CHALKBEAT: The Lilly Endowment is pouring millions into Indy school buildings
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‘UNDER A MICROSCOPE’: AG Rokita reveals slew of disciplinary actions, nearly $500K attorney bill
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2026 In a lawsuit filed against members of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita details multiple disciplinary grievances that prompted investigations into his actions while he ha “...”
MARATHON HEARING: Anger over August power outages erupts during legislative committee meeting
By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com September 30, 2026 Lawmakers sat through a six-hour committee meeting on Wednesday, grappling with understanding what happened on Aug. 11, when Hoosiers in the Northwestern part of the state lost power for up to two weeks after severe “...”
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Survey finds trust in federal government is waning
By Terri Dee, producer Public News Service September 28, 2026 As the midterms near and Indiana waits amid the state’s fiercely competitive political climate, a new national poll found Hoosiers and Americans generally have little faith in the federal government. Research conduct “...”
HOMESTEAD TAX: Constituents skeptical of Sen. Mishler’s plan to revamp property taxes
By Dan Spalding News Now Warsaw September 30, 2026 WARSAW — A trio of top Republican state lawmakers unveiled a plan on Tuesday in Warsaw to revamp the state’s property tax system by using local income tax money to cover all of the homestead property tax credit. The plan woul “...”
CHALKBEAT: ICE arrests near schools and bus stops causing disruptions and anger
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THE STATEHOUSE FILE: Indiana judges take their robes and gavels into classrooms
By Connor Burress TheStatehouseFile.com September 28, 2026 The Constitution is hard. Hard to understand and hard to explain. Scholars, lawmakers, Supreme Court justices, students—they’ve been arguing over what it means for almost 250 years. Now imagine trying to explain the C “...”
‘SENSELESS ACT OF VANDALISM’: Arson suspected in destruction of polymer statue of Benjamin Harrison
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 29, 2026 A life-size statue of President Benjamin Harrison, installed less than two weeks ago at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis as part of a new collaboration to create public art, was destroyed by fire ea “...”
CITIZENSHIP STATUS: U.S. Supreme Court says Indiana and other states can use SAVE tool; critics cite voting barriers
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 28, 2026 Indiana will again be able to use the federal SAVE system to check Hoosier voters’ citizenship status, following Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that allows all states to access the database that voter-right “...”
UNEXCUSED ABSENCE: High-school freshman with medical conditions caught in Indiana’s crackdown on absenteeism
By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com September 25, 2026 In March 2026, as Layna Ziegler was about to begin her second semester at Western Boone Junior-Senior High School in Thorntown, her parents, Crystal and Jacob Ziegler, unexpectedly received a letter from the Boone Co “...”