CAPITAL B GARY: As Gary rebuilds, a Black-owned landmark Is fighting to survive
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Calvin Davis Capital B Gary June 30, 2026 The meetings had been going well. For months in early 2025, attorney Macarthur Drake and his family met with Gary officials about the future of downtown Broadway. The conversations “...”
WFYI: Nearly a third of Indiana counties have moved to restrict data centers
This story was originally published by WFYI Public Media. By Farrah Anderson WFYI Public Media July 6, 2026 First, it was Marshall County, then White County, and then Putnam County. And now, nearly a third of the state’s counties have passed their own restrictions on data cente “...”
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE: Longtime citizen’s voter registration revoked in proof-of-citizenship ordeal
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle July 2, 2026 Charrie Stambaugh has been a U.S. citizen for nearly three decades and has cast a ballot in every election since she became eligible to vote. But this spring, after seeing a Facebook post encouraging people to check “...”
CHALKBEAT: 4 numbers that show the growing crisis of chronic absenteeism
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Lily Altavena Chalkbeat June 30, 2026 Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Chronic absenteeism rates hav “...”
CHALKBEAT: Republicans outnumber Democrats in central Indiana school board races
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Amelia Pak-Harvey Chalkbeat July 1, 2026 Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township distr “...”
LIMESTONE POST: Revolutionary War veterans who settled in Monroe County
This story was originally published in the Limestone Post. By Steve Hinnefeld Limestone Post Magazine June 30, 2026 During the American Revolutionary War, Isaac Van Buskirk enlisted in the Continental Army in 1778, served under George Washington at Valley Forge, and fought in the “...”
CAPITAL B GARY: The Black Families Who Built Gary’s Middle Class
This story was originally published by Capital B Gary. By Javonte Anderson Capital B Gary June 29, 2026 Ernest Mosley planned to stay three years. Fresh out of high school in 1975, he walked three blocks from his East Chicago home to Inland Steel looking for work. He had hoped to “...”
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE: Indiana leads nation in decline of children insured through Medicaid
By Mackenzi Klemann Indiana Capital Chronicle June 30, 2026 An estimated 174,000 fewer Hoosier children were insured through Medicaid programs in April compared to January 2025, according to a report from Georgetown University School of Public Policy. That’s a 20% decline — t “...”
WFYI: SCOTUS ruling puts Indiana’s Haitian community at risk of deportation
This story was originally published by WFYI Public Media. By Samantha Horton WFYI Public Media June 26, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday the Trump administration has the authority to terminate Haitian and Syrian immigrants’ temporary protection status that shiel “...”
VOTEBEAT: Federal judge blocks key pillars of Trump’s restrictions on mail voting
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Dion Nissenbaum Votebeat June 25, 2026 Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration ac “...”