Indianapolis News

By Aleksandra Appleton | May 16, 2025, 1:39pm CDT For years, Indiana lawmakers tried but failed to change how schools handle issues related to race, sexuality, parental rights, and more. In 2025, they finally succeeded. As the Trump administration advanced conservative priorities through executive orders and other moves, state lawmakers have banned schools and teachers from implementing certain concepts about…

Dylan Peers McCoy Feb 17, 2025 Indiana is one of several conservative states asking a Texas court to declare unconstitutional a 52-year-old federal law that offers crucial protection for people with disabilities, including students. Conservative attorneys general in 17 states filed a lawsuit in September that they say aims to reverse a Biden-era regulation from the U.S.…

Abriana Herron January 27, 2025 After living in her Martindale-Brightwood house for nearly 60 years, Peggy Bills said her home needed a lot of repairs. “It was in bad shape,” she said. “It really was. If you’ve been in a house 59 years and never had nothing done, you can imagine what it was like.”…

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 Phi Beta Inc. Grand Boule conference in downtown Indianapolis.  In a 15-minute speech to the historically black sorority, Harris largely referred to herself and her…

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 care. They said their child’s removal was because of their religion, but lower courts disagree with that claim. The case itself focuses on the Indiana…

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: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, also shows that nearly 26 percent of renter households are extremely low-income. Housing advocates and organizations gathered Thursday to discuss…

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 down abandoned buildings. Starting last week, construction workers have been tearing down a prominent new midrise apartment in downtown Gary that was recently built but…

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 deepen By Associated Press On March 6, 2024 Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address antisemitism on college campuses for the second year…

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 the population of the congregation’s own town. “God can do anything,” Micah Stephen, Odon Christian Church senior minister, said. “Even a small church in rural…

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 Match 7, 2024  Four statewide elected officials in Indiana including the attorney general and secretary of state can carry handguns in the state Capitol under a bill…