Indy Politics

31/10/2025

My sources are telling me that is calling Senate Republicans who are undecide d or "no" votes on redistricting threatening them saying if they don't vote he wll cut off virtually ever federal program in they can if they don't get with the program.

31/10/2025

Indiana’s “Christian conservatives” are having a moment. Richard Bagsby (expunged felony, now preaching “Hoosier values”) runs vs Ron Alting.
🔗 https://indypolitics.org/the-gospel-according-to-grifters-beckwith-bagsby-and-the-hoosier-hustle-for-holiness/

30/10/2025

So, the Pike Township Board wants to triple its own pay — from about $7,700 to nearly $22,000 a year — plus full benefits.

Two of the three members pushing the raise have a trail of court judgments and debt cases, and the third is leading the charge. The kicker? Indiana law says they can’t even collect the raise until 2029, and the Indianapolis City-County Council would still have to sign off on it.

It’s politically tone-deaf, legally moot, and just plain audacious.

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, Esq. In Pike Township, the board that oversees taxpayer dollars wants to triple its own pay — from about $7,700 to nearly ...

30/10/2025

We're hearing Team Braun is working the phones trying to figure out how to get Trump to Indiana to personally lean on state senators who are still on the fence about redrawing the maps.

29/10/2025

Indiana lawmakers are in no hurry to answer the Governor’s call for a special session. Speaker Todd Huston says they’re still “working on scheduling” — translation: don’t expect gavel-to-desk anytime soon. Read the full story here 👉

House Speaker Todd Huston wants Hoosiers to know he’s not rushing into this special session—at least not yet. In a statement Tuesday, the Fishers Republican ...

28/10/2025

just wrapped up an interview with Tom LoBianco about a story that’s got everything: Jesus, s*x, politics, and enough scandal to make Law & Order: SVU look like a church picnic. 🙄

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When your church’s name ends up in the same sentence as “child p**nography,” “deepfake p**n scandal,” and “Lieutenant Governor,” things have officially gone off the ...

27/10/2025

And this how the Indiana GOP lost its Super majority.

Governor Mike Braun is calling Indiana lawmakers back to the Statehouse for a special legislative session beginning Monday, November 3, to address congressional redistricting and ...

26/10/2025

For years, Micah Beckwith railed against “groomers” in the LGBTQ+ community. But the biggest grooming and child exploitation case tied to his world isn’t coming from a Pride parade — it’s coming from his own orbit.

By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz | Indy Politics If you’ve spent the last few years trapped in Indiana’s endless culture war, you’ve probably heard Micah Beckwith shouting ...

23/10/2025

Things are heating up in Pike Township.
Two board members — Kendra Perkins and Demetrice Hicks — have recent civil judgments against them even as the board moved to raise its own pay, add health insurance, and appropriate $70,000 to hire its own lawyer.
But Trustee Annette Johnson says she won’t sign the budget, meaning no raises, no personnel cuts, and no new counsel.
And here’s the kicker: under Uni-Gov, even if she did, the City-County Council would have to approve the raise — and our sources say that’s not happening.
Full story with all the receipts ⬇️
indypolitics.org https://indypolitics.org/pike-township-board-members-face-civil-judgments-as-salary-and-budget-decisions-draw-scrutiny/

Pike Township Board Members Face Civil Judgments as Budget and Salary Fight Intensifies Two members of the Pike Township Board are facing recent civil judgments ...

23/10/2025

What We’re Hearing: Gov. Braun hasn’t met with Senate Republicans on redistricting. And if a vote were held today, it would fail by more than single digits in the Senate.

Stay tuned — more on this in this weekend’s Cheat Sheet.

21/10/2025

Hoosiers are speaking up — again. Nearly 20,000 signatures later, opposition to mid-decade redistricting is no longer just noise; it’s a statewide chorus. With pressure mounting on Governor Mike Braun, the question isn’t whether people are paying attention — it’s whether state leaders are. 👀

Hoosiers are once again making their voices heard at the Statehouse. With nearly 20,000 petition signatures collected in just two months, opposition to mid-decade redistricting ...

21/10/2025

Who wants to be on the IURC?

by Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle October 20, 2025 The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Nominating Committee’s members met in executive session Monday and reviewed 47 ...