Absentee voting legislation House Bill 1334 is now heading to the Indiana Senate. Authored by by Rep. Timothy Wesco, R-Osceola, it was passed in the Indiana House of Representatives last week 64-27. The bill says voters must request an absentee ballot—they cannot be sent one b “...”
Above: Rep. Jeff Thompson, the key House architect of the budget, works in the House Chamber. (Monroe Bush for the Indiana Capital Chronicle). By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle Feb. 24, 2023 Indiana Republicans passed their $43.3 billion budget proposal without any “...”
On Thursday, House Bill 1608, the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, passed its third reading in the House of Representatives 65-29. The bill met with a loud public protest on Monday when it was in the House Education Committee, and its passage in the House Thursday also dr “...”
The members of the Indiana General Assembly possess a real passion for solving problems that don’t exist or that they created themselves. Real problems, on the other hand, they pretend not to see. The push to pass a measure modeled after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law is “...”
A bill that would ban minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care passed the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee on Wednesday. Authored by Sen. Tyler Johnson (above), R-Leo, Senate Bill 480 would stop transgender children under 18 from receiving gender-affirmin “...”
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (above) announced through social media Wednesday that he will seek a second term as attorney general, forgoing runs that had been rumored for governor or the U.S. Senate. “Confirming I am seeking reelection in ’24,” Rokita po “...”
Elect a clown, the joke goes, and you should expect a circus to follow. Sometimes, you even get the clown’s brother-in-law as part of the act. The news, first reported by The Indianapolis Star, that Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales hired his brother-in-law is an outrage “...”
Above: Educator Malari Williams and her sons, Harrison (left) and Jackson Williams, pose with their signs. The family came to oppose House Bill 1608. “We just really feel that it’s important that LGBTQ-plus kids are represented and made to feel loved in my classroom, “...”
College students can do amazing things. I know I’ve seen them make magic happen. In 2006, not long after I came back to Franklin College—I am an alumnus—to become the director of the Pulliam School of Journalism, I took a team of students to Indianapolis to cover the first “...”
By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle Feb. 16, 2023 New Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales (above, center) is working alongside his brother-in-law, who filled a newly created position that comes with a six-figure salary. The Indianapolis Star first broke the story We “...”
