The Statehouse File

09/09/2026

Commentary from John Krull

The day began in an ordinary fashion.

09/09/2026

Indiana University Bloomington remains one of the nation’s worst colleges and universities when it comes to free speech on campus, according to a report released this week.

09/09/2026

'The Year’s Best Sports Writing' plumbs the world of athletics for glimpses of the soul

I cannot say enough positive things about Hanif Abdurraqib: an Ohio-proud, all-star essayist and poet whose work fashions sports, music and the Black experience as transcendent platforms for expansive ponderings

09/08/2026

State government continues to respond to the severe weather that began on Aug. 11 and included straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding.

09/04/2026

The folks at the SPLC are literally the best—they helped us again just this week to find a national legal source for Olivia’s next banger of a story. Thanks for all you do, SPLC!

Incoming junior Olivia O’Neal was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists for best in-depth reporting at schools with 10,000 or fewer students for her powerful story on Afghan evacuees living in Indiana. The Student Press Law Center was proud to arrange free, pre-publication legal ve...

09/04/2026

August brought storms, power outages and devastating floods to many parts of Indiana—and also put a damper on the usually carefree time at the Indiana State Fair.

09/03/2026

As the 2026-2027 school year kicks off, kids attending public school are facing a big change: an entire school day without using personal wireless devices.

09/02/2026

As an outdoorsy Monroe County kid, the Tecumseh Trail has always been something on my bucket list.

08/24/2026

Another -- our sixth -- is now in the books, and we have a week to eat vegetables before classes start. In the end, over the course of the fair's 15 days, 11 Statehouse File reporters and two TSF alums made more than 450 articles, photos and videos and more than 50 social-media posts, and they distributed some 250 copies of three zines and two postcards--including this one by fave recent grad Sydney Byerly.

Are we tired? Yes. Do we have the best jobs ever? Also yes.

Thank you Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center for giving us the most fun training ground a could have. Now back to the Statehouse.

08/24/2026

TSF reporter Connor Burress spent hours at the Indiana State Fair Championship Rodeo Thursday and Friday nights, attempting to capture in still images the incredibly fast action on the dirt ring.

TSF reporter Connor Burress spent hours at the Indiana State Fair Championship Rodeo Thursday and Friday nights, attempting to capture in still images the incredibly fast action on the dirt