Columbia Gas parent gave Gary Click $3,000 before his pro-data center bill

NiSource Inc.'s PAC donated $3,000 to Rep. Gary Click between 2021 and 2025, including $1,000 just months before he co-sponsored House Bill 646. This bill aims to establish a Data Center Study Commission, which critics argue is skewed towards Republican control and could benefit data center developers at the expense of ordinary ratepayers. The legislation also includes a controversial directive to investigate if opposition to data centers is influenced by “foreign propaganda.”