Months after a wave of swatting incidents targeted Indiana elected officials, we remain blissfully arrest-free. The Indiana State Police and the FBI — two organizations that collectively command billions of dollars, surveillance technology that would make George Orwell blush, and the full investigative weight of the world's most powerful government — have produced exactly nothing. No suspect. No charges. No perp walk. Just a lot of very serious-sounding press releases about how seriously they're taking it. We're sure the families of those officials feel much better knowing the finest minds in law enforcement are on it.
Which raises an uncomfortable question: is this garden-variety incompetence, or is someone not exactly in a hurry to find out who's been calling in fake emergencies to legislators' homes? Because if you want to find out who's harassing politicians, apparently the FBI isn't your best bet. ICE, on the other hand, managed to locate and detain people in church parking lots and hospital waiting rooms. Maybe we hand this investigation over to them — at the very least, they'd find or shoot somebody.
A shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was in attendance for the first time as president, sent press and politicians — including a congressman from Indiana — scrambling April 25
Five months ago, Indiana Republican legislators withstood pressure from President Donald Trump and rejected his urgent political demands. Now there are signs here on the ground that GOP voters may be poised to do the same.
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I miss the days when you could just walk to the local election office, ask for a candidate’s campaign finance report and immediately see who gave them money and how they spent it.
During his debate with soon-to-be U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, Mourdock proclaimed that pregnancies that resulted from rapes were God’s will. In addition to turning any notion of free will on its head, Mourdock managed to indict the Almighty on grounds of sexual assault.
Proposed federal rollbacks to coal ash cleanup rules are raising concerns that toxic contamination could worsen in Indiana, which has more coal ash sites than any other state.
“I’ve even heard people sometimes say he’s so good looking, he almost looks like he’s AI. But there’s no question that Beau looks the part,” says Mike Schmuhl, who managed a presidential campaign for a former Indiana mayor by the name of Pete Buttigieg, and who recently signed on as a senior adviser to Beau. “Former Marine, lawyer, well educated, very smart, but also very dedicated to the task at hand.”
"I was made aware of this from Christian students who attend Westfield, and they said they felt uncomfortable but didn't want to speak out because they were afraid to speak out. They were not being seen, they were not being heard, so I didn't go looking for this — it was brought to my attention," Beckwith told Blakeslee.
Indiana's state tax collections have remained stable for the past three decades, but that is changing. Indiana's 2024 state taxes were the fourth-lowest as a share of our economy since 1998.
Abdul took this occasion to remind readers of the history behind our state-financed primaries. As he notes, there’s a reason that the public has been paying for what is, “at its core, a private decision by a political party about who to nominate.” He also reminds us that today’s primary election system is relatively recent; the two major parties used to select their candidates through caucuses and conventions.
Hoosiers in rural Indiana say drones are unlawfully tracking deer for poachers, inexplicably flying around chicken coops and increasingly just making people uneasy.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana argued in Monroe Circuit Court Friday that a last-minute provision to the state budget last year unconstitutionally singles out Indiana University by removing the ability of IU alumni to directly elect trustees.
Indiana's first Minority Depository Institution has opened in Indianapolis, aiming to expand access to banking in underserved communities.
After a brief wait, the Indianapolis Colts addressed their defense in the second round of Friday’s NFL Draft. The Colts traded back from No. 47 to No. 53 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and selected Georgia linebacker C.J. Allen.
The Las Vegas Raiders selected Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza as their franchise quarterback with the top overall pick in Thursday night's NFL draft.
The WNBA announced Wednesday, April 22 that the Indiana Fever will have all 44 games this season broadcast on national television. Not only is that a franchise record for the Fever, but it also sets a record for most nationally televised games for any WNBA team in the league's history.
