Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics

Third District Congressman Jim Banks formally announced his campaign for U.S. Senator Mike Braun's soon-to-be open seat on Tuesday.

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

Indiana’s primary election was pushed back to June 2 because of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, we’ll be diving deeper into the process of how…

This week, our news team is looking back at some of the biggest stories from February. We’ll hear the latest in politics from Andy Downs and Indiana…

Welcome to a WBOI special program presenting the 2019 Mayoral Forum on Quality of Life. Arts United, PBS39, the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics,…

Korea has been the focus of many headlines recently. The 2018 Winter Olympics were held in PyeongChang. Otto Warmbier, an American student, was arrested…

The Paul Helmke School for Women in Public Life is a nonpartisan series that aims to develop women for public leadership in Northeast Indiana. The last…

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

On Feb. 17th, the College of Arts and Sciences, History, and Honors Program at IPFW organized a panel discussion titled "Is This Any Way To Elect A…

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…