‘REGRESSIVE ELECTION POLICY’: Hoosiers advocate on National Voter Registration Day for easier access in Indiana to the ballot box
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2024 After speaking about the importance of voting and pushing back against what they see as the legislature’s efforts to make voting in Indiana more difficult, the members of the All IN Democracy coalition put their words i “...”
JUDICIAL RETENTION Q&A: Indiana voters will decide whether to keep Supreme Court or Court of Appeals jurists. Here’s how that works.
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2024 This November, three Indiana Supreme Court justices and two Court of Appeals of Indiana judges will be on the ballot for retention. Indiana voters do not elect the state justices or appellate judges. Instead, the justices “...”
PNS story: Survey finds only 53% of high school students think voting is important
This story was originally published by Public News Service By Suzanne Potter, producer Public News Service September 16, 2024 About 53% of high school students think voting is important, according to a survey out today from the nonprofit Youth Truth. Researchers polled 115,000 Am “...”
Chalkbeat Indiana story: Some Indiana districts require permission when parents want to record meetings. Is that legal?
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. By Aleksandra Appleton Chalkbeat Indiana September 16, 2024 For years, Erin Moon-Walker recorded parent-teacher meetings, both for her own children and for other paren “...”
‘TOO MUCH AT STAKE’: Nonpartisan advocacy groups unveil effort to get more Hoosiers on voter rolls
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 13, 2024 The League of Women Voters of Johnson County will not be stopping at “yes.” During National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 17, the chapter’s members will be volunteering at their local libraries to encourage Hoosie “...”
PNS Story: Feeding Indiana’s Hungry calls for action as food insecurity worsens
This story was originally published by Public News Service. By Joe Ulery, producer Public News Service September 13, 2024 Hoosiers are marking Hunger Action Month, a nationwide campaign led by the Feeding America Network, to raise awareness and fight hunger across the U.S. Emily “...”
CLOSE RACE: Poll from Wells’ campaign shows AG Rokita vulnerable in November election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 12, 2024 Democratic challenger Destiny Wells has released new polling data in the Indiana attorney general’s race, showing she is in a virtual dead heat with incumbent Todd Rokita. In a survey of 600 Hoosier voters conducted bet “...”
ICC story: Judge rules against Planned Parenthood in case seeking to weaken abortion ban
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Whitney Downard and Niki Kelly Indiana Capital Chronicle September 11, 2024 An Owen County judge has denied an attempt to weaken the state’s near-total abortion ban, allowing the law to stay in plac “...”
Chalkbeat Indiana story: Absenteeism in Indiana falls, but oldest and youngest students struggle with attendance the most
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. By Aleksandra Appleton Chalkbeat Indiana September 11, 2024 A third of Hoosier high school seniors missed 18 or more days of school last year as Indiana seeks solutions “...”
LAWMAKERS’ SCORECARD: Common Cause says most Indiana congressional members did little with their votes to preserve democracy
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 12, 2024 The fifth biennial scorecard compiled by Common Cause rated seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. representatives and two U.S. senators as doing little to preserve democracy during the 118th Congress. Common Cause, a nonp “...”