IndyPolitics.Org

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, Esq.

Let me get ahead of the email. Last summer I wrote a column warning downtown was sliding into lawlessness, and the Fourth of July proved it in the worst way imaginable. So nobody gets to call me a cheerleader here — save the “soft on crime” routine for somebody else. Now let’s talk about what the numbers say.

...

The Republican race for Indiana Secretary of State turned into a three-front brawl Friday afternoon, all inside of three hours: incumbent Diego Morales emailed delegates touting a “leaked” poll and declaring his critics are panicking, an anonymous newsletter and coordinated text message campaign attacked candidate Max Engling — and a third rival for the nomination, Dav...

Indiana faith leaders and elected officials gathered at the Statehouse this week to denounce what they describe as dangerous, hate-fueled rhetoric from the state’s lieutenant governor and to urge Governor Mike Braun to publicly reaffirm that Indiana protects religious freedom for all communities.

State Senator Fady Qaddoura who ...

(Apologies to the 90s band Nine Days, and to everyone who will now have that song stuck in their head until June 20. You’re welcome.)

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, Esq.

Nine days from now, roughly 1,800 Republican delegates will file into the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne and decide whether Diego Morales ...

Indiana energy officials are betting that a wave of new data centers, including power-hungry AI facilities, will help pay for the state’s rapidly expanding electricity needs while shielding residential customers from steep rate increases.

Speaking this week to the Broad Ripple GOP Club, Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources Suzie Jaworo...