Trish Whitcomb announced her run for Indiana State Democratic Party Chair today. Whitcomb is the founder of the Indiana Federation of Democratic Women and the campaign manager to former State Superintendent Glenda Ritz. She is the daughter of former Indiana governor Edgar Whitcomb, who served from 1969 to 1973. The outgoing Indiana Democratic Party Chair,…
Indiana schools superintendent Glenda Ritz made it official on Thursday: she is seeking the Democratic nomination to take on Mike Pence in next year’s gubernatorial race. “As the mother of two children that have moved away from Indiana, I know all too well that many of our best and our brightest feel that they do…
Supporters of Glenda Ritz will be holding a rally this Friday in South Bend to show their support for the embattled Indiana State Superintendent. Ritz, the only Democrat currently elected to statewide office in Indiana, is the target of two bills in the Republican-dominated state legislature. The Indiana Senate passed its version of the bill…
The Indiana Senate passed a bill Tuesday that strips the elected State Superintendent of her chairmanship on the State Board of Education. The change allows the State Board of Education to select its own chairperson. It would also change the composition of the board from ten members to nine members. The Indiana Senate approved the…
Governor Mike Pence’s decision to reject an $80 million federal grant for pre-K education has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum. Pence announced last week that Indiana would pull out of a competitive grant process that could have awarded the state tens of millions of dollars to fund a desperately under-funded early childhood education…
The State Board of Education passed several resolutions on Wednesday aimed at undermining the role of the Schools Superintendent. The current Superintendent is Glenda Ritz, a Democrat who defeated incumbent Republican Tony Bennett with 53 percent of the vote in 2012. She has faced a number of roadblocks throughout her tenure. The latest attempt at…
