September 3, 2025
Indiana Citizen sues for access to list of voters sent to federal government for citizenship check
The Indiana Citizen, a nonprofit news outlet, is suing Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Secretary of State Diego Morales over a list of voters they sent to the federal government last year.
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Hoosiers weigh in on moving municipal elections to even-numbered years at public meeting
Hoosiers got a chance Wednesday to weigh in on whether the state should require all municipal elections to move to presidential or congressional mid-term election years.
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2025
Indiana wants the public's help crafting a new recycling plan
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is working on a plan to achieve the state's long-held goal to recycle half its waste. Right now, only about 19 percent gets recycled.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2025
When wildfires compromise drinking water, utilities lean on this professor’s advice
In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals which federally mandated testing is not designed to catch. Into that regulatory void has stepped Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University who has made it his personal mission to help water utilities recover after devastating fires.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2025
Nearly 500 Indiana schools will receive $27 million total for school safety upgrades
The state of Indiana will deliver more than $27 million to nearly 500 schools this year through its school safety grant program.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2025
Indiana initiative supporting independent candidates launches
A new initiative — Independent Indiana — launched Tuesday to help spotlight and provide resources to Hoosiers who are running, and winning, as independents.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2025
Libraries prepare for financial hit
Much of the discussion surrounding property tax reform has focused on schools, law enforcement and local government having to cut services due to reduced funding. But libraries are also in line to see impacts from Senate Enrolled Act 1 – legislation passed in April cutting property taxes.
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2025
IN Democrats challenge Gov. Braun's Civil Rights Commission pick
Indiana Democrats are focused on the state's Civil Rights Commission after Gov. Mike Braun appointed Philip Clay as the agency’s new executive director.
Read MoreAugust 29, 2025
Rural electric co-op is one of several in the U.S. moving away from their power supplier
More rural electric cooperatives around the country are looking to cut ties with their suppliers in favor of cheaper electric bills for customers and the flexibility to do what they want. That includes individual co-ops in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Carolina.
Read MoreAugust 29, 2025
Indiana legislative task force grapples with legal questions around AI
Indiana lawmakers on an artificial intelligence task force are wrestling with whether and how to create legal guardrails for AI.
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