TPUSA & Top IN Repubs Formalize Ties, Doxxing Bill, IPS Board Member Resigns, IMPD Plans For Spring Break, NAACP Branch Against Data Center in Indy

March 11, 2026

A federal judge in Indiana will not allow the government to seek the death penalty for a Terre Haute man charged with killing a police officer. Top Indiana Republicans are formalizing ties between their state offices and the conservative activist group Turning Point USA. Doxxing is when someone posts personal identifying information about another person on social media with the intent to cause harm. Indianapolis Public Schools board member Gayle Cosby is stepping down. Law enforcement in Indianapolis is making plans to keep young people safe during spring break. The Greater Indianapolis Branch of the NAACP has come out against the proposed data center in Martindale-Brightwood, a historically Black community on the northeast side of the city. Historians in Indianapolis are uncovering a visual record of the city's past from an unlikely source — crime scene photos.

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