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June 18 2024

WFYI story: Filing deadline approaching for 800 school board seats on November ballot in Indiana

This story was originally published by WFYI. By Eric Weddle WFYI June 11, 2024 There are more than 800 seats on school boards across Indiana up for election in November. Incumbents and challengers have until June 20 to file paperwork to get on local ballots. A 2023 law extended “...”

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June 17 2024

ICC story: States struggle with unreliable federal funding for making sure elections are secure

This story was  originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Jennifer Shutt States Newsroom June 17, 2024 WASHINGTON — The federal government has sought to bolster election security for years through a popular grant program, but the wildly fluctuating funding leve “...”

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June 14 2024

TSF Story: Harrison House anniversary brings an unusual celebration to the Statehouse

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Staff Report TheStatehouseFile.com June 13, 2024 There was a familiar face next to the unveiling of a miniature of the President Benjamin Harrison home on Wednesday at the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda, where it will b “...”

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June 13 2024

PNS Story: Report: Working class missing in state legislatures

This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Eric Galatas, producer Public News Service June 13, 2024 Half of Americans go to work every day in the service industry, doing clerical work or in construction and other manual labor jobs but fewer than 2% of state la “...”

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June 07 2024

ICC story: Morales weighs in on Indiana poll worker ban following alleged voter intimidation incident

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By  Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle June 7, 2024 After a southern Indiana poll worker was accused of intimidating a voter in the May primary election — and subsequently barred from working in future Pe “...”

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June 04 2024

INNS story: Common Cause Indiana may challenge state’s new voting laws

    This story was originally published by Indiana News Network (INNS), part of the Public News Service network. By Joe Ulery, producer Indiana News Network June 4, 2024 An Indiana watchdog group said it is considering legal action in response to new state voting laws t “...”

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June 03 2024

ICC story: Indiana’s abortion ban back in the hands of judge after closing arguments

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Mia Hilkowitz Indiana Capital Chronicle May 31, 2024 Abortion providers asserted during closing arguments Friday that narrow medical exemptions and a hospital requirement under the state’s near-total abort “...”

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May 31 2024

ICC story: Mental, emotional exclusion part of second day of abortion ban testimony

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Mia Hilkowitz Indiana Capital Chronicle May 31, 2024 Witnesses for the Indiana Attorney General’s Office on Thursday pushed back on claims that the state’s abortion ban harms women’s physical and menta “...”

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May 30 2024

ICC story: Testimony begins in case against Indiana’s strict abortion ban

  This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Mia Holkowitz Indiana Capital Chronicle May 30, 2024 Attorneys in a lawsuit against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban jumped right into testimony Wednesday, beginning a trial in which plaintiffs are “...”

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May 29 2024

INNS story: Indiana food banks concerned about draft Farm Bill

  This story was originally published by Indiana News Network (INNS), part of the Public News Service network.   By Joe Ulery, producer Indiana News Network May 29, 2024   Groups fighting hunger in Indiana said they are deeply concerned about proposed cuts to the S “...”