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The past week has been a news doozy ...
The question of will they or won't they, relative to lawmakers' mid-decade redistricting plans, may be answered. After a flurry of activity including social media taunts and one official's home being swatted — meaning police received a false report made in the hopes of scaring and intimidating someone — state Republican leadership is holding fast to their claims that the party doesn't have the votes needed to push redistricting forward.
Prosecutors in Boone County are moving ahead with charges against a Whitestown homeowner who killed a woman who came to the wrong address for a housecleaning job. Indiana's stand-your-ground protections are sure to be tested in this case, but prosecutors say they aren't in play here as the homeowner lacked reasonable belief an invasion was imminent.
Finally, administrators at a Lake County hospital are trying to determine just what happened to a pregnant woman who was seemingly turned away from admittance, but gave birth roughly 10 minutes later in her husband's car.
There's plenty to catch up on this week. Let us know what interesting things are going on in your corner of Indiana. And thanks for reading. |
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Lisa Renze
Free Press Indiana Director of Strategic Partnerships |
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Photo: Diego Delso, Wiki Commons |
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Organization Day seems to be anything but |
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Indiana lawmakers gathered at the Statehouse this week for the annual Organization Day, the procedural return-to-work day for the state's elected officials. But infighting amongst Republicans seemed to clearly signal the party's lawmakers are not aligned on the issue of redistricting. Mid-decade redistricting has been a hot topic among state legislators in different parts of the country, with some states redrawing lines to benefit President Donald Trump's agenda, while others did the opposite. The redistricting efforts haven't been a simple fix to what the president has described as a problem, as the move is facing legal challenges in states including Texas. There, federal judges ruled this week that the redrawing of congressional districts would harm Black and Hispanic residents. In Indiana, some Republicans maintain there isn't enough support to redraw the maps at this time. The Indiana Capital Chronicle digs into the issue. |
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Charges filed after shooting death |
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Boone County prosecutors charged a homeowner in a fatal shooting of a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at the wrong address. The move comes two weeks after the shooting death of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, 32, The Associated Press reports. |
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Avon band marches to 3-peat win |
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The Marching Black and Gold of Avon High School won the Bands of America Grand National Championships for the third year in a row, edging out second-place Flower Mound High School from Texas and Carmel High School's Marching Greyhounds, who finished third. Eight Indiana high schools competed in the semifinals — but only Avon and Carmel made it to the final round. The Indianapolis Star has the coverage, along with hundreds of colorful images from the event. And checkout this great video celebrating a small Alaska band's debut competition, which happened at the BOA event. |
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IU suspends fraternities for alleged hazings |
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University orders 27 fraternities to stop certain social gatherings and places several on cease and desist after multiple reports of alleged hazings over the past few weeks. WTHR has more. |
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More great reads |
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There's a lot of "us vs. them" in politics. But Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on at least one thing: their dislike of data centers. Inside Climate News has more.
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A new five-year strategic plan to alleviate homelessness in Evansville includes a public dashboard that could help unsheltered individuals find open beds in the city. Inside Indiana Business has the story.
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What exactly are rare earth elements — and could Indiana find some benefit in extracting them from abandoned coal mines? Indiana Capital Chronicle has the story.
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Administrators at a Lake County hospital are reviewing security camera footage after family members say a woman in labor was turned away and forced to give birth on the side of a road. The Times of Northwest Indiana explains.
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