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Indiana faith leaders discuss the importance of redistricting

Republican lawmakers concerned about IU requiring COVID vaccination

Another volley of court filings in Holcomb-Rokita dispute over lawsuit

Legislative leaders offer little in response to redistricting recommendations

Do: Encourage competitiveness. Don’t: Divide communities. Citizens panel releases redistricting recommendations

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Campus politics and Purdue’s new civics graduation requirement

On June 11, 2021, the Purdue University Board of Trustees approved a new civics education requirement effective with the incoming freshman class. In our continuing…

THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: A decade after Indiana’s 2011 redistricting, those on the inside still aren’t talking.

Continuing our coverage of this year’s redistricting process, the following report was written by veteran journalists Janet Williams and Bill Theobald for The Indiana Citizen. June 14, 2021 ***…

John Krull commentary: A system that rewards fights and punishes solutions

June 16, 2021 Gerrymandering is the problem that prevents us from solving just about every other problem. The fact that we have set up a…

EMPOWERED EXTREMES, LOWER TURNOUT: A look at how redistricting can make a difference

Continuing our coverage of this year’s redistricting process, the following report was written by Indiana journalist Janet Williams for The Indiana Citizen. May 14, 2021…

WHAT’S THE PLAN? Legislative leaders share more specifics on the redistricting process ahead, but questions remain

Continuing our coverage of this year’s redistricting process, the following report was written by veteran journalists Janet Williams and Bill Theobald for The Indiana Citizen.…

REDISTRICTING IN 2021: Indiana’s civic health can be improved by drawing fair maps

March 28, 2021 Every 10 years in years ending in 1, an otherwise relatively obscure figure in American history — a legitimate “Founding Father”-- becomes…

POINT: “Indiana is not gerrymandered … Gerrymandering is not in the eye of the beholder, but in the eye of the loser”

The Indiana Citizen is committed to providing a variety of points of view on the crucial issue of redistricting. The following column, written by Indianapolis…

COUNTERPOINT: “Republicans amassed power disproportionate to their support from voters. Indiana’s maps are among the most unfair”

The following -- in response to a column by Indianapolis Star opinion contributor Pete Seat -- was co-authored by Jay Yeager (above) and Ted Boehm,…

The Indiana Citizen’s guide to your elected officials

For as momentous as the presidential election of 2020 became, the top of the ballot…

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