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Shakeup at IU Health, IU Arnett
Top leadership departs, IU Health confirms, in midst of $214M hospital, cancer center plans. Getting awfully chippy in secretary of state’s race.
 • Dave Bangert
New Tippecanoe County data center regulations up for APC vote Wednesday
Proposed zoning code comes up just short of a ban on hyperscale projects. Plus, what do candidates for county, General Assembly and congressional seats…
 • Dave Bangert
Baker seeks momentum in Senate District 22, as ads roll amid Alting’s campaign step back
Natasha Baker makes case that campaign was moving her direction ‘before anything else happened with Walmart.’ A TV spot still goes there. Court…
 • Dave Bangert
‘Mystery continues:’ Purdue-backed expedition to uncover Earhart’s plane finds trees, instead
17-member crew comes up empty on theory that satellite images in a South Pacific lagoon showed wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E, lost…
 • Dave Bangert
‘No Kings’ spreads out with progressive reminder to vote early
Five rallying points across Greater Lafayette replace march, join thousands Saturday across the nation. Plus, Purdue-funded Earhart expedition back at…
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: Indiana House District 38
State Rep. Heath VanNatter, a Howard County Republican first elected in 2010, faces Democratic candidate Nate Stout in the Nov. 3 election in Indiana…
 • Dave Bangert
A temporary fix for Ninth and Kossuth
Work is expected Friday ahead of a more permanent solution in 2028. Plus some election season this and that.
 • Dave Bangert
This and that: 48 hours to go in Earhart expedition
Plus, why Saturday’s local ‘No Kings’ rally will be different than the previous three. Early voting update. Details on EPA-funded cleanup of Lafayette…
 • Dave Bangert
Tim’s Picks: Two-fers, all around
Double your pleasure with a slate of duos this week.
 • Dave Bangert
LSC looks to save 4-day week for Vinton Elementary, as new law threatens to take it away
Vinton is in its third year as the only school in the state with a four-day schedule – one that lawmakers put in jeopardy. Plus Lafayette Jeff adds to…
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: U.S. House, 4th District
U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, seeking a fifth term in Congress, faces Democratic challenger Drew Cox on the Nov. 3 ballot in Indiana’s 4th District.
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: Wea Township trustee
Alan Williams, a Republican who beat incumbent Jim Slaven in the primary, faces Democratic candidate Alfonso Salazar Jr. on the Nov. 3 ballot for Wea…
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