OPINIONATED DELAY: Staffing change in public access counselor’s office creates backlog of open record decisions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 10, 2023 In recent years, the Indiana public access counselor had kept a steady pace of posting advisory opinions to its website, reaching as many as 92 in 2021, but by the end of June, the website offered just six decisions for all of “...”
ICC: Attorney General criticizes Target for Pride merchandise, alleges breach of duty to shareholders
By Marissa Meador Indiana Capital Chronicle July 7, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita criticized Target’s Pride campaign in a letter released Thursday, claiming the corporation is infringing on states’ ability to “safeguard citizens.” The letter was signed by t “...”
Caucus scheduled for July 17 to fill Frye’s seat in Statehouse
Republican Party precinct committee members will be meeting in Ripley County July 17 to fill the Statehouse vacancy in District 67 (photo by Noelle Maxwell) By Noelle Maxwell The Indiana Citizen July 7, 2023 Republican leaders are moving forward with the process of finding a repl “...”
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 “...”