The Republican-dominated Indiana Senate voted 19-31 on Thursday against redrawing the state’s congressional districts — spurning months of demands from President Donald Trump.
Capital city’s clerk says 4-district split will sow ‘chaos’ for her office and for voters.
Indiana House Republicans released Monday a proposed redrawing of the state’s congressional maps aimed at producing a 9-0 Republican U.S. House delegation.
Minutes after the Indiana House confirmed it will return to the Statehouse next week to redistrict, Senate Republicans reversed course and will show up Dec. 8 to “make a final decision on any redistricting proposal sent from the House.”
Indiana Senate Republicans announced Friday that they were rejecting President Donald Trump’s push for congressional redistricting — a move immediately blasted by Gov. Mike Braun.
It will be at least another week before low-income Hoosier families will receive reduced food assistance benefits for November, a state agency said Wednesday.
State budget woes to force higher voucher co-pays for participating families while thousands more languish on a waitlist.
Gov. Mike Braun’s move follows weeks of behind-the-scenes lobbying from the president, vice president and other top officials.
The sold-out event, part of the group’s “American Comeback Tour,” drew thousands to hear Braun and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
State data showed modest wage gains for teachers, but education advocates warned that Indiana’s pay still ranks near the bottom nationally.
A map of the 2025 draft congressional plan. Indiana Capital Chronicle, Photo Provided
Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, right, speaks during a January 2025 news conference with other Republican senators. (Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Justices debated whether releasing the cell phone data of a driver in a car accident case is appropriate. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, in blue, looks at an aerial overview of Google’s data center project in Fort Wayne during an announcement and groundbreaking ceremony on April 26, 2024. (From Holcomb’s official Flickr)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. This is Biden’s last State of the Union address before the general election this coming November. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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