Based in Lafayette

02/08/2025

As a bill that looks to roll back mentions of DEI in schools, state government and other agencies w/state funding clears the Indiana Senate, why Lafayette state Sen. Ron Alting joined four Republicans in voting no.

'We are taking steps backwards.'

Details in the latest BiL: https://www.basedinlafayette.com/i/156700203/dei-rollback-bill-for-schools-others-clears-indiana-senate-alting-among-gop-no-votes

02/08/2025

West Lafayette assigns point person on tight housing market. Here's the assignment for the city's newly created housing director job.

Part of city’s newly released strategic plan aims at housing strategy. Plus, Adriana Harmeyer’s first finals match in ‘Jeopardy’ ToC tonight. And why Sen. Alting voted against DEI rollback bill

02/06/2025

LSO, Elvis, ‘Hadestown,’ gallery openings and a few punks. Five prime ideas to get things lined up.

It's a Tim's Picks Thursday at Based in Lafayette.

LSO, Elvis, ‘Hadestown,’ gallery openings and a few punks. Five prime ideas to get things lined up.

02/06/2025

'We couldn’t get it to fit where we had it.'

Tippecanoe County scraps a juvenile detention center plan next to Cary Home. Another, more expensive, proposal being weighed now.

24-bed concept that emerged in 2024 won’t fit on Cary Home property, county officials say. New site eyed near Tippecanoe County Jail. Plus, a look at local impact of Gov. Braun’s property tax proposal

02/06/2025

As written, Senate Bill 1 would shift up to $38M a year in Tippecanoe County in Gov. Braun's property tax plan.

Here's a look at how that math might work out for property taxpayers and for cities, county, schools, townships and more in Tippecanoe Co.: https://www.basedinlafayette.com/i/156543858/an-eye-on-property-tax-changes-coming-the-estimated-local-numbers

02/05/2025

Purdue remains mum as a Senate bill puts student IDs on the ropes as valid voter identification.

As state lawmakers argue about whether this truly is a matter of election security, Lafayette/West Lafayette senators say what Purdue won't: The university is happy to get out of the voter ID business.

Details here after SB10 advances today: https://www.basedinlafayette.com/i/156493837/purdue-remains-silent-as-university-student-ids-are-on-the-ropes-in-senate-bill-on-voting

02/04/2025

A full slate in today's edition ...

--> West Lafayette's Adriana Harmeyer is in ‘Jeopardy’ Tournament of Champions semis, airing today.
--> Bob Dylan's coming to Elliott Hall.
--> Rezoning plan shaking things up at a Purdue-backed subdivision gets past blowback from existing homeowners.
--> More on last week's stabbing/shots fired case that closed north end streets.
--> Lafayette trash rules OK'd.
--> Lafayette's push to tackle abandoned houses gets council's blessing.
--> Hair metal enters the chat in Loeb Stadium's summer concert series.
--> A key change is plugged into Senate's pipeline bill.

And more here: https://www.basedinlafayette.com/p/a-full-slate-today

02/03/2025

Lafayette is about to update the rules about Garbage Day.

Proposed ordinance includes what can and can’t be put at the curb. First vote lined up for Monday night.

Proposed ordinance includes what can and can’t be put at the curb.

02/03/2025

Tracking water regulation bills getting traction in the General Assembly: Last week, the lone dissenting vote for Senate Bill 4 on the Senate Utilities Committee came from state Sen. Spencer Deery, a West Lafayette Republican who also is carrying a bill looking to install statewide regulations on pipelines and large, LEAP-like water transfers.

Here's why.

That, and several more notes for a Sunday.

01/31/2025

Crime was up slightly in Lafayette in key categories in 2024, but still well down from a decade earlier. Lafayette Police Chief Scott Galloway sees it ‘as a good thing,’ and hopes the community feels that way, too.

A Q&A, in today's edition of Based in Lafayette.

Crime was up slightly in Lafayette in key categories in 2024, but still down from a decade earlier. Lafayette's police chief sees it ‘as a good thing,’ and hopes the community feels that way, too.

01/30/2025

It's Thursday. That's means Tim's Picks, with 5 things to get your rolling into the weekend.

Featuring cameos by: The Long Center, Ashley McBryde, The Band Loula, The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Traveler's Dream, Lucas Harry, Nine Irish Brothers - Lafayette, Damage, Caleb Caudle, People's Brewing Company & Taproom ...

Five prime ideas to get your weekend rolling.

01/30/2025

“Every nonprofit in town that I know is watching this very closely."

Local organizations, schools and more get a breather Wednesday, but say they’re ready to scramble again on a potential Trump administration federal spending freeze still looming. Sizing up some of the local stakes.

Local organizations, schools and more get a breather Wednesday, say they’re ready to scramble again on a potential federal spending freeze still looming.

01/28/2025

Purdue President Mung Chiang says the university is trying to minimize enrollment surprises in wake of another applications record.

Meanwhile, he doesn't commit on faculty questions about DEI executive orders, Statehouse bill impacts for campus.

Chiang says university is wary of another enrollment surprise; noncommittal on DEI orders, Statehouse bill impacts. Plus, house built for fired coach Ryan Walters hits market at $4.9M. And more.

01/28/2025

Last year, the Purdue archivist racked up 15 wins, making her a ‘Jeopardy’ super champ. The show’s Tournament of Champions – starting Monday – was a whole different experience, Adriana Harmeyer says.

A pre-Tournament of Champions Q&A.

Last year, the Purdue archivist racked up 15 wins, making her a ‘Jeopardy’ super champ. The show’s Tournament of Champions – starting Monday – was a whole different experience, she says

01/27/2025

After what by all accounts has been a busy decade for Greater Lafayette, outgoing Greater Lafayette Commerce CEO Scott Walker offers up the easiest things to sell about Greater Lafayette and Purdue, along with the hardest, as he heads for a similar economic development role in southwest Louisiana.

An exit interview, in today's edition.

After a decade with GLC, Walker offers up the easiest things to sell about Greater Lafayette, along with the hardest, as he heads for a similar economic development role in southwest Louisiana.

01/25/2025

Indianapolis Public Schools won't let immigration officers on campuses without a warrant, the district told parents this week.

Here's what Greater Lafayette superintendents say ... and what state AG Todd Rokita says as he ramps up pressure on local officials who won't cooperate with the Trump administration's new federal push on deportation: https://www.basedinlafayette.com/i/155698396/immigration-orders-and-local-schools-police

01/25/2025

Jennifer Teising threatens a lawsuit over back pay and more after being booted as Wabash Township trustee. She's seeking $834K, 20 times more than township board offered in a proposed settlement last summer.

Details in today's edition.

Former trustee seeks $834K, 20 times more than township board offered last summer. Plus, how schools, local police brace for calls to help on deportations, even as AG Rokita ramps up to back Trump