Booing, jeering, hallway altercations mar House debate on school district boundaries bill
A bill concerning school district boundaries that some are calling racist sparked an emotional and angry debate in the Indiana House Thursday. GOP legislators jeered from their seats, several walked out of the chamber and a few even clashed in the halls after Black legislators sp “...”
House overwhelmingly passes civics education bill
UPDATE: The Indiana House on Thursday passed a bill requiring that civics education become a required class in middle schools, a change that supporters encouraged as an early step toward improving Indiana’s lagging civic health. The vote on House Bill 1384 was nearly unanim “...”
House passes expanded voucher program; bill goes to Senate
The Indiana Senate will now review legislation expanding the state’s school voucher program, already one of the largest in the nation. House Bill 1005, which expands funding for Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program passed the House in a vote of 61-36 Tuesday. This program “...”
House overrides Holcomb veto; bill barring local regulation of landlord-tenant dealings to become law
The Indiana House voted to override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of a bill barring local governments from regulating dealings between landlords and their tenants Wednesday afternoon. The override of Senate Enrolled Act 148 passed by a 67-32 vote and clears the way for the motion to “...”
Bill amended to give legislature sole authority to reschedule elections, expand vote-by-mail
An Indiana Senate bill that would have set new requirements for voting has been amended instead to give the Indiana General Assembly sole authority to reschedule elections and expand absentee voting as Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Election Commission did with the Indiana pri “...”
Senate accepts House changes on COVID lawsuit protections; bill heads to Holcomb
The Indiana Senate on Monday concurred with a House amendment to a previously passed Senate bill providing businesses and other institutions with protections against lawsuits due to COVID-19 exposure. The Senate voted 39-7 to concur on Senate Bill 1 as amended by the House, se “...”
The big money behind the big campaigns: A report from The Indiana Citizen
In our continuing mission to provide accurate and impartial information about the civic life of Indiana, The Indiana Citizen is reporting on the money contributed to the campaigns of key state officials in 2020, based upon the latest round of campaign finance reports filed with t “...”
Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission announces 9 members
The Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission, a shadow panel formed to advise and potentially propose alternatives to this year’s redistricting process in the Indiana General Assembly, has announced a group of nine Hoosiers who will be its members. The commission plans a s “...”
Indiana’s AG still employed by health benefits firm; shortlist of replacements for Secretary of State Lawson
Importantville, Adam Wren’s newsletter on the intersection of politics, business, and power in Indiana, appears weekly in The Indiana Citizen. *** Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is moonlighting as a strategic policy adviser for the health benefits company that has em “...”
Bills we’re tracking
SB 58 and HB 1226 (Vote centers). Requires that a vote center county must establish at least one vote center in each municipality located in the county. SB 103 (Redistricting standards). Provisions include that as much as feasibly possible no district may be created so as to undu “...”