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First, Club for Growth poured millions into state Senate races. Now the political advocacy organization wants to support its preferred candidate in a recount case before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Indiana’s SNAP program is serving fewer Hoosiers after big state and federal changes.
The fight over mail-in voting continues, and our D.C. Bureau brings you the latest.
Plus, today’s commentary gives readers tips on news outlets and perceived bias.
Sen. Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, and challenger Paula Copenhaver are candidates for the Republican nomination in Indiana Senate District 23. (Photos by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle, courtesy of Copenhaver campaign)
Washington group weighs in for Trump’s candidate in 3-vote Indiana Senate primary
By Tom Davies
A deep-pocketed Washington organization is throwing legal support behind Republican challenger Paula Copenhaver’s court fight to preserve her three-vote primary lead over state Sen. Spencer Deery.
A legal brief filed Monday with the Indiana Supreme Court by prominent conservative attorney Jim Bopp seeks permission for the Club for Growth to weigh in on the dispute over whether six ballots that voters cast for Deery were wrongly thrown out by the state Recount Commission because of omissions by election workers.
A sign advertises that SNAP benefits are accepted at a Hornbacher’s in north Fargo, North Dakota, on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Ceilidh Kern/For the North Dakota Monitor)
Thousands of Hoosiers removed from food assistance
By Mackenzi Klemann
Eighty-two thousand fewer Hoosiers are receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect last October.
The law brought major changes to the nation's most prominent food assistance program, commonly known as food stamps.
COMMENTARY
Pew Research Center, a not-for-profit research organization, found in 2025 that 58% of Americans say most journalists are biased, creating a lack of confidence in today’s news. (Getty Images)
Is Indy news biased? Here’s my advice for finding reliable sources
By Tracey Compton
What’s the No. 1 complaint I hear from Indy residents about our local news? It’s biased. At every single public event I host, at least one participant tells me they can detect bias in our news, and, as a result, they consume less news.
“What frustrates me about the news is when it is biased.”
“How does one know when the reporter is telling the truth, opinion or slanting the facts to control the reader’s perception and choices?”
“Not knowing if I’m getting factual information or if there is political slant, I am more cautious about what I believe and feel like I usually need to do more follow-up research. And, sensationalizing things/events is frustrating.”
NATIONAL NEWS
A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower in a report published Sept. 1, 2026, alleged that USPS rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting. (Photo by Simone Hogan/Getty Images)
USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ effect on elections under Trump vote-by-mail order
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
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