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Change in Marion County’s residency requirement still sought despite committee’s vote

August 29, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

An almost 50-year-old requirement that county employees live in Indianapolis is creating staffing problems for some city agencies, but councilors on the City-County Council’s Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee voted 6-5 against changing the rule.

Indiana law enforcement training board to weigh request to decertify Dubois County sheriff

August 28, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Although a special prosecutor ultimately decided not to charge Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter, the training board voted Aug. 18 to move forward with charges of fraud, perjury, false informing and criminal misconduct.

AG Todd Rokita responds to state commission, denies any wrongdoing in disciplinary case

August 18, 2025 | Cameron Shaw, The Indiana Lawyer

Indian’s attorney general “vehemently” disputed the state’s attorney disciplinary commission’s most recent charges against him in his response Friday to its complaint.

UPDATE: Strike by 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants declared illegal

August 18, 2025 | Associated Press

The strike at Canada’s largest airline entered its third day on Monday and is affecting about 130,000 travelers per day during the peak summer travel season

Scott Flood: Indiana, we’ve been getting civic education wrong

August 15, 2025 | Scott Flood

Shouldn’t we be teaching students about the people whose decisions have a direct impact? Shouldn’t we prepare them to understand and accept the responsibility of serving in those roles as adults?

A White House visit and poll amplify redistricting fight in Indiana

August 15, 2025 | Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle

National political newsletter Punchbowl News reported Friday morning that all Indiana GOP state lawmakers have been invited to the White House on Aug. 26.

Chicago-based charter school hopes to open Indianapolis location next year

August 14, 2025 | Maura Johnson, Indiana Lawyer

The Legal Prep Charter Academy will serve students in sixth through 12th grades and will incorporate civic education and legal skill-building into its curriculum.

Appeals court upholds Indiana abortion ban

August 11, 2025 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said in a statement that “this ruling is a resounding victory for life and the rule of law in Indiana.”

Editorial: Indiana should reject any plan to redo congressional district maps

August 8, 2025

A similar idea was bad 20 years ago, and it’s not a smart move today.

VP Vance meets with Indiana GOP leadership on redistricting while Democrats protest effort

August 7, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle and Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle and Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Vice President JD Vance spent several hours in the Hoosier State on Thursday to meet with Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and other leaders about the possibility of creating more GOP seats with redrawn congressional boundaries.

Trump seeks to change how census collects data, wants to exclude illegal immigrants

August 7, 2025 | Associated Press

Any changes in the conduct of a national census would require alterations to the Census Act and approval from Congress, and there likely would be a fierce fight.

Mid-cycle redistricting fight comes to Indiana Statehouse

August 7, 2025 | Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana’s Democratic lawmakers and concerned residents will be at the Statehouse on Thursday to protest a possible campaign to redraw congressional boundaries.

JD Vance heads to Indiana to push redistricting, but legalities remain unclear

August 5, 2025 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

An Indiana House Democrat called defeating mid-cycle redistricting “a knife fight for democracy.”

Federal judge dismisses professors’ lawsuit against IU, Purdue over new intellectual diversity law

July 28, 2025 | Indiana Lawyer Staff

The law states that faculty are required to teach scholarly works “from a variety of political or ideological frameworks” within their purview of instruction.

A Republican long considered conservative stalwart is facing challenge from the right

July 28, 2025 | Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Texts accusing “Liberal Liz” Brown of betraying her conservative values have been flying in northeast Indiana—funded by a “social welfare” nonprofit that no one knows about or isn’t willing to divulge.

Mitch Frazier: Patriotism must not be saved for July 4th

July 11, 2025 | Mitch Frazier

Now is the time to turn patriotism into a year-round action. It will look different for everyone. It might be mentoring a student, volunteering to create a safe place for youth, running for elected office or even serving in our military.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells Indy crowd she’s not afraid to use her voice

July 10, 2025 | Cameron Shaw, The Indiana Lawyer

At Thursday’s IndyBar luncheon, Jackson explained that there are times when she feels compelled to include additional thoughts in her dissents when a particular issue is important to her.

As new tax bill takes effect, local officials fret

July 4, 2025 | Daniel Bradley

Municipal government leaders across Indiana are going pale in the face while they review budget forecasts for the next few years as a sweeping property tax relief law takes effect.

Bargersville seeks balance as it builds a downtown