By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
“I’m really taken aback, I really am, that Todd Rokita would use his office and the full weight of the attorney general over a personal consumer dispute that he has with an individual.” — Attorney Dan May
Secretary of state-wannabe Greg Ballard is dealing with allegations of fraudulent signatures only a few weeks before a key deadline to make the fall ballot.
Attorney General Todd Rokita bought a jet ski on Facebook Marketplace, and his office is now suing the man.
See what Indiana items went into a congressional time capsule for 2276.
Plus, I perused a revamped healthcare transparency website in today’s commentary.
Greg Ballard meets with supporters gathering signatures on his behalf in Indianapolis on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jack Forrest/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Ballard campaign disavows ‘rogue’ volunteer accused of forging signatures
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz
Hamilton County officials have reported a page of 10 signatures submitted by a volunteer for Greg Ballard’s independent campaign for secretary of state as potentially fraudulent — prompting the county Republican Party leader to call for an investigation and prosecution.
Ballard, the former Republican mayor of Indianapolis, needs nearly 37,000 verified signatures from registered voters in order to get on the November ballot. He has submitted about 35,000 thus far.
Attorney General Todd Rokita at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 23, 2026. (Photo from official X account)
Indiana judge rejects challenge in lawsuit over AG Todd Rokita's jet ski purchase
By Casey Smith
A Fulton County judge has rejected efforts to disqualify Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita's office from a consumer fraud lawsuit stemming from Rokita's own purchase of a used personal watercraft.
The June 8 ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gregory Heller allows the case to move forward despite arguments raised by the defendant's attorney that the attorney general is both the consumer whose transaction helped trigger the state's lawsuit and a likely witness in the case.
COMMENTARY
Indiana's healthcare transparency website has a wealth of information for Hoosiers. (Getty Images)
Checking out Indiana's revamped health price platform
By Niki Kelly
Indiana recently updated its healthcare transparency website with an AI chatbot, a sleek design and companion sites to help Hoosiers navigate the high cost of medical care.
It is called Indiana Health Prices, which is way better than the name of the catalog powering it: the All Payer Claims Database. That doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
I decided to take the improved site for a test spin and look at costs for a gallbladder removal. After all, I had one in October — though I didn’t get time to shop around on price.
NATIONAL NEWS
Maine’s Graham Platner is the Democratic candidate for what’s considered one of the nation’s most competitive battles for the U.S. Senate. Platner, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, is shown at a rally at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on April 18, 2026. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)
Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
By Jacob Fischler and Jonathan Shorman
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings.
But they still need nearly everything to break their way against a map that put them at a starting disadvantage, analysts and campaign officials say.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Braun calls for rehearing of AES case that resulted in $71M utility rate hike | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz
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