Kayla Dwyer
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State government & politics reporter @IndyStar . Former: suburban reporter @mcall , Morning Call Podcast host/producer, EIC @IthacanOnline .
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BREAKING: Senate Bill 52 is dead.
Speaker Todd Huston reached a compromise with the city and IndyGo.
The agreement: bill dies, but IndyGo will use two lanes of shared traffic "whenever possible." via
@indystar
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Fun fact: earlier in life, I swore I’d never date, let alone marry, another journalist. Then I met
@peterlblanchard
. I’ve never felt more at home. 🥰❤️
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Didn't even have a spare second yesterday to take this in.
@indynewsguild
has a contract, after 3.3 years.
It helps our underpaid young folks the most, and I think that's something to be proud of.
Love all my colleagues, past and present, for sticking together through it all. ✊
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Something I feel is important to remember amid this Blue Line discussion: Indianapolis will never be able to cover its road needs on its own (unless state formulas change drastically). We are geographically larger than Chicago with about a third the tax base.
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While I was away last week, something promising in the passenger rail world happened:
@Amtrak
applied for a federal grant to make the Cardinal (one of its long-distance routes) a daily train, rather than 3x a week. That train serves Indy-Chicago.
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I have to admit this wasn’t what I pictured for the multi-use path along the Purple Line route
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What if we put the same political capital behind preventing traffic deaths that we do homicides? Here's my attempt to put on the record the magnitude of the fatal crash problem we have in Indy.
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PSA this is the White River watershed. During your tubing trips this summer…. Don’t swim with open wounds
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Well! A win for the pedestrian safety advocacy community. The House roads committee unanimously passed a bill saying someone who breaks the law while driving (speeding etc) AND hits and kills/seriously injures a pedestrian gets their license revoked.
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What strikes me is the large number of people who declined to be interviewed for this story.
Indy is one of the most walled-off cities I've worked in as a journalist. via
@indystar
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Indy: You can finally walk here!
After 15 months, East Market Street between the city-county building and
@IndyCM
is open to the public.
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I’m seething. Need I remind the world that
@Gannett
CEO Mike Reed makes 900k, or 160 times what his median paid employee makes?
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We’re having a
#localnewslunchout
along with hundreds of our
@Gannett
union colleagues, smiling because we like each other, but raging on the inside. In my 5 years in the industry, I’ve seen at least 4 rounds of buyouts and layoffs. All I can see is red.
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Morning people: Is it worth it? Should I just do it? Are you actually less stressed if you routinely get up pre-7:30 am?
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Protestors are gathering at 7th and Hamilton in response to a video circulating social media that shows a police officer putting his knee on a man’s neck outside St. Luke’s Sacred Heart campus in Allentown.
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Bethlehem’s
#FamilesBelongTogether
rally is underway. Here’s a pan of the crowd who turned out, all dressed in white for solidarity:
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I picked a good time to take on the transportation beat at
@indystar
. Some big changes afoot to rethink our city’s design to better serve access to transit.
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Indianapolis may not be able to pursue a no-turn-on-red ordinance. Sen. Aaron Freeman successfully passed an amendment to HB 1050 to prevent a consolidated city from adopting such an ordinance.
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Sometimes being the squeaky wheel works.
The bollards are coming.
Months ago the city said their new trails team was working on some sort of solution to keep cars off the trails... via
@indystar
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"Recessed" highways would better connect neighborhoods and open up space for green areas and commercial development, the coalition argues. via
@indystar
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Let’s be clear: infrastructure funding is insufficient most everywhere. But Indy has a uniquely precarious and inequitable situation. via
@indystar
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@AGToddRokita
Basically: The Disciplinary Commission argues Rokita broke rules of professional conduct by publicly discussing his investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard (on national TV and elsewhere) before actually filing a complaint with the Medical Licensing Board.
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Folks in my ear are saying this is one of the biggest public scandals in Indiana history via
@indystar
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It’s a full house for tonight’s Indianapolis Public Library board of trustees meeting, with a noticeable police presence outside the building.
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$25M Lilly Endowment grant to fund trails, bike lanes in Indy's under-served communities via
@indystar
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Can you imagine how freaking terrifying this might have been before modern science though
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Indianapolis bike/pedestrian safety advocates having a 7-minute moment of silence for the 7 cyclists, by
@BikeIndpls
count, who’ve been killed by motorists in the city since July. This candlelight vigil is in honor of
#WorldRemembranceDay
.
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The power and responsibility of dogged local journalism. Proud of
@kaitlin_lange
and
@indystartony
via
@indystar
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Thanks to
@NefariousAryq
,
@aliforindy
,
@k11rwin
and family members for being very candid with me for this story. This feels like it'll be a recurring nightmare for the foreseeable future. via
@indystar
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Some key businesses who testified in favor Freeman's Senate Bill 52, banning dedicated bus lanes and threatening
@IndyGoBus
's Blue Line, have changed their minds.
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A small memorial is set up at the Monon Trail crosswalk at 86th, where Frank Radaker was killed Thursday. A bike lock, biking gloves, flowers and a poem.
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Is it dusk in Indianapolis or is it the solar eclipse?
Not bothering with a cell phone pic of the moon because it won’t do it justice. Amazing!!
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The Monon Trail thru Indy is getting widened, finally! After years of delay, construction starts next week. Story coming soon.
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Forgot that updating your license with a new address means taking a new photo. Didn’t practice smiling without teeth. Looks like I’m plotting a white collar crime
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You know I still would choose this industry, being a journalist, all over again, and boy do I feel taken advantage of for that.
Slapped around silly literally every year of my career so far.
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I'm sorry, I just cannot with colleges asking me for donations. Our system is soooo broken if my family's $35,000x4 wasn't enough. (i'm blessed my parents helped me, though i'm still paying off loans, too.)
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New: That audit saga from a few years ago (into possible campaign finance violations by Braun's senate campaign) ended this week with a $159k fine. via
@indystar
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Hell of a shout-out to the
@dominos
at 38th and Central. It was freaking freezing outside, and they came out and gave us pizzas that they would otherwise have thrown away. Btw, they are hiring! Especially drivers. They have two drivers to serve all week.
At the scene of 38th and Central where there’s been a report of shots fired. No one injured. 38th is closed from Washington Blvd to Ruckle St. Central Ave is also closed for two blocks, from
@what
I can see
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Sprawl is a key source of Indy’s many infrastructure issues.
“JuSt GiVe EvErYoNe VoUcHeRs To UbEr Or LyFt”
IndyGo covers more than 400+ square miles. That’s bigger than Chicago, Boston & Denver. Without public transit, it would be impossible for everyone in Marion County to have equitable access to mobility.
#TransitIsEssential
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Two things happening in Emmaus today. A “Pro-Trump” group holding a flag-waving second-amendment, Back the Blue rally, and Black Lives Matter protestors are standing nearby in silent protest.
@mcall
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Indiana used to be the country's epicenter for passenger rail. Now it's an afterthought.
So now we have this rare boost of money from the feds... but Indiana is not well positioned to take advantage of it. via
@indystar
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I’ve always wanted to have children but increasingly believe I won’t do it in this country.
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I don't usually share takes or opinions, but I think it's pretty un-controversial to say that the Cultural Trail is a magnificent asset that I use almost every day via
@indystar
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Now, my partner still has a car. But with public transit, our bikes and our own two feet, we’re comfortable being a one-car household (and taking full advantage of this once in a lifetime used car market, sorry not sorry)
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Inadequate road funding in Indy is a familiar story. A new database at
@LifeAtPurdue
allowed me to take a statewide look at what's working and what's not. via
@indystar
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Imagine doing this since 8 a.m. and taking your first sit-down break around 3:15, which is when I chatted with Sharon Schoemaker, shown here opening the outside envelopes of ballots.
#lvelection
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The dumbest idea I’ve ever had was transporting a crockpot of hot chocolate to work
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Democrat Trish Whitcomb, daughter of former Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, is running for Rep. Jim Lucas’ district.
It is my honor to announce that Trish Whitcomb will be running in HD69 in Indiana! The daughter of former Edgar Whitcomb, Trish will bring back civility, compassion, integrity and Hoosier Hospitality to our home state.
#WinWithWhitcomb
#IndianaTwitter
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Um what
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Families with children with medically complex conditions continue to rally at the Indiana Statehouse to keep the attendant care situation front a center.
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More trains! This time, more of a history dive. Indiana was once famous for its massive interurban network, yet the remnants are few and far between. via
@indystar
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Chants of “Where is Toomey?” Followed by “Toomey can’t hide” (referring to Republican Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey)
@mcall
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SB 52, banning dedicated bus lanes for one year, is up for a final vote in the Senate.
Sen. minority leader Greg Taylor had passed out a map showing where IndyGo’s Blue Line would go — Sen. Andrea Hunley estimates 80% of it is in her district.
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Cool to see democracy in action in the basement of the Lehigh County Government Center. Chief elections clerk Tim Benyo said somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 ballots have been counted so far. They’ll be going all night.
#lvelection
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Why do I see people turning how underpaid they were in a job into a point of pride, or a "I suffered so you should too"? What is capitalism doing to us??????
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I'm working on several stories about pedestrian/cyclist safety. I'd like to hear specifically from women and people of color about your experiences on Indy's roads. Feel free to DM or email me at kdwyer
@indystar
.com.
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Wildstyle Paschall: “Nobody else made ya’ll look incompetent. Ya’ll made ya’ll look incompetent.”
“You think you can wait us out. We’re not going anywhere.”
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Inspired by tweets by
@MrWildstyle
and
@LaneButInType
and several others. How does road design influence driver behavior/pedestrian safety? via
@indystar
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Before this website dies… if you’ve been personally victimized by Indianapolis roads, like pothole-driven car repair hell, please contact me for a story: kdwyer
@indystar
.com
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Dear citizens, when there is acres of parking around you, please do not choose the spot right in front of the bus stop
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Last weekend we practiced our bike commute to work. Only got yelled at once, "GET OUT THE STREET BITCH." a win?
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Fancy running into
@IndyGoBus
‘s Inez Evans on her own bus! (Route 8)
Regrettably I don’t have pics to prove it, just my word
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I for one would like to understand how
@tribpub
justifies shaving our workforce by >10% last year, saving more than $18 million in employee comp. and benefits this year, and then asking its employees to evenly split the healthcare premium increases like a cheap dinner date.
We are still waiting to hear about our “exciting” changes to our benefits. Most staff report today’s sessions didn’t mention any added excitement. Maybe
@tribpub
is excited to be keeping more of our money?
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Lots of interest in SB 52, proposing a ban on dedicated bus lanes (including
@IndyGoBus
’s Blue Line). With half an hour left for testimony, there were still 30+ people left who had signed up (in opposition to the bill). About 10 people testified in support.
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Started with a reddit thread
@clairerafford
shared with me and turned out to be an interesting line of inquiry! Apologies ahead of time if this ruins your map-viewing experience henceforth via
@indystar
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Inbox:
@SenatorBraun
is partnering with Ohio Sen. JD Vance on a bill banning federal mask mandates on public transit, air planes and schools.
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Proud of all the peeps who biked to the All IN festival! Probably could have used more bike parking…
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In case anyone’s worried about me, I’m doing just fine, covering the most enjoyable event of my career
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My new favorite coworker makes it hard to want to go into the office. (Twitter, meet Lottie!)
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How do you justify spending millions on stock buybacks, executive salaries and anti-union lawyers while enacting layoffs?
#answerusmike
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Bracing for some angry emails, but it’s my birthday so be nice.
We set out to see how our schools were faring with their promised equity and inclusion work.
This is necessary work, and schools know it.
But…
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Called it. Today in House roads committee where SB 52 will get voted on, Pressel introduced an amendment limiting this dedicated lanes ban to Marion County only.
Amendment passes 8-4.
House roads chair Jim Pressel asked heads of Bloomington and Lafayette transit systems, would you still oppose SB 52 if it only affected Indy?
Both said yes. They worry the legislation would make FTA wary of Indiana as a whole.
(Hint at where bill might be headed?)
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I know I'm late to this but Indianapolis had two representatives among
@MassTransitmag
's 40 under 40 list (in the public transit industry) --
@IndyDMD
's
@Indy_Austin
and the
@IndyMPO
's Annie Dixon. Congrats!
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As
@AndrewWagaman
reported, about 25,000 ballots left to count in Lehigh, and these workers aren’t stopping til it’s done. Elections clerk said the last 10,000 took about 3 hours. So, 11-midnight finish line? We’ll see.
#lvelection
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SOUND ON: This is the sound of a Senate chamber that already knows how it’s going to vote. Side chats about the previous weekend, texting, murmuring that has only gotten louder
SB 52, banning dedicated bus lanes for one year, is up for a final vote in the Senate.
Sen. minority leader Greg Taylor had passed out a map showing where IndyGo’s Blue Line would go — Sen. Andrea Hunley estimates 80% of it is in her district.
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In Ways and Means, listening to testimony on a bill amendment that would restrict IndyGo’s ability to build dedicated bus lanes in certain sections of Washington Street, where the Blue Line is planned. It’s tacked onto SB 290… an education bill.
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Rep. Blake Johnson asks Sen. Freeman if he’s aware of this article.
Freeman: “I am aware of revisionist history, yes.”
Today, House lawmakers are set to hear a bill whose main backer has said dedicated lanes were not part of the discussion when Marion County voted to fund transit.
The public record says otherwise.
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I love my city. I love my newspaper. I love that
@mcallguild
has the opportunity to begin bargaining alongside
@CTGuild
,
@CourantGuild
,
@ChesapeakeGuild
and
@TidewaterGuild
in the effort to secure a fair and sustainable workplace doing the work we love.
#WeAreOneVoice
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💁🏼♀️💁🏻♀️
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House roads chair Jim Pressel asked heads of Bloomington and Lafayette transit systems, would you still oppose SB 52 if it only affected Indy?
Both said yes. They worry the legislation would make FTA wary of Indiana as a whole.
(Hint at where bill might be headed?)
Something I feel is important to remember amid this Blue Line discussion: Indianapolis will never be able to cover its road needs on its own (unless state formulas change drastically). We are geographically larger than Chicago with about a third the tax base.
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