By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise — which he called “a great move” by the country’s founders toward ending slavery — has thrust the Republican official into the national spotlight and triggered sharp pushback from historians and civil rights groups.

The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, a group founded as part of the Civil Rights Movement, is asking Gov. Mike Braun to condemn Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith's statement that the Three-fifths Compromise was "a great move" as he argued that it worked against slavery rather than promoting it.

Training camp officially kicked off Sunday, and the Indiana Fever are finally putting their busy offseason moves to the test. After adding veterans like DeWanna

Clark can already feel the difference in her strength in team practices after an offseason committed to bulking up.

The Indiana Fever enter the second season of the Caitlin Clark era with a lot of excitement. The Fever have a new head coach in Stephanie White, who was with the Connecticut Sun and replaced Christie Sides.