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Leslie joins the Indiana Capital Chronicle after covering city government and urban affairs for the Indianapolis Business Journal for more than a year. She graduated from Northwestern University in March 2021, and has reported for the Chicago Tribune, Voice of America and student publications in Evanston, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and Doha, Qatar.
Indiana rejecting fewer absentee ballots
By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz - June 29, 2022
Indiana’s 92 counties rejected less than 1% of absentee ballots in May’s midterm primary elections, hundreds less than in 2018. Recent state guidance stemming from a 2020 legal decision might’ve helped, but voting rights advocates are still sounding the alarm over other ballot practices and a system they say doesn’t provide continuity statewide. “There’s an […]
Secretary of State hopeful Morales seeks unity as opponents campaign off controversy
By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz - June 29, 2022
“I have a vision for the Office of the Indiana Secretary of State that delegates believed in and overwhelmingly endorsed at the convention,” Republican nominee Morales wrote in an emailed response to the Chronicle. “My job now, though, is to bring everyone together to focus on November and deliver that same message to Hoosiers across the state.”
Indiana gas taxes rise July 1 as revenue soars
By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz - June 28, 2022
In June, Indiana was $33 million in gas tax revenues ahead of its April 2021 projections, according to the state’s Office of Management and Budget.
Conservation law nonprofit adds longtime Hoosier Environmental Council attorney
By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz - June 28, 2022
In her new role, Ferraro will lead the Conservation Law Center's litigation work, and will contribute to state and national legislative efforts to conserve public and wild land, plus at-risk species and ecosystems.