POLITICAL SCHOOL BOARDS: Law allowing partisan races promises new election dynamics
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 18, 2025 Indiana school board candidates will be allowed to declare party affiliations on the ballot starting in 2026 — a controversial change that ends decades of officially nonpartisan elections and sets the stage for ideological cl “...”
AG Rokita expands DEI investigation into Notre Dame and Butler
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 15, 2025 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is increasing the pressure on the University of Notre Dame and Butler University to comply with his demand that they provide information about their diversity, equity and inclusion polici “...”
DEMOCRACY ON DISPLAY: Smithsonian’s ‘Voices and Votes’ exhibit coming to 7 Hoosier towns and cities
By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen August 15, 2025 Have you ever considered why some of Indiana’s earliest settlers were abolitionist Quakers, or wondered how a voting machine looked a century ago, or were curious what famous Hoosier presidential candidate Wendell Willkie was “...”
GERRYMANDERING MESS: U.S. Supreme Court sidestepping partisan question in 2019 opens door to mid-decade redistricting
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 14, 2025 To explain why Indiana, a deep red state, is seriously considering redrawing its congressional districts this year in the hopes of sending, at most, two more Hoosier Republicans to Capitol Hill in 2026, attorney Jay Yeag “...”
Votebeat story: Trump’s call for a new census raises questions of constitutionality
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Jessica Huseman Votebeat August 14, 2025 Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration “...”
‘COMPASSION WITHOUT LAWLESSNESS’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith draws cheers, pushback with immigration stance at packed Merrillville event
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 13, 2025 Merrillville, Indiana — Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith told a packed town hall crowd Tuesday night that undocumented immigrants “do not get constitutional rights,” doubling down on a claim that ignited controversy when he made s “...”
WFYI story: Indiana’s first school safety director is a former resource officer
This story was originally published by WFYI. By Eric Weddle WFYI August 12, 2025 A former school resource officer will now oversee safety for Indiana’s schools. Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday announced Julie Q. Smith, a Columbus police sergeant, as the first director of the newly c “...”
‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith pushes for redistricting at tense Lake County town hall
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 13, 2025 Merrillville, Indiana — Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith backed the White House’s push for Indiana to redraw its congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections, telling attendees at a town hall Tuesday night that R “...”
ICC story: Appeals court upholds Indiana abortion ban
By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle August 11, 2025 The Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a ruling by a trial court judge upholding the state’s near-total abortion ban, specifically provisions relating to medical providers and potential exemptions. The law, w “...”
SABATO’S ANALYSIS: Early look at 2026 Indiana secretary of state race gives Morales the edge
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 11, 2025 An early prediction of the Indiana Secretary of State’s 2026 race has the seat remaining in Republican hands and embattled incumbent Diego Morales winning reelection. Sabato’s Crystal Ball from The Center for Politics at “...”