Based in Lafayette story: Court docs detail plot to shoot Tippecanoe County Judge Meyer
This story was originally published by Based in Lafayette. By Dave Bangert Based in Lafayette January 23, 2026 The Sunday afternoon shooting of Judge Steve Meyer and his wife, Kim, at their Lafayette home involved a conspiracy revolving around members of an outlaw motorcycle gang “...”
STRAIGHT TICKET STUMBLES: Bipartisan push to reform voting is meeting familiar resistance
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2026 A bipartisan group of Indiana lawmakers are trying again this year to shift the state away from straight-ticket voting – but say they are running into familiar roadblocks that are likely to stymie their hopes of changing how “...”
Senate panel approves bill that would require schools to teach marriage before children
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2026 Indiana Senate Republicans are advancing a measure that would require public schools to teach students to wait until marriage to have children and require public colleges to accept an entrance exam that includes Christian thin “...”
Beckwith’s 2026 agenda: Property tax elimination, firing squads, the Ten Commandments – and opposing election changes
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2026 Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is staking out his top priorities for this year’s Indiana legislative session, including urging lawmakers to eliminate property taxes, expand cooperation with the federal government’s deportation ef “...”
ICC Story: Abortion-inducing drug ban’s lawsuit, reporting provisions take heat
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle January 22, 2026 Indiana doctors, patients and others lined up Wednesday to testify on a contentious proposal allowing anyone to file potentially lucrative law “...”
Legislation would give elected officials full time status—and health insurance
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Abigale Lash TheStatehouseFile.com January 21, 2026 Some county elected officials have been denied the benefits that are given to their colleagues because they are not “full-time employees.” On Wednesday, Rep. C “...”
Beckwith says his office was ‘smeared’ by AI porn scandal. A former staffer is standing by her claims
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 21, 2026 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is urging lawmakers to criminalize making false claims about the creation or distribution of artificial intelligence-generated pornography, saying in a social media video that his office was the “...”
Indiana professor warns of rising authoritarian tactics in U.S.
This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Judith Ruiz-Branch, producer Public News Service January 21, 2026 A Midwest professor is sounding the alarm on what he called the Trump administration’s authoritarian tactics to quell the press, free speech and ot “...”
Bill would have those working for U.S. ‘foreign adversaries’ register with the Indiana AG
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com January 20, 2026 Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, said during last Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee meeting that foreign threats are not just targeting the Pentagon or Washi “...”
‘FAILED EXPERIMENT’: Death-penalty opponents stay committed despite intransigence at Statehouse
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 20, 2026 The enthusiasm that sprouted in December for ending Indiana’s death penalty appears to have wilted for now, since a repeal bill offered last year was not reintroduced this legislative session and state lawmakers are, inst “...”