Officials at nearly 75% of public schools nationwide said they had trouble filling one or more vacant teaching positions before kicking off the 2024-25 school year, according to a survey study released by the U.S. Department of Education.... Read More
Indiana’s top Republican legislative leadership remained unchanged after House and Senate caucuses met Wednesday in Indianapolis to vote on top brass.... Read More
A record number of Hoosier students have joined Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars program, more than doubling enrollment for the 2027 and 2028 cohorts, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced Thursday.... Read More
As Republican state lawmakers applaud a new report showing that Indiana’s average annual teacher pay exceeded $60,000, Democratic leaders continue to push for a state salary minimum that would ensure all educators make at least that much from day one.... Read More
Thousands of Haitian nationals with Temporary Protected Status have found a home in the Hoosier city of Logansport—drawing national political ire and motivating new federal legislation. But area officials say the north-central city of 18,000 isn’t in crisis.... Read More
As Indiana’s private school voucher system continues to grow, a new report suggests other states are taking notice and boosting public dollars for private education, too.... Read More
When a life is on the line in an ambulance, first responders are supposed to have the best tools available to give every patient a fighting chance. But for many who worked at New Chapel EMS—“the equipment and the medicine, a lot of the time, wasn’t there.”... Read More
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita gave wide-ranging comments on an ongoing voter registration inquiry, a new disciplinary complaint and impending executions while receiving an endorsement from the state police association on Thursday.... Read More
Two weeks out from Election Day—and just days ahead of a scheduled debate—two of Indiana’s U.S. Senate hopefuls say they’ve heard nothing from sitting Republican Congressman Jim Banks, the frontrunner in the race. Democrat Dr. Valerie McCray and Libertarian Andrew Horning agreed to a debate hosted by the Indiana Debate Commission, which is set to take place […]... Read More
Hoosier voters in all nine of Indiana’s congressional districts will decide their representatives for the U.S. House on general election ballots this November. New faces are guaranteed to emerge in at least a third of those races.... Read More
