by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 25, 2026 Hoosiers sleeping on public property could soon be hit with a max of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. It is one of more than 160 bills that got past the finish line during the legislative session, with dozens of them taking effect in July….
by Casey Smith, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 22, 2026 Six months after tapping former state senator Andy Zay to lead the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, Gov. Mike Braun removed him from the chairman’s post Monday and installed Commissioner Anthony Swinger as the new leader. The shake-up comes days after Braun publicly criticized regulators’ approval of a…
by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle June 18, 2026 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday said he wants the state’s top ratepayer advocate to ask regulators to reconsider their decision to allow a $71 million increase for AES Indiana customers. “Yesterday’s decision by the (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission) to allow another rate increase by…
by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 16, 2026 A five-hole mini-golf course featuring Indiana mainstays like farming and motorsports will be the state’s exhibit at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., later this month. Gov. Mike Braun played on the course Monday at the Indiana State Museum and lauded the state’s “entrepreneurial spirit,”…
by Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle (Cover photo by Casey Smith as well)June 15, 2026 The Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board accepted Dubois County Sheriff Thomas Kleinhelter’s voluntary relinquishment of his certification Monday — but the action does not remove the embattled sheriff from his office. Kleinhelter will serve as county sheriff without the law…
by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 12, 2026 Prominent Republican leaders joined Democrats, religious leaders and devout Hoosiers at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday to condemn faith-based discrimination — a response to anti-Islam comments Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith made last month, including calling the religion a “demonic death cult.” “In recent weeks, words have…
by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 11, 2026 CORYDON, Ind. — Over 200 years since being drafted, Indiana’s first constitution is back home. The state’s original handwritten constitution will be housed temporarily at the Corydon home of Indiana’s third governor, William Hendricks. Gov. Mike Braun visited it Wednesday, as well as the stump of the…
by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 8, 2026 Legislation to restrict Indiana’s primary elections to registered members of their respective parties stalled the last two sessions. But a Republican state senate candidate’s push for a recount because of alleged “crossover voting” by Democrats has breathed life into the campaign for closed primaries in Indiana. A…
by Mackenzi Klemann and Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle June 3, 2026 Gov. Mike Braun extended an emergency order Wednesday suspending Indiana’s gasoline taxes for another 30 days. The suspension of the 62.5 cents per gallon of taxes that would otherwise be collected has contributed to Indiana having the nation’s lowest statewide average pump prices….
I filled up my gas tank in Indiana last week at $4.29 per gallon. That would’ve cost me $4.95 per gallon if Gov. Mike Braun had not suspended Indiana’s excise (per gallon) tax and sales tax. So, like most consumers, I was grateful for it. Indiana has a large set of rainy-day funds totaling about…
