Indy Politics Podcast with Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

It’s been nearly six weeks since the Russians invaded  Ukraine.  But in addition to the war in the streets, there’s also the battle over social media.

With the May primary a little more than a month away, Indy Politics continues its conversation with candidates for public office. Today we speak with attorney and former WIBC radio talk show host Greg Garrison who is a candidate for Hamilton County Prosecutor.

In a new brief, experts at The Pew Charitable Trusts identify ways state leaders can better prepare for midyear budget gaps.

Indy Politics chats with Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Mike Schmuhl regarding a number of issues, including the Governor's veto of legislation impacting transgender athletes, Senator Mike Braun's comments regarding interracial marriage, and the war in Ukraine.

A new report by the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) shows Indiana’s prison population decreased 3.4 percent from the end of December 2020 to the end of December 2021. But the state’s jail population increased by 11-percent. So what exactly is going on? We’ll we got some perspective from Jacob King-Brown and Jasmine Hess, both of the Vera Institute.

Indiana’s nationally-recognized CollegeChoice 529 Savings Plans are celebrating 25 years of Hoosiers saving for education.

A panel of Common Cause’s redistricting experts briefed the media recently on the major victories local communities are winning in their efforts to transform redistricting into a citizen-led process.

Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan says she spent the first year in office strengthening the state's election system and visiting election officials in all 92 counties.

Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan says she spent the first year in office strengthening the state's election system and visiting election officials in all 92 counties.

Indy Politics continues its look back at the 2022 legislative session from a variety of perspectives. Today we hear from WIBC's Eric Berman, Andy Downs of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University Ft. Wayne, Kevin Brinegar, the head of the state chamber of commerce, and Justin Oakley, public education advocate and who writes the blog Just Let Me Teach.