November 3, 2025
SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed
About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2025
Indiana lawmakers plan special session for redistricting in first two weeks of December
After months of pressure from the Trump administration and Gov. Mike Braun's call last week, Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) announced a tentative timeline to draw new maps.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2025
GOP lawmaker hears objections to redistricting plans
Indiana lawmakers are hearing from their constituents ahead of a special legislative session on mid-decade redistricting later this week.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2025
State lawmakers looking at revisiting property tax reform
As local governments wrap up a challenging budget cycle, some state lawmakers say they're looking at revisiting property and income tax reform.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2025
Judge gives Trump administration until Monday to have a plan for SNAP benefits
Judge Indira Talwani acknowledged this will leave millions of people without assistance starting Saturday. Two dozen Democratic-led states had sued over the administration's decision to suspend SNAP.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2025
Duke gets approval for two new gas units but does not have to shutter aging coal plants
Duke Energy Indiana has received approval for two new natural gas units at Cayuga Station in Vermillion County, Indiana, after about six months of sparring with opponents before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).
Read MoreOctober 30, 2025
Nonpartisan group launches redistricting education, listening sessions across Indiana
Community members from Morgan County gathered Thursday night for an educational listening session on redistricting as Indiana lawmakers prepare for a special session to draw new maps. It is the first of three hosted by the nonpartisan group ReCenter Indiana Politics.
Read MoreOctober 30, 2025
'Operation Midway Blitz' leads to immigration-related arrests on Indiana highways
Federal immigration officials say more than 200 immigrants without legal status have been arrested on Indiana roadways. They discussed the Chicago area's Operation Midway Blitz during a press conference in Gary on Thursday.
Read MoreOctober 30, 2025
Federal government grants loan for Wabash Valley Resources' ammonia fertilizer plant
The U.S. Department of Energy announced its intent to loan the project $1.5 billion last fall. Residents against the project called the loan closure "shameful" at a time when basic government services are shut down.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2025
Indiana House speaker: lawmakers will convene later — not Nov. 3 — for special session
Indiana lawmakers will not convene on Monday for an upcoming special session, House Speaker Todd Huston said Wednesday, instead signaling that the Republican-led General Assembly plans to meet later within the 40-day window allowed by state law.
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