Hayleigh Colombo

4 days ago | indystar.com | Hayleigh Colombo |Jordan Smith

Four of 25 City-County Council members have called on Hogsett to resign while others have expressed disappointment in his handling of sexual misconduct claims against his former chief deputy mayor. Hogsett is serving in his third term as mayor of the city of Indianapolis and still has about two and a half years left in his term.

1 week ago | indystar.com | Hayleigh Colombo

Secretary of State Diego Morales has been criticized recently from a bipartisan group of lawmakers on a variety of topics, from no-bid contracts to campaign donors to his taxpayer-funded luxury SUV. Morales was elected as secretary of state in 2022 and is up for reelection in 2026. He'll face both Republican and Democratic opposition in that race. Morales is now being required by lawmakers, as of July 1, to start bidding for contracts.

1 week ago | indystar.com | Jordan Smith |Hayleigh Colombo

The Indianapolis City-County Council member who leads the committee investigating allegations of sexual harassment within Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration became the fourth councilor to call for the mayor to resign over the scandal on Tuesday night. She also demanded that the council's top two Democrats step down from their leadership roles over their involvement with the investigation.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Smith |Hayleigh Colombo

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said June 10 he has no intention of stepping down despite calls by multiple members of the City-County Council for his resignation. The mayor is dealing with fallout from an investigation about how he handled sexual harassment allegations in his office by his former chief of staff, and a revelation about his own late-night, personal texts to two younger women who said they felt uncomfortable receiving the messages.

2 weeks ago | indystar.com | Jordan Smith |Hayleigh Colombo

More: 'I kept saying no': Women accuse top Hogsett aide of preying on subordinates for yearsHogsett responded to several questions IndyStar raised, including about the texts he sent to younger women, which he acknowledged made them uncomfortable. In the same conversation, he categorically denied a city-county councilor's allegation that he was "visibly impaired" during a meeting in 2024.