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April 12 2023

Bill increasing requirements for absentee voting heads to the governor

The Indiana House concurred Tuesday with the Senate’s amendments to House Bill 1334, which would increase requirements for absentee voters, in a 64-30 vote, sending it to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk. The bill was authored by Rep. Timothy Wesco, R-Osceola. Under the bill, an “...”

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April 11 2023

Rokita’s court fight against finding that he violated confidentiality takes another twist in Marion County hearing

For the first time since the Marion County Superior Court issued an order in December 2022 which found, in part, that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated a state confidentiality law, attorneys representing the state’s top lawyer and Indianapolis OB/GYN Caitlin Bernard “...”

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April 11 2023

Bill banning materials on “human sexuality” passed by Senate

Bringing hours worth of public testimony and protest, discourse and frustration, the controversial House Bill 1608 would require teachers to notify parents if their child requests to be called by a different pronoun or name that doesn’t reflect their gender. The bill passed t “...”

April 10 2023

FROM THE INDIANA CITIZEN: In the Tennessee House, a gerrymandered supermajority is reaping the whirlwind

The following analysis was written by Bill Moreau, president of the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation and publisher of its online platform, The Indiana Citizen. Most of the commentary about last week’s disaster in the Tennessee House of Representatives touched on—but d “...”

April 10 2023

John Krull commentary: The Tennessee Three’s lesson about government

Just as night follows day, political power unjustly acquired inevitably will become political power unjustly exerted. The eyes of the nation and the world these days are on Tennessee’s House of Representatives. That chamber voted to expel two members, Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashv “...”

April 08 2023

John Krull commentary: The wrong we do will live on

Some unfortunate moments and dumb acts are merely reasons to feel regret. Some, though, become enduring sources of shame. The measure approved by the Indiana General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb banning gender-affirming care for minors falls into the latter c “...”

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April 07 2023

Registration deadline extended for Indiana Bar Foundation Civics Summit; event is April 13

In advance of a civics class that will be taught to all Hoosier public school sixth graders starting in the spring of 2024, the Indiana Bar Foundation is hosting a civics summit to build partnerships and identify ways to improve the state’s civic health. The daylong event will “...”

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April 06 2023

ACLU says it will fight after governor signs gender-affirming care ban into law

Just hours after Gov. Eric Holcomb’s signed Senate Bill 480, which bans gender-affirming health care for transgender children, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit on behalf of four transgender children and their families. The suit names a “...”

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April 05 2023

Holcomb signs ban on gender-affirming health care for minors into law

By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle April 5, 2023 Gov. Eric Holcomb (above) on Wednesday opted to sign a controversial ban on gender-affirming health care for minors into law over the protests of families, medical professionals and transgender children. Holcomb, in a sta “...”

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April 05 2023

Lee Hamilton commentary: Why trustworthiness matters in our democracy

Early this year, the Gallup organization came out with a survey of Americans on how they view the ethics of various professions. Nurses ranked at the top. Doctors, pharmacists, and high school teachers did well, too. Real estate agents and bankers were considered about average. “...”