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Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation as Democrats push back on Trump investments

September 16, 2026
Associated Press

The narrow vote on whether to move forward with the legislation was a pivotal election-year test for the $2.3 trillion cryptocurrency market as the industry has pushed aggressively for a uniform set of rules.

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Why Abe Lincoln in sunglasses will be on Indiana election ballots

September 15, 2026
Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The Lincoln image appears alongside the Republican eagle and the Democratic rooster. Libertarians are represented by a Statue of Liberty emblem.

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Supreme Court blocks sweeping mail ballot restrictions for midterm elections

September 14, 2026 | The Washington Post

The high court’s order dealt only with applying the changes to the upcoming midterms. The case now returns to the lower courts, where legal fights will continue over whether the order can be implemented in future elections.

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Trump agreed to new ethics rules to get a crypto bill across the line, but that might not be enough

September 14, 2026 | Associated Press

A pivotal Senate vote on the cryptocurrency bill on Tuesday could mark a watershed moment for the $2.3 trillion market — but it hinges mainly on whether sign-offs from President Trump go far enough.

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Trump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers

September 14, 2026 | Associated Press

Trump pushed back against calls by tech leaders such as Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk to have greater government oversight of AI.

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Republicans denounce Ballard as ‘liberal’ in party’s opening secretary of state ad

September 14, 2026 | Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The first television ad from Republicans in this year’s Indiana secretary of state race is an all-out attack on Greg Ballard’s time as the Republican mayor of Indianapolis.

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EPA poised to repeal carbon standards for coal, gas power plants

September 13, 2026 | Bloomberg News

Power plants are the U.S.’s largest industrial source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ plan needs congressional approval

September 13, 2026 | Associated Press

Johnson said he would work to get Trump’s proposal through Congress despite a small Republican margin.

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Some say city-funded ads for lesser known elected office look like campaigning

September 11, 2026 | Taylor Wooten

The campaign costs $3,500 per month, which the Indianapolis City-County Council authorized through Proposal No. 124 this summer.

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State high court rules Sen. Spencer Deery winner in 3-vote Republican primary

September 10, 2026 | Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The justices questioned the reasons used by the Recount Commission to disallow ballots cast for Deery that had flipped the lead to challenger Paula Copenhaver.

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Indianapolis councilor Ali Brown resigns to take nonprofit leadership post

September 10, 2026 | Taylor Wooten

Brown, a Democrat representing District 10, which includes much of Lawrence, will become executive director at the Indiana Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs beginning Sept. 13.

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Mayoral candidate Vop Osili pitches plan to increase city’s affordable housing supply

September 10, 2026 | Taylor Wooten

Osili’s proposal calls for creating more than 5,000 housing units and bringing the Indianapolis Housing Agency director into the mayor’s cabinet.

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Trump pledges to give every US adult $5K if GOP wins midterm elections

September 10, 2026 | Associated Press

Within an hour, Vice President JD Vance appeared to try to walk back Trump’s proposal — at least in part — by suggesting the dividend payments would not go to the wealthy.

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Ballard proposes state funding for Indiana election worker training

September 9, 2026 | Joey Harris

The proposal includes a boot camp for election clerks where they would be provided with hands-on training on how to run an election.

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Defense Department to install ‘micro’ nuclear reactor at Crane

September 9, 2026 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

When operational, the micro modular reactor would provide around-the-clock power for NWS Crane independent of the commercial electric grid, federal officials said on Wednesday.

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Hogsett says decision on whether to seek 4th term to come in November

September 8, 2026 | Taylor Wooten and Mickey ShueyMickey Shuey

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, 69, has remained coy about whether he intends to run for another term. Initially, he called the 2023 race his “final” run for the office, but has has since reopened the door to another.

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What’s the Lincoln Party? Ballard’s secretary of state run could expand Indiana voting choices.

September 8, 2026 | Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Greg Ballard, who won Indianapolis mayoral races in 2007 and 2011 as a Republican, adopted the Lincoln Party identity, saying it was needed to “unlock ballot access” for other independents.

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As Social Security fund runs dry, some Republicans say it’s time to raise payroll tax cap

September 7, 2026 | The Washington Post

Raising the payroll tax is emerging as a popular fix — even in the anti-tax GOP — to fend off deep cuts in retirement benefits.

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Newly selected Indy Councilor Josh Masquelier motivated by ‘civic duty,’ basic services

September 4, 2026 | Taylor Wooten

Masquelier was the sole candidate and was selected unanimously by Republican Marion County precinct committeeman within District 21.

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Dr. Oz, Kelly Loeffler come to Indiana to urge embrace of employee-choice health plans

September 3, 2026 | Lesley WeidenbenerLesley Weidenbener

The federal officials are working to rebrand what have been known as ICHRAs, through which companies eliminate traditional health plans in favor of subsidies that help workers buy their own insurance.

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Court halts ballots while it considers recount of 3-vote Indiana Senate primary

September 3, 2026 | Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The Indiana Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Sept. 10 — a little more than a week before the deadline in state law for county election offices to have started mailing out absentee ballots.

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Marion County Sheriff’s Office sues state over prisoner transfers

September 2, 2026 | Tom Murphy, The Indiana Lawyer

The Sheriff’s Office says the state often misses a deadline set by Indiana law to transfer those convicted of serious felonies within five calendar days of sentencing.

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