Indiana

Media Roundup: Indiana Future Caucus Launch

April 3, 2017

On Wednesday, March 29th, over a dozen young state legislators and MAP convened to launch the Indiana Future Caucus. Check out some of the featured press from the launch events. 

On Wednesday, March 29th, over a dozen young state legislators and MAP convened to launch the Indiana Future Caucus. Representatives Dan Forestal (D-100) and David Ober (R-82) announced the creation of the bipartisan caucus comprised of state legislators under age 40. This new caucus will be a voice for millennial Hoosiers, who make up more than a quarter of state’s total population. 

Check out some featured press from the launch events below.

WTHR:

‘Indiana Future Caucus’ hopes to get Millennials engaged in politics

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – There is a new movement starting in Indiana politics, and it’s called “getting along.” A handful of Republicans and Democrats called a press conference Wednesday to announce the creation of the Indiana Future Caucus. It’s compromised of Millennials who want to change the status quo in politics.

WISH-TV:

Indiana Future Caucus aims to protect Millennial rights

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – As more Millennials take to the polls and public office, a new Indiana lawmaker group wants to fight for them. On Wednesday, lawmakers under 40 stood outside the Indiana Statehouse. They are a part of the new Indiana Future Caucus. They are a group made up of young legislators from both political sides.

IBJ.com:

FEIGENBAUM: Millennial lawmakers seek to lead state into third century

The House Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications held a hearing on the so-called “net metering” bill late in March, and it lasted approximately 6-1/2 hours. Without a break. That marathon meeting might have caused more than a few members to lament that a colleague still in his 20s had been named to chair the panel.

NWI.com:

Younger state lawmakers vow to tackle issues important to millennials

INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s youngest legislators pledged Wednesday to work together, across party lines, to address issues affecting Hoosiers younger than 40 and to encourage millennials to run for public office. Standing on the Statehouse steps, the 12 members of the new Indiana Future Caucus – including 36-year-old state Sen.

Herald Times Online:

Indiana legislators form caucus aimed at millennials’ issues

INDIANAPOLIS – Some of Indiana’s youngest state legislators have formed a new group aimed at increasing political involvement among the millennial generation. The new Indiana Future Caucus is being led by 30-year-old Republican state Rep. David Ober of Albion and 34-year-old Democratic state Rep. Dan Forestal of Indianapolis.

44 News:

Local Lawmaker Joins Future Caucus – 44News | Evansville, IN

Indiana now boasts a population that is 30% millennial and local lawmakers are taking notice. A small group of legislators at the Statehouse have formed the Future Caucus: a new caucus that focuses on the issues that young people are interested in. Currently it is a small group, only 4 democrats and 4 republicans according …

95.3 MNC:

Indiana’s younger legislators form caucus for millennial issues – 95.3 MNC

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Some of Indiana’s youngest state legislators have formed a new group aimed at increasing political involvement among the millennial generation. The new Indiana Future Caucus is being led by 30-year-old Republican Rep. David Ober of Albion and 34-year-old Democratic Rep. Dan Forestal of Indianapolis.

 

RTV6 ABC:

Indiana legislators form caucus aimed at millennials’ issues

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Some of Indiana’s youngest state legislators have formed a new group aimed at increasing political involvement among the millennial generation. The new Indiana Future Caucus is being led by 30-year-old Republican Rep. David Ober of Albion and 34-year-old Democratic Rep. Dan Forestal of Indianapolis.

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