Capital B Gary story: Wire Fraud Scandal Sparks Race for Calumet Township Trustee Seat
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Calvin Davis Capital B Gary January 7, 2025 A week after Kimberly Robinson stepped down as Calumet Township trustee following her guilty plea to wire fraud, the race to fill her seat is already drawing a growing pool of ca “...”
Chalkbeat Indiana story: Indiana graduation rates reach record high, increasing across multiple demographics
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters here. By Amelia Pak-Harvey Chalkbeat Indiana January 2, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, “...”
JUDICIAL LEGACIES: Presidents Biden and Trump leave lasting (although different) impacts on the federal courts
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 3, 2025 When President Joe Biden reached 235 judicial confirmations – the most of any president in a single term – he marked the achievement by calling attention to his efforts to diversify the federal bench. He noted, in a Dec. “...”
Votebeat Story: Vote-swapping returned in 2024 amid protest movement, but fell short of its aims again
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. By Meghnad Bose and Uzma Afreen Votebeat December 30, 2024 Progressive “...”
‘REMARKABLE SERVICE’: Hoosiers mourn President Jimmy Carter, honor legacy of peace and volunteerism
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 30, 2024 Flowers are being laid at President Jimmy Carter’s plaque on the grounds of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, not only honoring the 39th president, who passed away Sunday at age 100 but also unders “...”
PNS story: Natural disasters cost Indiana farmers millions in crop, cattle damage
This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Terri Dee, anchor/producer Public News Service December 30, 2024 Consumers are unhappy with increasing food prices and blame inflation. In reality, natural disasters have a direct link to grocery costs, and no end is “...”
ICC story: Medicaid, prior authorization to be major topics in 2025 session
This story was originally published in the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle December 30, 2024 A revenue report from mid-December determined that incoming monies would be sluggish over the next two years, with barely any new dollars expected “...”
Capital B Gary story: Shoe Repairman in Gary Restores Community, One Sole at a Time
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Rayonna Burton-Jernigan Capital B Gary December 19, 2024 A quiet, cold air settled over the nearly abandoned shopping center in Gary, broken only by the faint creak of a door and the muted sounds of its lone open shop. Dow “...”
ICC Story: Ohio River protection would be new federal office’s job under bipartisan bill in Congress
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern December 26, 2024 A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress would create a new office within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address environmental needs of the Ohio “...”
HAMILTON’S WORDS: Indiana law librarian finds treasure written by a founding father to a young nation
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 26, 2024 The basement of the Indiana Supreme Court Law Library is home to papers of former justices, renovation records and other things that tell the story of the state’s judicial system, but while inventorying all the different “...”