Alexandra Kukulka

Alexandra Kukulka is a reporter for the Post-Tribune.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun (left) participated in a fireside chat with Chris Salatas, (right) President and CEO of the Lake County Economic Alliance. The event took place at Halls of St. George in Schererville on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (John Smierciak / for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signs Indiana-Illinois border commission, Gary supplemental pay and others into law

May 5, 2025 at 5:43 p.m.

The Indiana-Illinois border commission, Gary supplemental pay, and tollway bills were all recently signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun.

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder stands near the entrance of the federal courthouse in Hammond on the first day of his retrial on March 9, 2021. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Transcript from one of former Portage Mayor James Snyder’s attorneys unsealed by federal court

May 2, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder waived attorney-client privilege and requested the court to unseal the transcript of his former lawyer Thomas Kirsch.

Griffith High School student Natalie Wadkins speaks with her history teacher, Jeff Swisher, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Wadkins placed second in the National History Day state competition with a documentary on disability rights activist Kitty Cone and she will compete in Maryland next month for the national title. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Griffith student places second in state with doc on disability rights activist

May 2, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

A Griffith High School student recently placed second in Indiana's National History Day competition, which helped her documentary on a disability rights activist advance to the national competition.

Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Indiana budget cuts to Imagination Library may limit program’s reach

April 30, 2025 at 4:16 p.m.

After the state legislature passed a biennial budget that slashed funding for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, Indiana First Lady Maureen Braun announced Tuesday a fundraising initiative to fund the program. But...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is pictured. (Photo courtesy of Micah Beckwith for Indiana)

Backlash erupts after Indiana Lt. Gov. calls 3/5 Compromise ‘a great move’

April 29, 2025 at 4:33 p.m.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash for sharing a debunked conservative argument that the Three-Fifths Compromise was a step toward ending slavery in response discussion surrounding a bill...

The Indiana State Capitol building in Indianapolis is shown on Jan. 4, 2022. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Consent added into sex education bill, anti-DEI bill pass in final days of Indiana legislative session

April 28, 2025 at 3:36 p.m.

In the final two days of the session, the Indiana legislature approved changes to a sex education bill and passed an anti-DEI bill.

The Indiana Statehouse appears on May 5, 2017, in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Northwest Indiana communities brace for property tax relief impact

April 26, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

With Indiana’s property tax bill signed into law, Northwest Indiana municipalities will lose millions of dollars for services.

The Indiana Statehouse, as seen on January 4, 2021. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Indiana passes $44 billion budget in final vote of 2025 session

April 25, 2025 at 12:52 p.m.

Indiana’s $44 billion two-year budget was approved late Thursday night by both chambers of the legislature as Democrats voiced their frustration with multiple last-minute additions, including giving the governor power...

Indiana updated budget proposal includes $2 increase to cigarette tax

April 24, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Republican leaders in the Senate and House and Gov. Mike Braun reached a decision on a final budget, which includes raising the cigarette tax by $2 a pack to help...

Janna Pursell, of Valparaiso, in the black sweater, waits in line during the lunch hour on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, with her husband, daughter, and two grandchildren for the first day of early voting in the basement of the Porter County Administration Building. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Partisan school board bill passes out of Indiana Senate, heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk

April 24, 2025 at 1:57 p.m.

The partisan school board bill passed the Senate by one vote and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk.

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