Indiana Republicans back partisan school boards switch

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republicans forged ahead Wednesday with a proposal that would upend the current nonpartisan school board elections across the state despite opponents arguing the change would further inject politics into local schools.The Indiana House elections committee voted 6-4 along party lines to endorse a bill to establish a system allowing a decision by each of the state's nearly 300 school districts on whether to require candidates to declare a political party. Each dis