By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
This week in 1974, the new Market Square Arena in downtown Indianapolis hosted its very first public event — a performance by singer Glen Campbell. The arena’s last event in 1999 was a Pacers preseason game.
Hoosiers have been vocal about rising electric bills for a few years. So, we wanted to break down how that bill operates — and also highlight how it will change in coming years.
Is divorce the next family values fight coming to the states?
A nuclear reactor in Indiana.
Plus, a commentary on Democratic Socialism.
Indiana utility bills have base charges, taxes and more. See how they might be changing in the future. (Photo by Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Here’s what goes into your electricity bill — and what could change
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz
What's in your utility bill?
Amid fierce customer pushback to high electricity bills and increasingly frequent hikes, Indiana officials are reconsidering utility risks, profits and key charges in a bid to bring prices down — ahead of a major regulatory transition.
COMMENTARY
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Democrats adopting the socialist term may distract voters from the issues these candidates support
By Michael Wolf
While similar to previous midterm elections, this year’s dynamic could end up differing because of the adoption of the historically loaded “socialism” term. Academically, the socialism term is misplaced in theory and in practice, but the pressing problem for this year’s election is that the term could distract from the issues that the Democratic Socialists are championing.
As far as political theory, using the term socialism is off. No one running for office for the Democrats in 2026 is an actual socialist, which by definition is when the people, through government rather than the private sector, own the means of production. These candidates also do not resemble the similarly named European Social Democrats due to our distinct American political history.
NATIONAL NEWS
Missouri Republican state Rep. Cecelie Williams, flanked by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe and Democratic state Rep. Raychel Proudie, speaks in April about legislation that clarifies the right to divorce while pregnant. In recent decades, most of the states that have tweaked their divorce laws have made it easier, not harder, to get one. But that may be changing. (Photo by Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent)
Divorce becomes next battleground as states debate family values
By Anna Claire Vollers
State divorce laws have remained mostly static since 2010, when New York became the last state to allow no-fault divorce. In the years since, most of the states that have tweaked their divorce laws have made it easier, not harder, to get one.
Now that could be changing.
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