Steve Hinnefeld

Wondering why, if Indiana is short prison beds, we’re providing 1,000 to the feds for ICE detention.

Key quote from IN Gov Mike Braun on mid-decade redistricting: “If we try to drag our feet as a state on it, probably, we’ll have consequences of not working with the Trump administration as tightly as we should.”

Canceled federal grants cost Indiana institutions millions in disrupted projects • Indiana Capital Chronicle Combined, the 21 projects across four higher education institutions total more than $24.5 million from the National Institutes of Health.

‘Del Valle’s research was flagged by the NIH for the words “trans” and “diverse,” according to Grant Witness. The project’s abstract refers to cellular transmission at various points and “diverse modes of b-sheet packing.”’ indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/12/c...

Has he referred himself for election fraud prosecution for voting in one county while claiming a homestead tax credit in another?

If I’m ever tempted to think segregation is ancient history, I remember that Ruby Bridges is 5 years younger than I am.

Indiana has cut spending on education of all types. In fact, our state hasn’t spent this small a share of our GDP on education for several decades”: @profhicks.bsky.social www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

Limestone Post story: Former Legislator Mark Kruzan Talks Redistricting, Then and Now - THE INDIANA CITIZEN This story was originally published by the Limestone Post. By Steve Hinnefeld Limestone Post September 2, 2025 Republican legislators, worried their party will lose its majority in the next election, ...

Thanks to @indianacitizen.org for posting the story on Indiana's 1995 redistricting fight that I did for @limestonepost.bsky.social. indianacitizen.org/limestone-po...

Excellent book, inspired hire.

“We Want to Save This Investment”: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out Over the last five years, nearly $90 million has gone to state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes. Advocates say cuts to the program would be “devastating.”

“Indiana is one of at least five states that rely entirely on federal dollars to pay for their maternal mortality reviews.” Frim @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/mate...

In Indiana, nearly all the 300+ private schools that receive vouchers are religious and exempt from tax reporting. There’s no way to know how much self-dealing takes place.

Republicans get <60% of the vote in Indiana but control 100% of US Senate seats, 78% of US House seats, 80% of state Senate seats and 70% of state House seats. How much more can they gerrymander?

Three in the top 15 in (mostly) southeastern Michigan. Interesting.

Rules for thee, not for me.

Transgender youth rally draws bipartisan support and push for civic action Indiana lawmakers and advocates rallied at the Statehouse to support transgender youth and push for civic engagement after a Supreme Court decision upheld restrictions on gender-affirming care.

“Transgender people are under attack here in Indiana — and all across the country — because, to put it bluntly: Gay people aren't scary enough anymore”: Rep Ed Clere www.wfyi.org/news/article...

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“It’s as if you’re saying the minority community were never here. You never existed”: Rep. @cherrishpryor.bsky.social

Outrageous

HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

“One cannot exaggerate how dangerous and unhistorical this ruling is.”

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Indiana voucher program cost: $497 million Indiana awarded nearly a half billion dollars in private school vouchers in the 2024-25 school year, according to a report posted this month by the Indiana Department of Education. That’s a 13.2% i…

Indiana spent nearly $500 million on private school vouchers in 2024-25, per a new report from the state education department. More details in this post: inschoolmatters.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/i...

Does this explain why seemingly moderate pols like IN Sen. Young no longer challenge Trump? I imagine he’s experienced this.

“Congressional Republicans fear the sort of retribution that would not simply oust them from office but would also threaten their lives and those of their staff and their families”

“We deserve to know what merited the president’s decision to launch the attacks without the support of Congress.

“But how can we expect clear and honest answers from a man who lies as easily as he breathes?”

What (little) we know about Brian Eagle, IU’s third new trustee Attention has largely been paid to Jim Bopp Jr. and Sage Steele.

Who is new IU trustee Brian Eagle? @clairerafford.bsky.social at Mirror Indy with a story i hoped to see. mirrorindy.org/indiana-univ...

Once again, the Braun administration blames the Holcomb administration when a serious problem develops on its watch.

Still waiting to see what happens to the school’s founder.

We really need to dumb down this presidency thing.

The Unequal State of America: Indiana's rocky road to welfare reform Indiana's bold effort to remake welfare got off to a shaky start.

Also, speaking of creating messes: www.reuters.com/article/worl...