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Indy Politics speaks with Fraternal Order of Police President Rick Snyder about Indy’s recent homicides, a report that criticizes IMPD’s performance when dealing with crime, …

A Senate panel is moving forward with taking the Indianapolis Police Department away from the city, but it will be in the form of a …

With recent legislation at the statehouse concerning IndyGo, IMPD, and zoning being criticized for being “anti-Indianapolis”,  Indy Politics decided to ask the Speaker, Senate President …

At the end of the sixth week of the Indiana General Assembly, House Republicans unveiled their budget which includes more money for schools and a …

The Indianapolis City-County Council’s Rules and Public Policy Committee voted unanimously Tuesday night to change the “Homeless Bill of Rights”  to address homeless camps and …

With nearly 90 percent of last year’s murders in Indianapolis involved a firearm, we spoke with a panel of anti-violence advocates to see what can …

As we wrap up another week at the Indiana General Assembly, we get some perspective from House Speaker Todd Huston and Kevin Brinegar of the …

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Thirty-seven times.   That’s apparently the number of times I’ve asked Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett about the city’s skyrocketing murder rate. What am …

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced today that Raymond Childs III, 17, has been charged in the Jan. 24 shooting deaths of Raymond Childs Jr., …

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Indianapolis saw its worst murder rate in 2020. The city saw 214 murders. That was 62 more criminal homicide than in 2019. …