COMMISSION DECISION: Grievances against AG Rokita’s legal counsel in disciplinary cases dismissed
(Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 26, 2024 Grievances filed against the three lawyers who represented Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in his 2023 disciplinary matter have been dismissed, according to letters from the Indiana Supreme Court Di “...”
GOP CHALLENGER: Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings explores run for AG amid Todd Rokita’s troubles
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 23, 2024 Saying he is tired of the controversies and uncertainty surrounding Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings is considering launching a primary challenge against the state’s top law “...”
Book educates and entertains about structure and function of Indiana government
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana Bar Foundation have collaborated to publish the 40th edition of the “Here is Your Indiana Government” book. By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen February 23, 2024 Most anyone living in Indiana quickly learns of “...”
ICC story: GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states
(Photo/Pexels.com) This story was published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle, a Free Press Indiana partner. By Zachary Roth States Newsroom February 23, 2024 Fearing that Democrats hold a crucial edge in ballots cast before Election Day, national Republicans are working to convin “...”
Redistricting deadline bill sails through Indiana House, amendment for nonpartisan process fails
(Photo/Xain Ballenger of The Statehouse File) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 21, 2024 Despite an earlier unsuccessful attempt to insert language that would have pushed Indiana toward a nonpartisan redistricting process, Senate Bill 135, which extends the deadlin “...”
TENANT SETBACKS: Failures in legislation at Statehouse lead to calls for a housing commission
(Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 21, 2024 At least 10 bills, aimed at tackling various aspects of Indiana’s housing crisis, including negligent landlords, foreclosures induced by medical debt and biased appraisals, were introduced at the start “...”
ICC story: Attorney General discipline targeted in amendment
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has been publicly reprimanded for misconduct by the Indiana Supreme Court and is under a second investigation by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. This story was published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle, a Free Press Indiana “...”
HYDE COMMENTARY: What’s civics got to do with Future Presidents?
“Citizenship has its duties as well as its privileges” –President Benjamin Harrison History and civics have everything to do with Presidents Day, and—more broadly—should be central to the way in which we prepare and educate students to be good fellow communit “...”
Rust asks Indiana Supreme Court for quick relief from stay so he can be on GOP primary ballot
(Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 16, 2024 Within hours of the Indiana Supreme Court issuing a stay that allows the Indiana Republican Party to keep egg farmer John Rust off the 2024 primary ballot, Rust filed a motion asking the justices for rel “...”
SOCIAL TIES: Improving Hoosiers’ connections to their communities might boost voter participation, prof says
Hoosiers, united by personal battles with cancer, gathered at the Indiana Statehouse recently and got a pep talk before meeting with lawmakers and asking them to support the biomarker testing bill. (Photo/Marilyn Odendahl) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 1 “...”