Indiana plunges in national conservative rankings
Above: The latest rankings from the Center for Legislative Accountability. (Screenshot from website) By Niki Kelly Indiana Capital Chronicle February 13, 2023 Indiana lawmakers are apparently getting less conservative. That what the Center for Legislative Accountability found in â...â
Indiana voters could make school board elections partisan under new GOP-backed legislation
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle  Feb. 9, 2023 Indiana voters could get to decide whether their local school board elections should be partisan under a new draft of Republican-backed legislation that lawmakers say would provide âmore transparencyâ about candidates. H â...â
Morton Marcus commentary: Forget recession – – other jolly times await       Â
February 6, 2023Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Itâs 2023. The candidates are lined up to become or remain Mayors of Indiana cities. There will be primaries where these primates have contests within their respective parties. Some good people and some ridiculous bipeds will be nominated for th â...â
Spartz wonât take on Senate run â or any campaign â in 2024
By Leslie Bonilla Muniz Indiana Capital Chronicle Feb. 3, 2023 Not only will U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (above) of Indiana forego a run for an open Senate seat, but sheâll also leave office completely in 2024, she said Friday. Spartz was one of several politicians said to be co â...â
Shabazz to run for mayor of Indianapolis
Journalist Abdul-Hakim Shabazz (above) announced Thursday that he will be running in the May 3 Republican mayoral primary in Indianapolis. Shabazz said that it was after forming an exploratory committee in December and hearing from hundreds of residents in every township that he â...â
Commentary: The big lie playbook
The following commentary by Julia Vaughn, executive director of Common Cause Indiana, was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle and is republished according to Indiana Capital Chronicle republishing guidelines. For more than a decade, Indiana has ranked in the b â...â
John Krull commentary: Mitch Daniels’ telling exit
Words matter to Mitch Daniels. They always have. The just-retired Purdue University president and former Indiana governor took pride in penning his speeches and other pieces of writing that bore his name. He wanted to be able to own what he said and have what he said matter. That â...â
Former Gov. Daniels opts out of Senate run
By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle Jan. 31, 2023 After much speculation, former Gov. Mitch Daniels (above) announced Tuesday he will not run for a soon-to-be-open seat in Congress after sitting U.S. Sen. Mike Braun launched his own 2024 bid for governor. âWith full c â...â
Republican lawmakers revive bill to require partisan school board elections in Indiana
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle  Jan. 30, 2023 Indiana lawmakers are trying again to pass a Republican-backed proposal to make school board elections partisan despite opposition from school board members and education advocates from across the state. Candidates running â...â
John Krull commentary: Bread, circuses and Victoria Spartz
U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, made a good point. Her leaderâSpeaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, R-Californiaâhas said he plans to prevent U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, from serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and block U.S. Rep â...â