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.
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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.
What’s next in the national redistricting fight after California approved a new US House map
The new congressional map that California voters approved marked a victory for Democrats in the national redistricting battle playing out ahead of the 2026 midterm election. But Republicans are still ahead in the fight.
Indiana pension system divesting from Hong Kong after ‘clarification’ on China divestment mandate
The Indiana Public Retirement System is divesting from holdings in Hong Kong worth almost $170 million, more than two years after lawmakers banned investments in Chinese interests.
Indiana General Assembly to take up redistricting in December
Indiana lawmakers will take up redistricting discussions next month, Statehouse leaders announced Monday.
Will logistics and the courts stand in the way of Indiana’s redistricting efforts?
The goal for President Donald Trump and his allies is for Republican supermajorities in Indiana to redraw the state’s maps to buoy Republicans’ chances of keeping control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.
Downtown Indianapolis tops list for potential new casino site, study finds
The study also noted that a downtown Indianapolis location would also divert roughly $140 million in gaming revenue from existing racetrack casinos, particularly Caesars-owned facilities in Anderson and Shelbyville.
Indiana lawmakers still working out logistics of special session, won’t meet Nov. 3
Legislators have up to 40 calendar days to conduct business in a special session.
Beyond redistricting: Indiana’s special session to tackle tax update, too
Gov. Mike Braun has asked legislators to bring the state’s tax code in line with recent, major federal changes — warning of “discrepancies” between Indiana and federal law that could complicate 2025 tax filings.
Despite Braun move, Indiana Senate leader’s office says ‘votes still aren’t there for redistricting’
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray maintains that there still isn’t enough support in his chamber for redistricting.
Braun set to call lawmakers back to Statehouse for redistricting vote
Currently, seven of Indiana’s nine districts are represented by Republicans. Advocates of redistricting say that new maps could give the GOP a strong shot at all nine seats.
Indiana’s Illinois absorption commission holds first meeting
The panel discussed a longshot effort to have Indiana absorb several — maybe dozens — of Illinois counties.
Legislative caucus condemns early redistricting campaign for ‘diluting Black voting power’
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus on Monday decried the likely harms of early redistricting on the state’s Black and other non-white voters.
Trump’s border czar visits Indiana, backs stymied state immigration bill
House Bill 1531 would have required all levels of Hoosier government to comply with federal detainer requests. ICE often asks local police and others to keep some detainees behind bars for 48 hours longer so it can take them into custody.
‘Harder to keep teachers’: Indiana fiscal policy panel weighs salary gaps, educator shortage
New data shows that while Indiana teacher pay has climbed in recent years, Hoosier educators still earn less than peers in neighboring states — a gap union leaders and some legislators say threatens teacher retention and classroom success.
Pharmacists press lawmakers to drop ‘out of date’ law test from licensing requirements
An often-outdated pharmacy law test is “absolutely” making Indiana lose would-be pharmacists — and it shouldn’t be a licensing requirement, medical professionals told lawmakers Thursday.
Indiana lawmakers revisit ‘cable pollution’ complaints as locals press for state oversight
Indiana lawmakers on Wednesday revisited an increasingly visible problem hanging over — and sometimes buried beneath — Hoosier communities: dormant, abandoned and low-hanging utility lines left behind by telecommunications companies.