NEWS
Almost Haven? Not quite yet …
Full House hosts New Haven event, but faces minefield in sought move Full House Resorts details its proposed plans for a new casino in New Haven and some of the key points for how it intends to make Rising [...]
A contracting game-changer?
Ruling challenges roadbuilding DBE efforts for Hoosiers and more A major court ruling late last month shook up not just the Hoosier transportation paradigm . . . but may have also struck a major blow to diversity, equity, and [...]
School threats wreak havoc
Uptick in false threats statewide cause school-day disruptions A seemingly never-ending string of threats of violence against schools has been plaguing districts across the state for the last three weeks now – part of a disturbing national trend of [...]
The state of the state race
Demos seek leverage, cash from events, polling Democrats are beginning to feel optimistic about their chances in the gubernatorial race this fall, a prospect that would have been unthinkable back in early May . . . but we are [...]
Rising stakes in casino move
Could new land in trust deal impact Full House transfer to New Haven? We seemed to have opened a veritable Pandora’s Box with our exclusive report that Full House Resorts, Inc. was exploring a legislative move of its tiny [...]
A worrisome FIRSST meeting
Lawmakers ponder Community Crossings, road funding formula “I may have just heard, for the first time in eight years, that Community Crossings was ill-conceived,” Rep. Ed Soliday (R) of Valparaiso needles. “Are you sure [your] presentation isn’t really that [...]
Data-driven decisions
IDOE hopes data will inspire changes to decrease absenteeism State education officials hope laying out all the data on student absences will help better paint the picture convincing schools, parents, and local communities to work to combat chronic absenteeism. [...]
Holcomb’s 6th appellate judge
Republican CoA jurists now double Democrat-appointed judges Governor Eric Holcomb (R) appoints Judge Mary A. DeBoer of the Porter County Circuit Court No. 1 to the Indiana Court of Appeals. The Valparaiso resident will succeed retired judge Patricia A. [...]
Noel contendere
GOP political heavyweight pleads guilty to 27 felonies, but . . . At a Monday plea change hearing, former Clark County sheriff Jamey Noel (R) pleads guilty to 27 felony charges under a plea negotiation which would see four [...]
Indy greenlights Vision Zero
The “landmark ordinance” seeks to eliminate traffic fatalities The Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis group on August 20 labeled the past 10 days as the worst week-and-a-half in years for pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities. Seven people either sustained [...]