Despite Return-To-Office Order, Beckwith’s Offices Repeatedly Closed, Working Remote

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s statehouse office has been repeatedly closed during public business hours in recent weeks — at times with no signage posted and no staff inside — even as Gov. Mike Braun has ordered a broad return to in-person work for state employees.

The Indiana Capital Chronicle visited the lieutenant governor’s office six times between late June and mid-July and found it dark or locked on four occasions. Three of the closures — June 20, June 27 and July 11 — fell on Fridays.

Internal office communications obtained by the Capital Chronicle appeared to show staff were allowed to work remotely on some of those days…

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