CHALKBEAT: Parental rights and student gender transitions will be DOJ civil rights priorities
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters By Erica Meltzer Chalkbeat July 13, 2026 Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. The day after the Education “...”
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Indiana food program reduces hospitalizations and hunger
By Joe Ulery, producer Public News Service July 9, 2026 A new Feeding America report highlights an Indianapolis partnership that found providing healthy food to patients can improve medical outcomes while lowering overall costs. The report focuses in part on a partnership betwe “...”
KFF HEALTH NEWS: ACA Insurers seek premium increases as enrollment sags
By Rachel Spears KFF Health News July 8, 2026 For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs as well as policy changes by Congress and the Trump administration. In preliminary filings wi “...”
VOTEBEAT: Election Assistance Commission unable to act after Trump fires all members
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Jessica Huseman Votebeat July 9, 2026 Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration acr “...”
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 “...”