Beckwith’s 2026 agenda: Property tax elimination, firing squads, the Ten Commandments – and opposing election changes
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 22, 2026 Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is staking out his top priorities for this year’s Indiana legislative session, including urging lawmakers to eliminate property taxes, expand cooperation with the federal government’s deportation ef “...”
Beckwith says his office was ‘smeared’ by AI porn scandal. A former staffer is standing by her claims
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 21, 2026 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is urging lawmakers to criminalize making false claims about the creation or distribution of artificial intelligence-generated pornography, saying in a social media video that his office was the “...”
Throckmorton Commentary: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Visit to the American Psychological Association Conference in 1967
This column was originally published on The Throckmorton Initiative, a blog written by Warren Throckmorton. By Warren Throckmorton January 19th, 2026 (This is an updated post from earlier versions in 2022 and 2025) To remember Dr. King today, I want to highlight his visit to the “...”
Madison Commentary: One year later, Christian nationalists pose a bigger threat
By James Madison January 13, 2026 One year ago this week, I authored a piece for The Indiana Citizen that drew on my scholarship of that dark period in Indiana history a century ago, when the Ku Klux Klan took over our state. I noted, “The past never repeats itself exactl “...”
Hicks Commentary: A year of Christian nationalism
A note from the publisher of The Indiana Citizen: One year ago–on Inauguration Day, January 13, 2025–we asked one of Indiana’s leading public intellectuals, Ball State Economics Professor Michael Hicks, to analyze and anticipate the impact of having a Christian nationalist “...”
Indiana lawmakers file slate of religion-related education and culture bills for 2026 session
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 9, 2026 As Indiana lawmakers’ deadline to file bills for the 2026 legislative session passed Wednesday, The Indiana Citizen identified seven measures that would incorporate Christian religious texts or beliefs commonly associated wit “...”
CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT: Push to install Ten Commandments outside Statehouse called ‘textbook Christian nationalism’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 2, 2026 The state of Indiana asked a federal district court on Monday for a reprieve from an injunction issued more than two decades ago, so an 11,500-pound limestone monument that includes an inscription of the Ten Commandments can “...”
‘IS SOMEONE LYING?’: Gov. Braun calls Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s claims about redistricting fallout for federal funding ‘fake news’
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun is at odds with Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith over how President Donald Trump’s administration will respond to Indiana’s failure to approve new congressional maps, with Braun forcefully rejecting Beckwith’s cl “...”
NOMINATING CHANGE: Beckwith says lieutenant governor selection bill would undercut parties’ grassroots power
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says a bill aimed at changing how Indiana’s candidates for lieutenant governor are selected – eliminating the role of party conventions, where he defeated Gov. Mike Braun’s hand-picked candidate “...”
FRUSTRATION SHOWS: Lt. Gov. Beckwith tangles with protesters, live posts amid failed redistricting bid
By Marilyn Odendahl and Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 12, 2025 Speaking to NewsNation shortly after the Indiana Senate squashed the redistricting effort, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, who was an early and pugnacious supporter of redrawing the state’s congressional distr “...”