‘SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith links teaching evolution to teen suicide; critics push back
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 29, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, in a recent podcast appearance, linked the teaching of evolution in schools to despair, rising suicide rates among youth, and what he calls a collapse of moral order. His most pointed remarks ca “...”
Hannah News Service: Mapping out the Gulf of Indiana – Redistricting 2025
Indiana Insight Hannah News Service August 29th, 2025 Thank you for your attention to this matter! The longer Governor Mike Braun (R) takes to call for a special session for redistricting the better the chances are for such a session to be convened . . . or is it the more time pa “...”
‘ALL A DISTRACTION’: Protesters decry cost of redistricting amid more pressing needs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 29, 2025 Gathered at the Indiana Statehouse on an unseasonably mild August evening this week, a sizable and energetic crowd let lawmakers know that of all things the legislature needs to do for Hoosiers, redistricting is not even on “...”
Chalkbeat Indiana story: Indianapolis Public Schools to sell a building, put another up for sale or lease to end legal battle
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Amelia Pak-Harvey Chalkbeat August 25, 2025 Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township “...”
‘TIME TO FIGHT’: AG Rokita accused of ‘overheated rhetoric’ in support of redistricting
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 27, 2025 Comparing the growing dispute over mid-decade redistricting to a gunfight, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita released a statement Tuesday in support of redrawing the state’s congressional districts this year. “I’m d “...”
ANTI-’WOKE’ AGENDA: Lt. Gov. Beckwith, allies planned strategies to push conservative ideology in schools in April meeting
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 27, 2025 At a closed-door meeting in April, Micah Beckwith and members of what the Indiana lieutenant governor called his Anti-Woke Advisory Committee laid out an aggressive strategy to expand conservative influence in public schools an “...”
ICC story: Poll: Most Hoosiers oppose mid-decade redistricting, want focus on daily challenges
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle August 26, 2025 As Indiana lawmakers head to Washington, D.C., today for a White House meeting on multiple issues including redistricting, a new statewide poll shows mo “...”
‘RILED UP’: Dems, advocates organize against redistricting amid GOP visit to D.C.
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 26, 2025 Indiana state Democratic lawmakers and voter-rights advocacy groups turned up the heat in the political kitchen Tuesday to remind Republican legislators of the potential firestorm that a mid-decade redistricting may bring. T “...”
Hannah News Service: A tough decision foisted upon Hoosier GOP lawmakers – Redistricting 2025
Indiana Insight Hannah News Service August 22nd, 2025 Redistricting Indiana’s congressional districts at mid-decade was initially raised as a tentative proposition of sorts, and didn’t even seem to gain steam when Vice President JD Vance (R) paid a hastily scheduled visit to “...”
Texas Tribune story: Fresh off Texas Senate’s approval, new congressional map is target of lawsuit
By Colleen DeGuzman The Texas Tribune August 23, 2025 “Fresh off Texas Senate’s approval, new congressional map is target of lawsuit” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them “...”