NEWS
A super shortage?
Looking into why retired superintendents return to work In the last several months, we noticed a few recently retired school superintendents return to work full-time at different schools, begging the question – is this new and why are these [...]
Corridor conversations
Mid-States Corridor to Tier 2 study amid continued local discourse It’s hard to know what to make of the Mid-States Corridor, a much-discussed “improved highway connection” project that will begin at S.R. 66 near the William H. Natcher Bridge [...]
GOP holy war
Unprecedented convo rebuke to top pick marries Braun, Beckwith The fall race has now been defined – but only between Republicans and Democrats. Much of the next few months will be spent figuring out who wins the internecine Republican [...]
New big-buck online poker bust
School ass’t principal helped run multi-million $ Central IN club A three-year investigation sparked by a complaint to the Indiana Gaming Commission from someone who claimed to have lost $50,000 in an online poker club culminates in multiple felony [...]
Women lead appellate field
Seven of eight applicants are female; three are Black women We’re now able to tell you about the eight applicants for the Indiana Court of Appeals District 4 vacancy that will be created by the retirement of Judge Patricia [...]
Diploma dilemma
SBOE, Jenner say lots of work ahead amid diploma backlash Following a continuous slew of somewhat panicked, largely negative feedback from educators on the state’s new proposed high school diplomas, the Indiana State Board of Education is pushing forward [...]
New records request process
Greater efficiency touted; change offers twist on transparency A few months ago, we told you about how the Holcomb Administration was moving to standardize Access to Public Records Act requests for information, developing a unique form that would need [...]
Lottery $ to state ≈ FY 23 level
Strong multistate game sales outweigh scratch-off weakness Thanks in large part to five multistate jackpot runs so far this fiscal year – in July, August, October, March, and April that each topped $1 billion (there were three jackpots that [...]
A tale of two schools
Your guide to what’s next ahead of IUPUI split July 1 Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis just wrapped up its final semester before each school goes its separate ways this summer. The road ahead for both seems to [...]
Fleming out; Dant Chesser in?
Ds to leave their last two Ohio River House seats Less than one week after being renominated without opposition and learning that she faces a rematch with her 2022 opponent, Rep. Rita Fleming (D) on Monday retired from her [...]