Indiana Capital Chronicle

06/15/2026

Dubois County sheriff loses Indiana law enforcement certification but keeps elected office

Indiana's Law Enforcement Training Board accepted Dubois County Sheriff Thomas Kleinhelter's voluntary relinquishment of his certification.

06/15/2026

Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

Republican attorneys general from 14 states are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to classify abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant.

06/15/2026

After local missing teen case, Indiana congressman aims to expand Amber Alert guidelines

U.S. House Rep. Rudy Yakym is pursuing changes to the nation’s Amber Alert notification system after a 17-year-old girl from his home state of Indiana went missing and was later found dead.

06/15/2026

Indiana takes on powerful hospitals by capping prices they charge employers

Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals.

06/15/2026

Republican decision on secretary of state race could also show reach of Banks' influence

Indiana Republicans will be doing more this coming weekend than deciding a turbulent race for their secretary of state nomination.

06/14/2026

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06/12/2026

After local missing teen case, Indiana congressman aims to expand Amber Alert guidelines

U.S. House Rep. Rudy Yakym is pursuing changes to the nation’s Amber Alert notification system after a 17-year-old girl from his home state of Indiana went missing and was later found dead.

06/12/2026

COMMENTARY: Eliminating taxes might be popular to preach but people deserve realism

It might be popular to push eliminating taxes but it’s also intellectually dishonest and disingenuous.

06/12/2026

Faith, political leaders celebrate religious freedom after Indiana LG's Islam comments

Prominent Republican leaders joined Democrats, religious leaders and devout Hoosiers at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday to condemn faith-based discrimination — a response to anti-Islam comments Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith made last month, including calling the religion a "demonic death cult."

06/12/2026

Toddler, mom living at Indiana Women’s Prison prepare for life on the outside

Ashley Dumas is in the final weeks of a three-year sentence. Her son Jensen has lived with her in the prison's maternal unit his whole life.