Tag: Indiana

Shutting Down Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting down a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs for families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates…


Shutting Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs on families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates that…


Facts Matter (March 26): New Law Requires Ballot Printers to Produce Paper Backup of All Voting Machines by 2024

Since the midterms are coming up so soon, let’s focus our discussion on the integrity of America’s elections. Specifically, in Indiana, the governor has just signed a new bill into law, which will require that all counties in the state must have a trail of paper ballots—meaning, that they must have a paper backup for all…


Indiana Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has vetoed a bill that would bar transgender athletes from competing in girls school sports across the state. In a veto letter on Monday, Holcomb, a Republican, said that he feels the legislation “falls short” ” of providing clarity and a consistent state policy for what he called “fairness in K-12…


Indiana Governor Signs Bill Mandating Paper Backup for All Voting Machines

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill that requires all counties using certain voting machines to leave a paper trail before the 2024 presidential election. The new state law, HEA 1116, requires Indiana counties that use electronic voting machines to install “voter-verifiable paper audit trails,” or a backup system that allows people to check their votes…


Indiana Governor Signs Legislation Mandating Paper Backup for All Voting Machines

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed legislation that requires all counties using certain voting machines to leave a paper trail before the 2024 presidential election. The new state law, HEA 1116, requires Indiana counties that use electronic voting machines to install “voter-verifiable paper audit trails”—a backup system that allows people to check their votes on a…


Man Faces Prison in Accidental Shooting Death of Daughter, 9

HOBART, Ind.—A northwestern Indiana father has pleaded guilty in the 2017 fatal shooting of his 9-year-old daughter as he warned his two sons never to play with a handgun. Eric Hummel, 38, entered his plea Thursday to reckless homicide and neglect of a dependent charges, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported. Hummel, of Hobart, could face…


Woman out of Prison in School Bus Crash That Killed 3 Kids

ROCHESTER, Ind.—A woman convicted in a 2018 crash that killed three siblings who were crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to board a school bus was released from prison Wednesday, after serving just over two years. Alyssa Shepherd, 27, was released from the Rockville Correctional Facility, Fulton County Prosecutor Michael Marrs told WNDU-TV. She now…


Facts Matter (March 3): We Chartered an Airplane to See the Trucker Convoy From Sky; Interviewed Truckers at Rally

While in Ohio, we chartered an airplane to get an aerial view of the truckers making their way to the Washington, D.C. beltway. This was just one day after The People’s Convoy merged with six other convoys in Indianapolis, Indiana. Stay tuned for our newsletter so you won’t miss out on our exclusive videos and…


Indiana Officials Unanimously Reject Democrat’s Effort to Disqualify Rep. Jim Banks From 2022 Election Run

The bipartisan Indiana Election Commission on Feb. 18 unanimously dismissed a Democratic challenger’s bid to force an outspoken pro-Trump Republican congressman off this year’s ballot for contesting the 2020 presidential election results. Aaron “A.J.” Calkins of Fort Wayne, who is running in a three-way Democratic Party primary for the right to face third-term U.S. Rep….