Planned Parenthood vows to continue fighting as Indiana abortion ban set to take effect
Katie McHugh, OB/GYN, (left) and Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Inc., spoke to reporters Tuesday about Indiana’s new abortion law (photo/Marilyn Odendahl) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August “...”
Abortion advocates return to Indiana Supreme Court seeking a rehearing
NOTE: The following report has been updated to include arguments from the state’s response to the plaintiffs’ rehearing petition. By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen Aug. 1, 2023 Planned Parenthood is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to temporarily block the state “...”
DECLINING TRUST: Polls show public losing confidence in judiciary
After losing her job, Tashanna Sowell began selling food on the corner of 30th Street and North Sherman Drive in Indianapolis to avoid eviction from her apartment. (photo/Abriana Herron) The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by Indianapolis journalist Abriana H “...”
Oral arguments in RFRA complaint against abortion law postponed until December
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 27, 2023 The Court of Appeals of Indiana has delayed oral arguments in the religious freedom challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban until December, allowing a narrow group of Hoosier women to have continued access to the pr “...”
Attorney General Rokita argues change in law settles court battle over his former employment
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 24, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is arguing that an amendment crafted by his office and passed in the closing hours of the legislature’s 2023 session erases his loss and gives him the win in his ongoing court battle to k “...”
ICC: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita targets reproductive health care, diversity in latest letters
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle July 20, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is continuing his fight on culture wars issues, this time on reproductive health care records and workplace diversity. In a letter he signed onto last month, Rokita opposed a draft federal “...”
RURAL VOICE: New state representative championing importance of Indiana’s small towns
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 18, 2023 Monday evening in Versailles, population 2,167, the courthouse square offered the kind of placid, picturesque, small-town setting that makes city dwellers sigh with envy. The air was still and the sky was gently brushed with h “...”
Republican caucus members quickly choose attorney to fill vacancy in House District 67
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 17, 2023 North Vernon attorney J. Alex Zimmerman (pictured above) is the newest member of the Indiana General Assembly following a Republican caucus vote Monday evening to fill the vacant seat in House District 67. Zimmerman, who start “...”
Four on caucus ballot to fill open Republican seat in Statehouse
Republican caucus members will gather at the Ripley County Courthouse Annex Monday to pick a representative for House District 67. (photo by Noelle Maxwell) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 17, 2023 Two county council members, one unsuccessful candidate for state repr “...”
We the People program will use additional state funding to create civics ‘class in a box’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 14, 2023 A boost in funding for Indiana’s We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program, which teaches elementary, middle and high school students about American constitutional democracy, will also help support the state’ “...”