Niki Kelly – Indiana Capital Chronicle

Republican Max Engling found himself the outsider against three opponents on several key topics during the first debate between the four hopefuls for Indiana Secretary of State Wednesday night.

Gov. Mike Braun’s administration will make local governments whole for any gas tax revenues lost due to his suspension of Indiana’s fuel taxes since May, according to a Tuesday news release.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission voted 3-1 Wednesday to approve a $71 million electricity rate increase for AES Indiana customers.

The move is expected to save Hoosier motorists 59.3 cents a gallon for the next month.

Two Planned Parenthood clinics in Indianapolis will close Friday after federal funding cuts, and Indiana’s attorney general has filed an appeal to block state funding to the organization should a federal ban expire.

It’s time for more No Kings rallies, and this time an advertising campaign is accompanying the movement.

The contingency fund that usually covers salary adjustments was reduced by 90% in the current state budget.

Indiana’s second payment from the federal government for housing hundreds of immigrant detainees at a state prison more than tripled for November 2025.

The fraud is largely related to over-billing by providers and drug theft. He has no authority over recipient fraud.

Indiana has received its first payment for housing federal immigration detainees at the Miami Correctional Facility in northern Indiana — $1.17 million.