OFF-CAMPUS LESSONS: Debate Over LifeWise Bible Classes Deepens Across Southern Indiana
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 24, 2025 NEW ALBANY, Ind. — LifeWise Academy’s rapid expansion of weekday Bible classes for public school students is drawing both warm praise and sharp criticism in Floyd County and across Indiana. The Ohio-based nonprofit provi “...”
Votebeat story: How do we build public trust in elections?
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Hayley Harding Votebeat September 22, 2025 Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administratio “...”
LOCAL CONTROL SOUGHT: Jeffersonville crowd mostly skeptical about moving elections, voting centers
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 22, 2025 JEFFERSONVILLE – At the Indiana Secretary of State’s election study meeting in Jeffersonville on Friday, the politically diverse crowd of private citizens, county clerks and local elected officials were all in agreeme “...”
IPB News: How do lawmakers redraw legislative districts to benefit one political party?
This story was originally published by IPB News. By Brandon Smith IPB News September 19, 2025 As it becomes increasingly likely Indiana Republican lawmakers will make a new congressional district map, several listeners have asked how one party redraws districts to benefit them “...”
CONSTITUTION DAY: Greenhouse lecture at Purdue, judges in classrooms mark celebration
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2025 To mark the 238th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, Linda Greenhouse, an awarding-winning journalist, visited Purdue University and delivered a warning about the American system of government. “You do “...”
VOCAL OPPOSITION: Hundreds protest at Statehouse against redistricting
By Colleen Steffen and Sydney Byerly September 18, 2025 Pete Buttigieg spoke before a thunderous crowd in the Indiana Statehouse Thursday afternoon, calling on state Republicans to resist pressure from the Trump administration for mid-decade redistricting. “They want the outcom “...”
Chalkbeat story: After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, new scrutiny on what teachers can — and should — say
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Erica Meltzer Chalkbeat September 17, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. America’s teachers hav “...”
INDIANA’S LESSONS: Former ambassador Donnelly talks faith, Hoosier values at Red Mass
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 17, 2025 When Joe Donnelly and his wife, Jill, moved into the ambassador’s residence in Vatican City in 2022, they made the place a home by decorating it with artwork by Indiana artists and, paying homage to their beloved alma m “...”
‘NO APPLICATION’: Indiana school board’s use of new sex ed law to pull books baffles its advocates and opponents
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 17, 2025 Hoosiers on both sides of Indiana’s newest sex education statute — and even the Republican state senator who wrote the law — say they are puzzled that a school board in northeastern Indiana is using it to justify remov “...”
ICC story: Indiana governor floats November special session on redistricting
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle September 16, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun suggested Monday that Indiana lawmakers could return for a special session in November to redraw congressional boundaries — his clearest signal yet in support of mid-cycle redistricting. Speaking on For “...”