I got to celebrate my silly little dysentery joke with @rtdna.bsky.social
This project meant so much to me. And I'm so grateful to everyone who helped make it real — advocates who did play testing, reporters who jumped on stories and editors who said, "let's do it."
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The chaos returns for a three-peat!!
We've got big issues, fun facts and a love letter to the complicated stew of small town Pride celebrations.
I've seen a lot of baseball at Victory Field the last three weeks.
So much so, that the beer guy next to my usual section and I are on a first name basis.
🎶They say it's your birthday!🎶
2025 has been a weird year. But my birthday has been a delightful bright spot — especially going to three games at Victory Field. 💜
*slaps podcasting app*
THIS EPISODE CAN FIT SO MUCH QUEER JOY IN IT!
(Seriously, you'll learn important things about the world, hear about amazing journalism and giggle at The Rainbow Beast)
A group of nerds takes a selfie at the Kesha concert in golden light.
The crowd raises their hands as Kesha takes the stage.
In a rare New Year's resolution, I promised myself that I would say yes to more things with my friends.
Today's adventure: Seeing the Scissor Sisters and Kesha in concert.
Shedding tears to "This Place About To Blow" wasn't on the bingo card. But it's 2008 and we're partying.
It's me!
This was truly so much fun to do. I love "This News Is So Gay" and being a panelist (and the unofficial Sportsball reporter) was an absolute delight.
Go listen! I accidentally wrote an "it's complicated" love letter to Indiana in the middle of the podcast.
Being a reasonably devout Catholic prepared me for a number of things.
Receiving genuine, heartfelt praise for my last decade of work was not one of them.
(Because humor is the only coping mechanism available to me at the moment)
Damn. The worst bit is that I haven't updated my portfolio site since 2019.
And 16 days later, I was informed that the @ipbnews.bsky.social team (including myself) would be laid off at the end of this year.
It's heartbreaking. But there's still a lot to be proud of.
I'm going to have some self-indulgent grieving and then get to the business of figuring out what's next.
22-year-old Lauren. Her curls are looser and she's slightly less traumatized.
32-year-old Lauren cackles during a presentation. To the left is Representatives Ed Clere and Wendy Dant Chesser.
It's impossible to imagine: But 10 years ago ON THIS VERY DAY, I started my full-time journalism career.
I wish I could tell that fresh-faced 22-year-old half of the things we would do. I think she'd be pretty proud 💜
What happens when someone asks the @ipbnews.bsky.social text group a question that I also wanted to know?
I write a big ol' web story and make everyone else learn.
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First American pope and the Catholics on my team are being Very Normal.
... what's the over-under that Pope Leo XIV has been to Riot Fest?
Oh my gosh! Thank you for the shout out!
You can follow my reporting from @ipbnews.bsky.social !
The IEDC has been highly criticized — most of the controversy traces back to the LEAP district and concerns over water use.
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Lauren (the account owner) and my dad take our obligatory selfie. I look adorable. My dad is making a crazy face because he looked cuter in the original selfie.
A wide view of Victory Field from the upper deck of the third base line.
Opening Day at Victory Field!! 💜
According to my dad, we've attended 30 out of the last 32 Opening Days together.
The bill makes no requirements for what a determination of an athlete’s gender is. But the amendment would have prohibited invasive inspections of genitalia.
As lawmakers plow through the second half of the legislative session, here's our guide to how the budget writing process works:
All it took was calling and emailing a dozen county and local health departments in Indiana to get a handful to confirm the validity of an email I was sent.
"We want to be very clear: Governor Braun, we don’t need or want that kind of protection.”
“Trans and nonbinary people are not a threat. They’re not an enemy. They’re not a villain. They’re your neighbors,” she said. “They’re the people in your churches and synagogues. They are part of this community, of society. They are Hoosiers as well.”
You'll get a text specifically from me!
Be warned: If you have a weird, complicated voting question, you will get a response from an extremely excitable digital editor.
Important to remember: Nothing is dead until Sine Die.
Language from bills can always be added as amendments to other bills. And in a budget year, a lot gets pinned to HB 1001.
If you're trying to follow along: Check out the little bill tracker that could.
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The Senate Rules (based on my reading) are the same, except a bill may go to second reading one calendar day after it's passed by committee.
(source, Page 30 and 31 (Senate Rule 72.c): iga.in.gov/publications...)
Bills in the House can't be called down for third reading until the next calendar day (there are exceptions. But lawmakers have to *do stuff* for that to happen).
Next week, there are committee hearings on Monday.
In the House rules, bills that are passed by committee (which files a committee report) are eligible for second reading "on the second calendar day."
(source, page 19 if you *really* wanna: iga.in.gov/publications...)
Those deadlines? They're coming.
The official deadline is bills must be heard on third reading on *Thursday, Feb. 20*. (source: iga.in.gov/session/2025...)
The odds of bills that haven't been heard in committee are looking pretty slim.
