‘The fight isn’t over’: Planned Parenthood, others renew challenge to Indiana’s abortion ban
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 10, 2023 Declaring the fight for abortion rights “isn’t over in Indiana,” Planned Parenthood, Women’s Med Group Professional Corp. and other abortion providers have returned to court seeking to expand the medical exception “...”
New Republican State Sen. Cyndi Carrasco remembers Sandlin during swearing-in ceremony
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 10, 2023 Cyndi Carrasco was sworn in Nov. 1 to finish the term of the late Indiana state Sen. Jack Sandln. Carrasco (pictured above) won the Republican Party caucus vote last month to fill Sandlin’s seat in Senate District 36, wh “...”
Hoosier voters call election hotline with questions about eligibility
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 8, 2023 The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights had more calls than expected from Indiana voters during Tuesday’s municipal elections with the number almost equal to the volume recorded from the May 2022 primary. Ami Gan “...”
JOHN KRULL: Voters send a message
If Election Day 2023 demonstrated anything, it is that abortion won’t go away as an issue any time soon. In race after race after race in which abortion became a focal point—even those in which it really should have had no bearing—the message was clear. Reproductive rights “...”
KYLE HANNON: How to comfort a candidate who lost
“I’m sorry you lost the election. I’m glad you ran.” That is an appropriate thing to say to someone who just lost a municipal election. Please don’t say, “Hey, you can run again!” Every election cycle, some people are elected to public office. That means other peopl “...”
Voting hotlines and help in place for Hoosiers on Election Day
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 6, 2023 Hotly contested races may not only increase the participation in traditionally low turnout municipal races but also cause some Hoosier voters to be confronted by “dirty tricks” or “overly spirited campaign “...”
John Krull: Todd Rokita and an enabling Indiana Supreme Court
In the aftermath of his reprimand by the Indiana Supreme Court, it is difficult to determine which Attorney General Todd Rokita views with the most contempt. The law. The truth. Or the intelligence of the people who put him in that office. Indiana’s high court opted to give the “...”
Charles Hyde: Keeping a hopeful heart essential for good citizens
“An American citizen could not be a good citizen who did not have a hope in his heart.” – President Benjamin Harrison Feeling dispirited about the state of our representative democracy? There’s reason to look on the bright side and keep some hope in your heart: In spite o “...”
‘DISTURBING’ CONDUCT: Attorneys condemn AG Rokita’s response to public reprimand
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 3, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s response to his public reprimand has angered some prominent members of the legal profession and spurred at least one attorney to draft a new disciplinary grievance against the state “...”
BILL MOREAU: Voting and journalism are keys to improving Indiana’s civic health
Bill Moreau is president and co-founder of The Indiana Citizen Education Foundation, publisher of The Indiana Citizen. Here is a summary of his remarks on civic responsibility at the City County Observer Community Service Awards on Nov. 1 in Evansville, Indiana. Journalism, and o “...”