Whitney Downard

Indianapolis

Statehouse Reporter at Indiana Capital Chronicle

Statehouse Reporter for @INCapChronicle. Formerly the Indiana statehouse reporter for CNHI. Proud SBU grad #GoBonnies 🐺

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Articles

Morales challengers line up as criticism over international trips mounts

1 day ago | newsandtribune.com | Whitney Downard

As Secretary of State Diego Morales takes heat for back-to-back international trips that blurred personal and professional lines, Republican hopefuls see an opportunity to challenge the embattled politician and establish themselves in contrast to the divisive officeholder.
Morales challengers line up as criticism over international trips mounts

1 day ago | indianacapitalchronicle.com | Whitney Downard

As Secretary of State Diego Morales takes heat for back-to-back international trips that blurred personal and professional lines, Republican hopefuls see an opportunity to challenge the embattled politician and establish themselves in contrast to the divisive officeholder.
Judge issues preliminary injunction against IU “expressive activity” policy

3 days ago | reporter.net | Whitney Downard

A federal judge has blocked Indiana University’s “expressive activity” policy, issuing a preliminary injunction against the educational institution’s 2024 rule. Protesters across the country, many of them college students, rallied in support of Palestine near the end of the 2024 school year.
Play ball! Love for the game fuels sports complex development across Indiana

3 days ago | pharostribune.com | Whitney Downard

Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism staff Max Reich, Marissa Meador, Mia Hilkowitz, Alaska Jones, Zoe Benson and Libby Erlenbaugh co-wrote this special report. The sprawling sports complex on the edge of southern Lebanon, bordered by open fields and new townhomes, is a welcome and familiar site to Jessica Hill. She regularly brings her 8-year-old son, Larry, to The Farmers Bank Fieldhouse for his basketball league games and practices.
Play ball! Love for the game fuels sports complex development across Indiana

3 days ago | pharostribune.com | Whitney Downard

Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism staff Max Reich, Marissa Meador, Mia Hilkowitz, Alaska Jones, Zoe Benson and Libby Erlenbaugh co-wrote this special report. The sprawling sports complex on the edge of southern Lebanon, bordered by open fields and new townhomes, is a welcome and familiar site to Jessica Hill. She regularly brings her 8-year-old son, Larry, to The Farmers Bank Fieldhouse for his basketball league games and practices.
Braun reverses course, removes elected IU trustees for his appointees

4 days ago | newsandtribune.com | Whitney Downard

The three elected members of the Indiana University Board of Trustees have been removed by Gov. Mike Braun — roughly a month after indicating he wouldn’t. The governor instead on Monday tapped three new members — two notable conservatives — along with reappointing a sitting trustee.
Braun reverses course, removes elected IU trustees for his appointees

4 days ago | pharostribune.com | Whitney Downard

The three elected members of the Indiana University Board of Trustees have been removed by Gov. Mike Braun — roughly a month after indicating he wouldn’t. The governor instead on Monday tapped three new members — two notable conservatives — along with reappointing a sitting trustee.
State: insufficient planning, funding pauses summer meals program

4 days ago | suncommercial.com | Whitney Downard

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s second-in-command, along with a key executive branch agency, pointed to a lack of planning under Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration as the reason hungry Hoosier schoolchildren won’t be able to use a summer meals program. “The previous administration did not file for SUN Bucks in the way they should have,” Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith told a crowd at a Zionsville town hall on Tuesday. “I’m working with Gov.
FSSA secretary: Braun administration ‘inherited a mess’

4 days ago | rochsent.com | Whitney Downard

When it comes to the Family and Social Services Administration – which oversees Medicaid alongside other state programs like child care subsidies – Gov. Mike Braun “inherited a mess,” FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob said Friday. Roob is taking his second turn leading the agency, which has the single largest budget due to its federal funding. Previously, he led FSSA under former Gov. Mitch Daniels. kAms@??:?8 9:D ?@H\DE2?52C5 “|2<6 |65:42:5 q@C:?8 p82:?” 92E[ #@@3 D2:5 E96 DE2E6 925 “?@ @E96C 49@:46” E92?
Braun reverses course, removes elected IU trustees for his appointees

4 days ago | elkharttruth.com | Whitney Downard

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