AG Rokita appeals class certification in lawsuit claiming Indiana’s abortion law violates RFRA
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 16, 2023 In a lawsuit citing religious freedom to challenge Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, the state’s attorney general is attempting to overturn the trial court’s class-certification ruling in the case. The lawsuit – An “...”
ICC: Indiana redistricting earns ‘D’ grade in national report card
By: LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ Indiana Capital Chronicle October 12, 2023 Indiana earned a “D” grade for its “secretive and partisan” lawmaker-led redistricting in a national Coalition Hub for Advance Redistricting & Grassroots Engagement (CHARGE) report released Thursda “...”
Federal judge denies motion to dismiss in Anderson redistricting fight
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 11, 2023 The lawsuit against city of Anderson Common Council and Madison County Board of Elections for failing to redraw the council districts by the end of 2022 is continuing after a federal judge denied the municipality’s reques “...”
Mayor Joe Hogsett is lone Democrat in Indy Chamber group’s mayoral endorsements
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2023 The Indy Chamber Business Advocacy Committee is endorsing Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett in the November municipal election, the only Democratic mayoral candidate the organization is supporting in central Indiana. On Tuesda “...”
ICC: Tensions rise over deposition, judge selection in Senate hopeful John Rust’s ballot access suit
Egg farmer John Rust filed a lawsuit on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, to face U.S. Rep. Jim Banks in Indiana’s 2024 Senate primary. He contends that a current Indiana law blocking him from appearing the ballot is unconstitutional. (Photo from Rust’s Twitter/X account) By CASEY SMIT “...”
FIERY REMARKS: Republican Greg Goode slams Democrats before winning State Senate caucus vote
Greg Goode (right) was elected in a Republican party caucus Saturday to fill the seat in the Indiana General Assembly that Sen. Jon Ford, R-Terre Haute, (left) will vacate Oct. 16. (photo/Dwight Adams) By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen October 7, 2023 On Saturday’s crisp fall “...”
EARLY EXITS: Party caucuses to fill legislative vacancies raise concerns for Hoosier voters
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 6, 2023 Saturday, the Indiana Republican Party will hold its fourth caucus of the year to replace a legislator who is exiting before his term ends, renewing concerns that the premature departures and appointments by party faithful a “...”
‘Experienced politicians and public servants’ running in caucus for Sen. Jon Ford’s seat
By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen October 5, 2023 Two men experienced in politics in west-central Indiana are vying in a caucus election to fill the Senate District 38 seat being vacated by longtime Republican state Sen. Jon Ford. Greg Goode, the state director for U.S. Sen. To “...”
TAKING ON TIKTOK: Indiana AG Rokita continues duel with social-media app over use of Hoosiers’ data
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 4, 2023 Nearly a year after first suing TikTok amid concerns about the Chinese government accessing the user data to spy on Hoosiers, Indiana is fighting to keep the lawsuit alive as the video-sharing app argues the state’s compla “...”
HISTORY HIGHLIGHT: Sen. Birch Bayh’s pioneering effort for permanent federal disaster relief
Historian Andrew Morris (left) was congratulated after 2023 Birch Bayh Lecture by Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law dean Karen Bravo (middle) and attorney Christopher Bayh, son of the late Sen. Birch Bayh. (photo/Marilyn Odendahl) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana “...”