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 â...â
HYDE COMMENTARY: What’s civics got to do with Future Presidents?
âCitizenship has its duties as well as its privilegesâ –President Benjamin Harrison History and civics have everything to do with Presidents Day, andâmore broadlyâshould be central to the way in which we prepare and educate students to be good fellow communit â...â
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 â...â
SOCIAL TIES: Improving Hoosiersâ 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 â...â
Bill to extend redistricting deadline, prevent more lawsuits, clears House panel
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 15, 2024 Indiana municipalities and school corporations that failed to redraw their district maps following the 2020 U.S. Census could be getting a little reprieve as Senate Bill 135 continues to steamroll through the Statehouse. F â...â
Lucas responds to gun-flash controversy by offering safety course to teens
Indiana Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, said his Statehouse colleagues have been supportive of him since he created a national controversy by flashing his handgun to a group of high school students. (Photo/Eddie Drews at The StatehouseFile.com) By Kyra Howard TheStatehouseFile.com Feb â...â
ICC story: Indiana high court weighs Rustâs challenge to appear on primary ballot in U.S. Senate race
The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in the case involving Indiana businessman John Rust’s attempt to get on the Republican ballot. (Photo/Xain Ballenger at TheStatehouseFile.com) This story was published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle, a Free Press India â...â
ELECTION SCRUTINY: Concerns about legality of HB 1264 grow during Senate committee hearing
Author of House Bill 1264, Rep. Timothy Wesco, R-Osceola, said the measure strengthens election security in Indiana. (Photo/courtesy of Indiana House Republicans) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 13, 2024 As House Bill 1264, the elections security bill, arrived in â...â
AG Rokita digs in on the âEyes on Educationâ portal amid growing opposition
(Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 11, 2024 Since it was launched Feb. 5, the Eyes on Education webpage has courted controversy but Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokitaâs office â which developed and displays the webpage on its official state â...â
PNS story: Report says ‘Greedflation’ primary driver of higher consumer prices
This story was published by Public News Service. By Eric Galatas, producer Public News Service February 8, 2024 As corporate profits remain at all-time highs, a new report shows that more than half of rising consumer prices in 2023 were caused by corporate greed, or “greedf â...â