The Statehouse File

09/26/2025

LifeWise Academy’s rapid expansion of weekday Bible classes for public school students is drawing both warm praise and sharp criticism in Floyd County and across Indiana.

NEW ALBANY—LifeWise Academy’s rapid expansion of weekday Bible classes for public school students is drawing both warm praise and sharp criticism in Floyd County and across Indiana.

09/25/2025

On April 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed rescinding the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Consequently, conservationists are concerned the state’s endangered species.

On April 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed rescinding the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Consequently, conservationists are concerned the state’s endangered species—from

09/25/2025

Commentary from John Krull

Some years ago, an editor asked me and some other folks to contribute to a blog dedicated to current events.

09/24/2025

Utility rates, bridge tolls, ACLU lawsuit, voting centers, Midwest Lit Fest

On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Braun "affirmed his commitment to protecting Hoosiers by calling for an entrepreneurial approach to address utility rates," according to a press release.

09/24/2025

09/24/2025

Commentary from John Krull

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has idiosyncratic notions about the First Amendment.

09/23/2025

Barely more than half of the Indiana high-school seniors who graduated in spring 2023 were enrolled in college that fall—“the state’s lowest rate in recent history,” the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported in July.

Barely more than half of the Indiana high-school seniors who graduated in spring 2023 were enrolled in college that fall—“the state’s lowest rate in recent history,” the Indiana Capital Chronicle

09/22/2025

Hoosiers on both sides of Indiana’s newest s*x education statute—and even the Republican state senator who wrote the law—say they are puzzled that a school board in northeastern Indiana is using it to justify removing classic literature.

Hoosiers on both sides of Indiana’s newest s*x education statute—and even the Republican state senator who wrote the law—say they are puzzled that a school board in northeastern Indiana is

09/19/2025

“This is what democracy looks like,” chanted the crowd packing the floor of the Indiana Statehouse rotunda.

“This is what democracy looks like,” chanted the crowd packing the floor of the Indiana Statehouse rotunda. People holding signs were wrapped around the railings on the third and fourth

09/18/2025

Pete Buttigieg spoke before a thunderous crowd in the Indiana Statehouse Thursday afternoon, calling on state Republicans to resist pressure from the Trump administration for mid-decade redistricting.

09/18/2025

Reporting today from the second-floor rotunda in the Indiana Statehouse, where Pete Buttigieg is expected to speak on mid-decade redistricting.

09/17/2025

'Speedway Slammer' funding, mid-decade redistricting, FAMILY Act, Coats for Kids

On Wednesday, the State Budget Committee (SBC) allocated close to $15.8 million for the preparation of the so-called “Speedway Slammer.”