RACIAL REDISTRICTING CONCERNS: Anderson council to hire consultant to redraw maps, preserve majority-minority district
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 6, 2024 In a decision that will prolong redistricting litigation that started in June 2023, the Anderson Common Council voted 7-2 Tuesday night to hire a consultant to redraw the council district map, so, councilors said, they coul “...”
ICC story: Gov.-elect Braun puts forth first-term agenda
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle December 4, 2024 Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Braun on Tuesday pitched his first policy agenda since his November electoral victory — largely reemphasizing his co “...”
Based in Lafayette: Purdue student leaders look to expand Indiana’s Lifeline law
This story was originally published by Based in Lafayette By Dave Bangert Based in Lafayette December 3, 2024 Looking to replicate a campus-led push to create the Indiana Lifeline Law in 2012, Purdue’s student body president and vice president have organized a coalition of stud “...”
TURNOUT TALLY: Fewer Hoosiers vote in 2024 than in 2020; election workers face more early voting and poll site tensions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 2, 2024 For St. Joseph County Circuit Court Clerk Amy Rolfes, the statistics only confirmed what she had been seeing and hearing from voters in the days and weeks leading into the Nov. 5 election. Nearly 59,000 registered voters in “...”
Capital B Gary story: This Youth Basketball League Is Bringing Hoops and Hope to Gary
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Rayonna Burton-Jernigan Capital B Gary November 21, 2024 The sharp squeak of sneakers echoed through the gym, cutting through the blare of whistles and a buzzing scoreboard at Gary’s Boys and Girls Club. Wesley Danzy hus “...”
IMPACT OF WOMEN LEGISLATORS: Two Indiana Democrats discuss push to change Statehouse culture on sexual harassment, other issues
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 26, 2024 Looking ahead to the 2025 Indiana General Assembly session, state Rep. Carey Hamilton acknowledged she is not very hopeful. The Indianapolis Democrat pointed to the “earth-shaking election” that, in Indiana, included t “...”
ICC story: Nonprofit Braun transition group follows former governors’ model
This story was originally published by Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle November 25, 2024 Imagine Indiana. Indiana Works. Aiming Higher. “Social welfare” nonprofits, typically with undisclosed donor lists, have funded at least Indi “...”
PNS story: USDA grant helps stock IN food pantries
This story was originally published by Public News Service By Terri Dee Public News Service November 25, 2024 People will gather over the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends to count their blessings. While the holiday feast is plentiful for many, some people fear a lack “...”
OPEN RECORDS RESPONSE: Indiana secretary of state, attorney general defend actions regarding media requests for names on voter verification list
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 22, 2024 The Indiana attorney general and Indiana secretary of state told the Indiana public access counselor on Wednesday that they are still determining whether the list of 585,774 registered Hoosier voters whose citizenship stat “...”
RETENTION WINS STRONG SUPPORT: Indiana Supreme Court justices retained with historically high approval votes
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 22, 2024 Official results from November’s election show that three Indiana Supreme Court justices who encountered strong opposition to their retention not only kept their seats on the bench but were retained by the highest margin “...”