Andrew Downs

This week’s program is the second of three 89.1 WBOI will run during the month of September, marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.Andy Downs,…

Protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis have brought attention to the spending priorities of municipalities,…

This week on WBOI Presents, we are listening back to stories from this past month for our April News Roundup.We began our show hearing from Governor Eric…

Civic Engagement In the first hour, we take a look at civic involvement in Indiana. What are organizations doing to engage citizens in public concerns,…

WBOI Presents brings you The Politics of Time.Here is the conversation between Andrew Downs and James Toole, associate professors of political science at…

Businesses in Indiana pay a property tax on non-real estate items owned by the business. These include things like manufacturing equipment and tools. In…

On July 26th, the 24 members of the Republican State Committee met in a caucus to fill the ballot vacancy created by Governor Mike Pence accepting the…

My wife Jill and I spent time in Dublin, Ennis, and Galway in Ireland in late June. This meant we were there for the Irish soccer team’s exciting win over…

When it became apparent that the presidential primary in Indiana was going to matter, it dawned on me that many voters might think this is the norm. For…

Recently in class a student said that he did not know how to register to vote. I directed him to www.indianavoters.com. After I gave the web address,…