Like his boss, Parker has been an influential Democrat in Indiana for the past three decades. As chief of staff, he oversaw ...

Parker has served as chief deputy mayor for Mayor Joe Hogsett since August 2022, appointed to the post after five years as the director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Works.

A state-mandated education task force has advanced two proposals that would both significantly dilute the power of the ...

The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance has advanced multiple options for changing how local schools are run, including two ...

Increased mayoral control over IPS and the city’s charters could mirror how schools are run in New York and Washington. But ...

A year after a $450,000 contract intended to help shape development for historic Indiana Avenue expired with no published ...

The Indianapolis City-County Council approves a framework for a designated outdoor refreshment area (DORA), with its first ...

The push to introduce a district where residents can carry and consume open alcoholic beverages while passing through the ...

The 102-page plan—released by Indianapolis' Vision Zero Task Force, part of the city's ongoing street safety efforts—offers ...

Gov. Braun supports a push to offer some guardsmen police training to combat civil unrest as Trump tests the limits on National Guard power nationwide.

Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also ...

As the federal shutdown halts food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers, local leaders are rushing to make sure families don’t go hungry. Beginning in November, more than 600,000 Indiana ...