sometimes spiking over 104 degrees, a dry cough, runny nose, watery red eyes and maybe even a rash— these are the symptoms that at least 146 Texans may b “...”
PNS Story: Hoosier Ed: Lumina targets 75% credential rate
This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Joe Ulery, anchor/producer Public News Service March 5, 2024 Indiana-based Lumina Foundation has set a goal of 75% of U.S. working-age adults having college degrees or valuable credentials by 2040. The initiative addr “...”
TSF Story: Divorce bill fails to attract suitors in the statehouse
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Caleb Crockett TheStatehouseFile.com March 4, 2025 If a married individual in Indiana wanted to get a divorce without any proof their spouse was cheating on or harming them, they could not legally separate until 19 “...”
BATTLE CRY: Lt. Gov. Beckwith tells Cass County Republicans they need to ‘use the rod’ to fight evil
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 4, 2025 LOGANSPORT – Framing politics as a battle between good and evil, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith urged members of the Cass County Republican Party to be shepherds who use the rod and go to “war when you’re called to stand up.” “...”
ICC story: Next leader will shape Indiana Democratic Party trajectory for the next four years
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle March 4, 2025 It happens like clockwork: nearly three-dozen party insiders convene to identify who will lead the Indiana Democratic Party every four years, shaping t “...”
CONSTITUTIONAL ‘THREATS’: Indiana political scientists join letter accusing Trump Administration of undermining democracy
By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen March 3, 2025 More than a thousand political scientists at colleges and universities across the United States and abroad have signed on to a letter accusing the Trump administration of causing “threats to the basic design of American g “...”
TSF story: Johnson County Imagination Library supporters respond to proposed state budget cuts
This story was published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Emma Dodds The Franklin February 28, 2025 FRANKLIN—According to the proposed Indiana House budget, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL) will no longer receive state funding. “If the budget cuts go through and things “...”
ELECTION BOARD TAKES ACTION: Voting incident in Marion County leads to referral to prosecutor alleging intimidation, other violations
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 28, 2025 The Marion County Election Board voted unanimously Wednesday to refer to the local prosecutor the case of the voter who became agitated, yelled profanities and took off his T-shirt, exposing two guns and a knife tucked int “...”
ICC story: Where do federal funding cuts leave Indiana?
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle February 28, 2025 The state of Indiana receives more than $20 billion from the federal government annually, or 44% of its budget, and is the third-most reliant stat “...”
PNS Story: Food insecurity worsens as Indiana slips in child well-being
This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Joe Ulery, anchor/producer Public News Service February 25, 2025 Indiana leaders are working to improve children’s lives, as the state’s national ranking for child well-being has slipped. The latest report “...”