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Indiana lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map, reviving a volatile redistricting push backed aggressively by President Donald Trump despite earlier indications that Senate Republicans lacked the votes to move forward. The announcement came Tuesday as State House Speaker Todd Huston said …

Indiana’s Republican-dominated Senate voted Tuesday to adjourn until January, defying mounting pressure from President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Braun to redraw the state’s congressional districts before the 2026 session begins. The 29–19 vote on “organization day,” the ceremonial kickoff of the legislative year, amounted to an explicit rejection of …

President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Republican leaders in Indiana, publicly calling for the ouster of the state Senate’s top lawmaker after he declined to reconvene the chamber to consider a mid-cycle redrawing of congressional maps favored by the GOP. In a pair of sharply worded posts Sunday on …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams On the heels of Maine officials confirming that the shooter who killed 18 people in Lewiston earlier this week was found dead, shootings in Florida, Illinois, and Indianapolis early Sunday fueled further calls for action by U.S. lawmakers to reduce gun violence. Around midnight, one person …

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana Supreme Court Justices will decide the future of Indiana’s near-total abortion ban after hearing oral arguments over the constitutionality of the new law on Thursday. Attorneys for abortion care providers maintained that the ban will “severely” injure women and girls, while lawyers for the …

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle An Owen County judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down Indiana’s near-total abortion ban — halting the state’s new abortion law that officially took effect Sept. 15. Judge Kelsey Blake Hanlon, a Republican, said in her ruling that …

Mariel Padilla, The 19th With the passage of a near-total abortion ban Friday night, Indiana became the first state to pass an abortion restriction after Roe v. Wade, which protected the federal right to abortion, was overturned. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 1, which is set to go …

Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana blocked Democrats’ attempt Wednesday to pass legislation that would protect doctors who provide legal abortion care from right-wing threats and attacks. The effort to pass the bill by unanimous consent came as GOP officials in Indiana continue to target a physician in the state …

Indiana GOP Representative Jackie Walorski was killed in a car crash Wednesday about 12:32 p.m. near Nappanee, a city south of South Bend. Two other occupants in Walorski’s vehicle, heading southbound, were identified as Zachery Potts, 27, Mishawaka, and Emma Thomson, 28, of Washington, D.C. Both worked for Walorski’s office. The …

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Indiana Republicans’ near-total abortion ban proposal in her high-profile visit to Indianapolis Monday — the first real day of a special legislative session aimed partially at further restricting abortion. “The government should not be telling an individual what to …

Republican states that are withdrawing early from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program are stirring up trouble for gig workers. Selina Smedly, who owns a clean business in Dallas, says she will be cut off from the jobless aid without being prepared. She believes that she will have a hard time …

Despite objections from the State Police, the Indiana House on Monday voted to eliminate the license to carry a handgun in Indiana. House Bill 1369 passed the House by a 65-31 vote and now heads to the Senate, where it already has picked up key endorsements. Under the legislation, sometimes called “constitutional …