State study on municipal election timing, vote center mandate released
Municipal elections cost Indiana significantly more per vote than midterm and presidential contests, according to a new state study.
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Indiana Senate Republican reports business bomb threat
The senator is supportive of a controversial proposal to redistrict Indiana’s congressional boundaries — and make Indiana’s two blue districts red — ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Can Trump’s political threats swing Indiana Senate on redistricting?
The primary challenge threat from President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Braun could be muted by the election cycle of senators who serve four-year terms.
Two more Indiana GOP senators report swatting attempts as redistricting pressure rages
“Swatting” involves hoax calls or reports to emergency services intended to trigger armed responses to someone’s home or business.
Indiana’s Legislature appears poised to make history by ignoring a governor’s special-session call
Who controls the session’s length, agenda and existence once called has been debated since Indiana’s first constitutional convention in 1816, again in 1850 and in a 2022 Indiana Supreme Court case.
Indiana National Guard heads to Washington, D.C.
About 300 Hoosier National Guard members will deploy next month to support the D.C. National Guard in a federal public safety campaign.
Redistricting rift growing among Indiana Republicans as return to Statehouse delayed—for now
Votes in the Senate and House on Tuesday set Jan. 5 as the date lawmakers will start the new legislative session—not Dec. 1, as previously planned, to discuss redrawing congressional maps.
Decertification case for Dubois County sheriff advances with April 2026 hearing plan
A state law enforcement board on Monday took its next step toward deciding whether Dubois County Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter should lose his police certification.
Indiana legislative leaders dodge discussing redistricting pressure
Gov. Mike Braun spoke Monday morning with Trump, a day after the president called out Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray for Friday’s announcement that too few Senate Republicans supported redistricting and that the Senate would not convene Dec. 1, as planned.
Trump targets Gov. Mike Braun, Senate Republicans in redistricting spat
President Donald Trump on Sunday called out two Indiana “RINO Senators,” as well as Gov. Mike Braun, for the state’s failure to move forward with redrawing congressional boundaries.
Waste to wealth? Indiana exploring how to extract rare earth elements from coal byproducts
Indiana leaders gathered Thursday to consider how the state could mine its ample coal waste for the rare earth elements key to modern technology — in a bid to boost domestic production and break China’s dominance.
One attorney among nine finalists for IURC openings
Indiana officials on Thursday named nine finalists for three open seats on the powerful Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, which oversees electric, gas, water and telecommunications rates across the state.
Bassler become 7th Republican senator publicly against Indiana redistricting
Republican state Sen. Eric Bassler announced Thursday that he is opposed to redrawing Indiana’s congressional districts.
Indiana GOP Sen. Jean Leising comes out against early redistricting
She joins five other Senate Republicans in publicly panning plans to reconfigure congressional maps created just four years ago. Thirteen have come out in support, but more than half of the 40-member caucus haven’t made their stances known publicly.
Washington group making TV push for Indiana redistricting
The anti-tax Club for Growth is trying again to turn up the pressure on Indiana’s Republican legislators to support a new round of congressional redistricting.
Pro-redistricting Indiana nonprofit to target undeclared Senate Republicans
Fair Maps Indiana is chaired by Marty Obst, founder and president of MO Strategies. He served in senior leadership roles in Donald Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and was a senior political adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence.
Author of 2021 Indiana congressional map now on board for mid-cycle redistricting
State Sen. Eric Koch, R-Bedford, is the 13th Senate Republican to signal support for new maps.
Livestreaming local meetings brings new accessibility
Nearly all 567 localities, 88 counties and 354 school districts are now in compliance with a new law that requires local government meetings to be livestreamed.
Indiana health agency plans furloughs because of federal shutdown
The affected Indiana Department of Health workers will not be eligible for back pay, which federal employees have typically received following furloughs during previous government shutdowns.
Public defender rules for poor Hoosiers often unwritten and vary by judicial officer, report finds
Indiana’s trial courts use largely individually set, unwritten methodologies to decide who’s poor enough for publicly funded legal defense, the state has found.