Caroline Beck
Caroline Beck is a government reporter for WFYI. She previously worked as an education reporter at IndyStar, with a focus on Marion County schools. Before that she covered the statehouse for Alabama Daily News in Montgomery, Alabama.
Caroline was born and raised in Indianapolis, and graduated from Hanover College in southern Indiana.
Contact Caroline at cbeck@wfyi.org and follow her on X at @CarolineB_Indy
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Indianapolis officials are launching a new Youth Violence Reduction Initiative aimed at curbing gun violence among young people, even as overall violence in the city declines. -
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is stepping into this year’s GOP primaries, backing state lawmakers who opposed a controversial redistricting push. -
New funding could be coming to Indiana’s child care voucher program, but it likely will not be enough to cover the current waitlist. -
Indiana is dedicating $1 billion to further growth of agriculture and life science businesses and jobs to the central Indiana area over the next 10 years. -
Indiana’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library program is nearing its fundraising goal after state funding for the early literacy initiative was cut in 2025. -
The effort aims to end chronic street homelessness in the city by 2028 by quickly moving people from encampments into housing and providing services like mental health care and job support. -
Indiana education leaders approved a new A-to-F school accountability grading system Wednesday, restarting a process that has been paused since 2021. -
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun is giving this year’s legislative session a “B+,” saying 51 of his 58 priority bills passed. -
IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson says her top priority is maintaining stability for families as a new mayor-appointed board will take over large pieces of the city’s divided education system. -
Indiana lawmakers have approved sweeping new restrictions on children’s access to social media and cell phones.
