Website helps Hoosiers track state government without a drive to the Statehouse
By Arianna Hunt TheStatehouseFile.com July 5, 2023 The Indiana General Assembly recently updated its website “with improved design and functionality” intended to provide a more user-friendly experience. Detailed information about the IGA, the annual legislative session, “...”
Newest Americans celebrate citizenship and freedom at Benjamin Harrison home
New citizens take the oath of allegiance during the June 30 naturalization ceremony at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (photo by Marilyn Odendahl/The Indiana Citizen) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 4, 2023 On the sun-splashed Friday morning before the long F “...”
Indiana’s liberal lawmakers issue statements of anger and sadness after court’s abortion decision
Staff Report TheStatehouseFile.com June 30, 2023 Left-leaning lawmakers and organizations were swift with their condemnation of the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision June 30 to vacate a preliminary injunction that had stopped the state’s 2022 abortion ban from going into e “...”
Changing demographics putting new pressures on Indiana’s economy
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 30, 2023 Unhealthy lifestyles and fewer babies are combining to raise Indiana’s median age, lower its life expectancy and cloud its economic future. “By 2030, as more and more (baby boomers) retire and as we have these lower and lo “...”
ICC: Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, but leaves door open for other legal challenges
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle June 30, 2023 Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, which prohibits the procedure with only narrow exceptions, will go back into effect after the Indiana Supreme Court upheld the law Friday. But justices left open the possibility for other “...”
US Supreme Court upholds judicial review of state legislatures’ election authority
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 28, 2023 In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the argument that state legislatures can set the “times, places and manner” of congressional and presidential elections without interference from the state courts. Chief Jus “...”
Marion County party chairs coaxing and cajoling potential candidates to fill ballot vacancies by July 3 deadline
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 27, 2023 Preparing for the first general election since the Indianapolis City County Council approved the new district maps, Democratic and Republican party leaders are optimistic they can recruit candidates to fill the empty slots on “...”
Two new Indiana laws face last-minute hurdles before taking effect
Protesters gather outside the House Chamber at the Indiana Statehouse Feb. 20 in opposition to HB 1608, Indiana’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The General Assembly took up a spate of bills related to LGTBQ and trans rights in the 2023 session. (Photo by “...”
Anderson’s decision to skip redistricting highlights problem of local governments not redrawing council maps
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 23, 2023 Joe Newman has a strong connection to District 6 in the city of Anderson. He grew up there and lives in the house his grandparents owned, noting the front porch is where his father first met his mother. For the past 20 years, “...”
ICC: Rokita’s office files new appeal in RFRA-based lawsuit against Indiana abortion ban
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle June 21, 2023 The state attorney general’s office filed to appeal a superior court judge’s decision to grant class action certification to a lawsuit that seeks to strike down Indiana’s near-total abortion ban on the basis of the stat “...”