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Smith: ‘Majority puts partisan school boards before our children’s futures’
Today, March 31, the House passed Senate Bill 287 with a vote of 54 to 40. The bill makes Indiana’s school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to run as Democrat, Republican, Independent or with a blank space next to their name. Since the bill changed to the House, it heads back to the Senate for a concurrence vote
Pryor opposes bill to make school board races partisan
Today, Monday, March 31, the House passed Senate Bill 287 by a vote of 54 to 40.
Boy opposes SB 287: ‘Keep politics out of education’
Today, March 31, State Rep. Pat Boy (D-Michigan City) voted in opposition on Senate Bill (SB) 287 during its final hearing in the House. This bill passed with a vote of 54-40. SB 287, which proposes to make Indiana’s school board elections partisan, mandates that candidates run under party labels such as Democrat, Republican, Independent or with a "blank space" next to their name.
Moseley comments on SB 287: ‘Inserting politics into our education system is foolish’
Today, March 31, State Rep. Chuck Moseley (D-Portage) voted in opposition on Senate Bill (SB) 287 during its final hearing in the House. The bill passed with a vote of 54-40. SB 287, which proposes to make Indiana’s school board elections partisan, mandates that candidates run under party labels such as Democrat, Republican, Independent or with a "blank space" next to their name.
Pfaff comments on bill to make school board races partisan
Today, Monday, March 31, the House passed Senate Bill 287 by a vote of 54 to 40. The bill makes Indiana’s school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to run as Democrat, Republican, Independent or with a blank space next to their name. The bill now heads back to the Senate to approve the changes made in the House.
Miller condemns passage of partisan school board bill
Senate Bill 287 passed through the House of Representatives today by a vote of 54-40. The bill makes Indiana’s school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to run as Democrat, Republican, Independent or with a blank space next to their name.
GiaQuinta decries passage of bill to further insert politics in Hoosier schools
Today, Senate Bill 287 passed the Indiana House of Representatives. The legislation still needs approval from the Indiana Senate on changes made to it in the House, but the House-passed version of the bill turns nonpartisan school board elections into partisan races by allowing candidates to list their party next to their name on the November ballot.
House Democratic Leader Phil GiaQuinta (D-Fort Wayne) issued the following statement after voting "no" on SB 287.
Dant Chesser denounces partisan school boards
Today, March 31, the House passed Senate Bill 287 with a vote of 54 to 40. The bill makes Indiana’s school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to run as Democrat, Republican, Independent or with a blank space next to their name.
Bill to prevent misuse of taxpayer dollars heading to the governor
Today, Monday, March 31, House Bill 1518 is heading to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. HB 1518, authored by State Rep. Mitch Gore (D-Indianapolis), would require state entities to only purchase non-luxury vehicles.
Republicans kill amendment from Campbell to pause groundwater withdrawals for the Wabash River
Today, March 31, State Rep. Chris Campbell (D-West Lafayette) proposed an amendment to Senate Bill 4. The amendment would have created a two-year moratorium on major groundwater withdrawals from the Wabash River Basin if adopted. The amendment would have also established the Groundwater and Aquifer Preservation Task Force.
Hamilton opposes bill to make school board elections partisan
Yesterday, Monday, March 31, the House passed Senate Bill 287 by a vote of 54 to 40, with only Republicans in support.
Miller reacts to state ending emergency housing program amid state-wide crisis
The state of Indiana announced recently that the Indiana Emergency Rental Program (IERA) has been cut six months ahead of schedule. The fund, created during the COVID-19 pandemic to address housing instability, was funded through the U.S. Treasury and set to expire in September of this year.