By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
“I was the golden boy. (I) make one video saying I'm running as secretary of state, and now I'm the devil. I haven't changed.” — Greg Ballard
Today’s secretary of state profile introduces you to Greg Ballard, whose independent entry into the contest could shake up the race.
A new poll shows Hoosier discontent with state and federal leaders. And they really don’t like data centers.
The father of two children murdered in 2010 is asking Gov. Mike Braun to commute the killer’s death sentence.
Plus, brand deals for high school athletes and a move to change the assessed value system.
Greg Ballard, a Lincoln Party candidate for secretary of state, chats with the Indiana Capital Chronicle on Aug. 24, 2026. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Ballard is hoping for another once-in-a-lifetime upset
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz
Greg Ballard has overcome the odds before.
As an unknown Republican in 2007, he forced a popular Democratic mayor out of the Indianapolis City-County Building by just 5,000 votes, despite being outspent 10-1.
Now, he's reintroducing himself to voters, this time as an independent candidate for secretary of state. The beleaguered office leads Indiana's elections.
Paul Neidig, commissioner for the Indiana High School Athletic Association, addresses the Interim Study Committee on Education on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Photo by Mackenzi Klemann/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana lawmakers punt on high school NIL regulations
By Mackenzi Klemann
The name, image and likeness brand deals prevalent in collegiate athletics are trickling down to high school athletes, but Indiana lawmakers appear unlikely to regulate the practice for now.
The Indiana High School Athletic Association in May authorized its own version of the deals known as personal brand activities.
Already, the association counts 54 student athletes making money from brand deals, IHSAA Commissioner Paul Neidig told the Interim Committee on Education Wednesday morning.
The Indiana Parole Board holds a clemency hearing on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Indianapolis, for death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
‘Jeffrey, I forgive you’: Father of slain children supports clemency for Indiana death row inmate
By Casey Smith
The father of Alyssa and Caleb Lynch is urging Gov. Mike Braun to spare Jeffrey Weisheit from execution, saying the man who murdered his children should remain in prison for life without the possibility of parole.
Steven Lynch, whose children died in a 2010 house fire set by Weisheit, signed an affidavit urging mercy ahead of Weisheit’s scheduled Nov. 5 execution. His plea comes as the Indiana Parole Board prepares to begin clemency hearings Friday.
“What good does it do the memory of my children to put this man to death?” Lynch wrote.
NATIONAL NEWS
Dr. Sindhura Manubolu, the director of the family medicine program at the Long Island City Health Center in New York, received her medical degree in India. Some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/Stateline)
Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say
By Shalina Chatlani
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States.
Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an even larger proportion of physicians in many specialties, including internal medicine (41%), endocrinology (46%) and geriatrics (52%).
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