Based in Lafayette

07/31/2026

07/30/2026

"For such a long time, when I said what I do, people would laugh. You promote tourism here?"

In more than four decades on the job, how Jo Wade and the crew at Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette worked to build the notion that tourism included exploring your own hometown.

An exit interview.

‘You promote tourism here?’ How Wade and crew worked to change the idea of being a tourist in your own hometown. Plus, WL referendum added to ballot. Backyard chickens face another vote. And more.

07/30/2026

One month into his return as Purdue president, this time on an interim basis, Mitch Daniels talks enrollment projections, support for an embattled provost, 'understandable and entirely predictable' some continued pushback on a $3.87B SK hynix development in West Lafayette and just how much free rein he has in a temporary role.

And whether, one month in, there's any spark to make this interim situation a longer-term gig.

A link to the Q&A with BiL below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

07/29/2026

A day after the Indiana Recount Commission rejected Paula Copenhaver's subpoena request for sworn testimony, Tippecanoe County clerk snaps back at 'deeply disappointing' accusations that she personally mishandled ballots in disputed Indiana Senate District 23 contest.

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07/28/2026

Just now: Indiana Recount Commission rejects Paula Copenhaver’s demand to subpoena 11 voters about how they voted in the May 5 primary loss to state Sen. Spencer Deery.

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07/27/2026

Trump-backed challenger Paula Copenhaver doubles down on demand for voter subpoenas ahead of Indiana Recount Commission hearing in her May primary loss to state Sen. Spencer Deery.

Plus, would Secretary of State candidates on the November ballot back having voters testify under oath?

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07/23/2026

Hot off the press: this week's Market Report is here! Based in Lafayette is back with a look at what's in season, including a surprise standout you might be overlooking.

Read the full article 👉 substack.com/home/post/p-207103431

07/23/2026

More scenes from the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair? Yes, please.

In this edition of Based in Lafayette: https://www.basedinlafayette.com/p/more-scenes-from-the-2026-tippecanoe

07/20/2026

More than 16 months after a confrontation that led to James Jordan retrieving a gun from the cab of his pickup truck and pushing into a crowd at an anti-Trump demonstration in downtown Lafayette, a special prosecutor filed a pretrial diversion agreement Monday, signaling that the case is heading for dismissal.

One safety marshal from that April 2025 event: 'It doesn’t make sense ...'

Special prosecutor offers diversion agreements for man with gun, his wife and man who headbutted him in crowded confrontation outside Tippecanoe County Courthouse.