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@INCapChronicle journo covering the Hoosier state | past: @AP, @UCBerkeleyIRP, @indystar, @natgeo, @wpinvestigates, et al.
Indianapolis, IN
Joined November 2011
Lots of updates in our final story: https://t.co/1VlhHIf4Nf
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Indiana Senate Republicans have rejected President Donald Trump’s push for congressional redistricting.
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🚨 NEW and breaking on Indiana redistricting — Senate GOP leader Rodric Bray says the Senate "will not reconvene in December" because "there are not enough votes" to approve new congressional maps. More to come via @INCapChronicle
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Our initial story on a Nov. 3 special session: h/t @SmithCaseyA
https://t.co/pLSqaPqJJH
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Gov. Mike Braun announced a special legislative session to redraw Indiana’s maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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It's official. Indiana @GovBraun has called for a Nov. 3 special session for redistricting. via @INCapChronicle: https://t.co/t6zrfuJFR2
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Gov. Mike Braun announced a special legislative session to redraw Indiana’s maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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We watched so you don’t have to though video is inside. @SmithCaseyA
https://t.co/UeDu0cCwI4
indianacapitalchronicle.com
New body camera footage shows what unfolded the night Sen. Mike Bohacek was stopped and ultimately driven home after a January traffic stop.
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New polls show Hoosiers losing faith in both parties and their own leaders. https://t.co/mAWUCGYWxm
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A new poll shows Indiana voters from both parties are frustrated with their political choices and think the state is on the “wrong track.”
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IMPACT: Gavin Newsom has signed a law barring the deals that have for years buried police misconduct across California — a law spurred by the Chronicle and @UCBerkeleyIRP investigation "Right to Remain Secret" by @KateyRusch and @SmithCaseyA
sfchronicle.com
California law enforcement agencies will be barred from using secret separation deals to conceal troubled officers’ misconduct records after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation this week.Â
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Indiana is the only state still executing people outside the view of the media. We wrote last year about how unconstitutional – and dangerous – this is. https://t.co/oK4xM7XjQC
indystar.com
Indiana is experimenting with new cost-cutting lethal injection drugs outside public view.
Death row inmate Roy Ward was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, marking the state’s second execution of 2025 and the third since resuming the death penalty after more than a decade-long hiatus. https://t.co/hbiBH3mO1C
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After remaining quiet for months, GOP state party leadership pushes for redistricting special session. The tide has turned.
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@INCapChronicle It’s not clear if Nosbusch, who was present in the execution chamber, was permitted to read the statement out loud, however.
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DOC officials said Ward’s last words were, “Brian is going to read them.” Ward’s legal team tells @INCapChronicle he was referring a spiritual advisor, Deacon Brian Nosbusch, who was supposed to read a prepared statement from the inmate just before the execution was carried out.
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Gov. Mike Braun's office has refused to disclose how much the state paid for the pentobarbital used for Ward's execution — or what was spent on any of the latest three sets of lethal injection drugs purchased by the Department of Correction in recent months.
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No members of the media were allowed to be present for the execution.
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Ward was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne in Spencer County.
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Death row inmate Roy Ward was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, marking the state’s second execution of 2025 and the third since resuming the death penalty after more than a decade-long hiatus. https://t.co/hbiBH3mO1C
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
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Here is our full story on Roy Lee Ward's execution from @SmithCaseyA
https://t.co/DAI4FaeMGw
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
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Could the third time be the charm? VP Vance to visit Indiana Friday to meet with Senate GOP amid redistricting standoff. https://t.co/qE5PplXzhH
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Vice President J.D. Vance is slated to return to the Hoosier State on Friday to meet with Indiana’s Senate Republican caucus on redistricting.
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BREAKING: Democrat Beau Bayh running for Indiana Secretary of State https://t.co/63sMH1zusu
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Beau Bayh filed Monday to continue his families' political dynasty — running for Secretary of State.
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Lots of new details in here, including that Indiana has recently acquired "three sets" of pentobarbital. Two of those expire in late October, though. Roy Ward's execution is still on track for early morning Oct. 10.
Indiana Parole Board rejects clemency for death row inmate. Plus, more details on drug stockpile. https://t.co/69u1Pkd0l4
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