Indiana Week in Review WFYI Public Media

Mike Braun wins the GOP gubernatorial primary and names political newcomer Julie McGuire as his running mate. Democrat Valerie McCray becomes the first Black woman to be a nominee for U.S. Senate in Indiana history.

Indiana University students protest Israel’s war in Gaza. Marijuana reclassification plans put pressure on the Indiana General Assembly to legalize use. A grassroots organization meets with the FSSA and Governor Holcomb over planned Medicaid cutbacks.

The final GOP gubernatorial primary debate. A new program to train educators in the science of reading draws criticism from the Indiana State Teachers Association. The state’s largest teachers union endorses Democrat Jennifer McCormick for governor.

Indiana’s six-way GOP primary is now the most expensive in state history, with over $35 million spent by candidates so far. Indiana University’s Bloomington faculty have overwhelmingly voted no confidence in IU President Pamela Whitten. An IndyStar report claims the state Democratic Party largely ignored sexual harassment allegations against state Senator Niezgodski

ReCenter Indiana asks democrats to vote in the GOP primary. New READI grant recipients announced. New measures aimed at reining in the state’s Medicaid spending make it harder for Hoosiers to receive an Aged and Disabled waiver from the FSSA.

An appeals court rules the state’s abortion ban likely violates RFRA protections. SK Hynix to build its first U.S. semiconductor plant in West Lafayette. Mike Braun’s U.S. Senate campaign to pay $159,000 fine for financial disclosure irregularities.