All INdiana Politics

In a new episode of All INdiana Politics Conversations, Indiana Secretary of Education Dr. Katie Jenner says Indiana students have not only reversed all of the losses in literacy scores that were logged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but are now outperforming their pre-pandemic counterparts. She explains what she believes has been the most effective change and how parents can help if their children are struggling with learning to read.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Now the Lincoln Party candidate for secretary of state, Greg Ballard served two terms as the mayor of Indianapolis from 2007 to 2015, as a Republican. He's proposed numerous changes to Indiana's elections, including having retired judges serve on the Indiana Recount Commission and making it and the Indiana Election Commission nonpartisan. He says partisan politics have no place in the office of Indiana's chief election administrator.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Max Engling's campaign got off to an unusual start. He got in a month before the Indiana Republican Party convention amid mounting criticism of Morales and won the nomination on the second ballot. Engling is a former aide to Sen. Jim Banks. He's worked in a number of staff roles on Capitol Hill. He tells Garrett Bergquist concerns about election security are valid but Indiana's elections already are safe.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the second of a two-part series for All INdiana Politics, Republican secretary of state candidate Max Engling and Lincoln Party candidate Greg Ballard explain their plans for election security, business licenses and investigating the actions of outgoing Secretary Diego Morales. Plus, Indiana's best political team discusses a proposal to amend the state's constitution to allow judges to deny bail for any crime.Democrat Beau Bayh and Libertarian Lauri Shillings appeared on the Oct. 18 episode of All INdiana Politics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When storms swept across the state in August, bringing widespread power outages to Lake County and record flooding to central Indiana, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, led by Executive Director Jonathan Whitham, had to coordinate disaster response across two different regions. In a new episode of All INdiana Politics Conversations, Whitham takes Garrett Bergquist inside the decisionmaking that guided the state's response. He also explains the different types of disaster aid available and goes over lessons learned.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.