By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
“I mean, would the argument really be that, 'Hey, if you don't want stray bullets coming through your kitchen window, don't live next to a gun range?” — Indiana Supreme Court Justice Derek Molter
Imagine sitting in your backyard, enjoying an ice cold lemonade, only to be plunked in the head by a golf ball. That’s the issue behind a lawsuit that made it all the way to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Gov. Mike Braun turned down brain scans for a death row inmate but is still considering clemency.
College students react to voting changes around the nation.
Plus, my commentary on why transparency on taxpayer-funded travel is important.
The Indiana Supreme Court is considering a dispute over Sandy Pines Golf Club’s driving range, where golf balls have repeatedly crossed onto a neighboring property. (Photo from Sandy Pines Golf Club Facebook)
Indiana justices weigh whether golf course must stop balls from landing on neighbor's property
By Casey Smith
A northern Indiana golf course could be forced to raise its protective netting or shut down its driving range if a homeowner prevails in a yearslong dispute over thousands of errant golf balls.
Indiana Supreme Court justices heard arguments Thursday in a case between Mitchell Schultz and Sandy Pines Golf Club in DeMotte, where an estimated 1,500 golf balls annually have landed on neighboring residential property since the club opened a driving range in 2018, according to court records.
COMMENTARY
Reports covering July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026, showed how often top state officials are traveling and how much they are spending. (Getty Images)
Travel reports provide needed window of transparency but could be improved
By Niki Kelly
For the second year, statewide elected officials and top agency leaders in Gov. Mike Braun’s administration filed reports detailing their travel in the past year.
We tallied up the days and cost of the trips and overall it was minor — about $132,000. Which is just as important as if it had been $1.3 million. It shows restraint and responsibility on their behalf.
Either way, the point is transparency and I applaud lawmakers for instituting these reports in 2025.
NATIONAL NEWS
Students at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., begin a 40-minute walk to the nearest off-campus early polling site on Oct. 22, 2026. Election officials declined to put an early campus voting location at the school despite protests. (Photo by Elisha Brown/Stateline)
College students in swing states rally against off-campus voting sites, student ID bans
By Elisha Brown
Student leaders around the country are pushing to make voting more accessible to college students. Students have protested against laws and decisions from local election officials that they say could make casting ballots harder, including off-campus polling sites and bans on student IDs when voting.
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