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Harris previews presidential campaign priorities, women’s rights focus in Indy speech

July 24, 2024 | Cate Charron Vice President Kamala Harris previewed her presidential campaign’s focus on women’s reproductive rights and social and economic equality during her remarks Wednesday afternoon at the Zeta…
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SCOTUS declines to hear appeal of Indiana couple who lost custody of transgender child

By Lauren Chapman On March 18, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of an Indiana couple who said their transgender daughter was wrongly removed from their…
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Report: Indiana ranks low in affordable, available housing units

By Violet Comber-Wilen By March 15, 2024 A new report shows Indiana has only 34 affordable and available rental units for every 100 extremely low-income households in the state. The report, The Gap:…
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Gary Housing Authority tears down $1.5 million downtown Gary affordable housing apartment building that was recently built but never occupied

By Joseph S. Pete On March 24, 2024 Gary has been plagued by thousands of blighted vacant buildings over the years. The Steel City has been renewing efforts to knock…
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Indiana Lawmakers in Standoff on Antisemitism Bill Following Changes Sought by Critics of Israel

Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address antisemitism on college campuses, leaving Indiana students and professors uneasy as divisions surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war…
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Church in small Indiana town wipes out $4.1M in medical debt for 3,000 families

By Haley Miller On March 6, 2024 A church in Odon, Indiana, helped wipe out $4.1 million in medical debt for nearly 3,000 southwest Indiana families — more than double…
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Indiana nears law allowing more armed statewide officials at state Capitol

Four statewide elected officials in Indiana including the attorney general and secretary of state would be able to carry handguns in the Statehouse under the bill. By Isabella Volmert On…
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Indiana teachers say website for parents’ complaints ‘creating a bogeyman’

Educators shared their concerns with the Guardian about a deepening culture-war agenda fought over race and gender By Clea Skopeliti On March 3, 2024 An alliance of Indiana teacher unions has…
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Religious, civil rights groups accuse higher ed bill of racism

By Ethan Sanweiss On March 5, 2024 A petition opposing Indiana’s higher education bill says the bill will disproportionately harm faculty and students of color. Sixty-eight organizations in Indiana including religious, academic and civil…
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