TSF story: Fairgoers appreciate SOS Morales’ outreach, but advocates continue to question his motives
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com August 19, 2025 As they have for many years, the Katz family visited the Indiana State Fair on $2 Tuesday to partake in the array of sweet and savory deals. Barry and Zoe Katz wandere â...â
ROKITA RESPONDS: AG denies misconduct in fiery answer to second disciplinary complaint
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 19, 2025 In his answer to the second disciplinary complaint lodged against him, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is denying he contradicted sworn statements to the Indiana Supreme Court and is distancing himself from the press re â...â
Votebeat story: Fact-checking Trumpâs latest claims about mail ballots and voting machines
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Jessica Huseman Votebeat August 18, 2025Â Â Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administrat â...â
ICC story: Consumer groups, debt collectors clash in medical debt hearing
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Niki Kelly Indiana Capital Chronicle August 19, 2025 Testimony on Monday set the stage for an interim committee to find a balance between growing medical debt weighing down Hoosiers and allowing hospitals an â...â
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 â a controversial change that ends decades of officially nonpartisan elections and sets the stage for ideological cl â...â
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 â...â
DEMOCRACY ON DISPLAY: Smithsonianâs âVoices and Votesâ exhibit coming to 7 Hoosier towns and cities
By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen August 15, 2025 Have you ever considered why some of Indianaâs 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 â...â
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 â...â
Votebeat story: Trumpâs 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 â...â
âCOMPASSION WITHOUT LAWLESSNESSâ: Lt. Gov. Beckwith draws cheers, pushback with immigration stance at packed Merrillville event
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 13, 2025 Merrillville, Indiana â Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith told a packed town hall crowd Tuesday night that undocumented immigrants âdo not get constitutional rights,â doubling down on a claim that ignited controversy when he made s â...â