IN Senate Convenes, Talks Redistricting, Trump Congratulates IN House For New Map, Marion County’s Potential Split With New Map, Grandparents Talk Life Before Vaccines, IU Big Ten Champs

December 08, 2025

The Indiana Senate will meet today to discuss a congressional map that would flip Indiana’s two Democratic congressional seats for Republicans. President Donald Trump posted on social media over the weekend, congratulating the Indiana House for passing a new congressional map. Indiana House Republicans have approved a controversial new congressional map that would dismantle the state’s biggest Democratic stronghold. Indiana University trustees came to their South Bend campus Friday for their monthly meeting, where they approved the final criteria for how faculty will be judged in annual reviews. A new volunteer group is tapping into the power of grandparents — and their memories of life before routine vaccines. Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza may have locked up the Heisman Trophy with his performance Saturday night.

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