CALL TO PIONEERS: Board game at Harrison Presidential Site prompts players to collaborate to reach statehood
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 4, 2026 After a night of playing the board game Catan, Lindsey Beckley was observing one of her colleagues teach a group of young students about Indiana’s early history when she had a “hmm, I wonder” moment. The director of “...”
WEEKEND PROTEST: Events planned across Indiana to call for end to ICE detention
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 27, 2026 Activists calling on Gov. Mike Braun to end the state’s agreement to house federal immigration detainees at Miami Correctional Facility say they plan to hold rallies, prayer vigils, marches and teach-ins this weekend in m “...”
CONTESTED HISTORY: League of Women Voters’ event examined meaning behind ‘separation of church and state’
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 25, 2026 MUNCIE, Ind. — As debates over religion in public life play out in Indiana and across the country, a group of Muncie residents gathered Saturday to examine a question that has been contested since the nation’s earliest “...”
SOS EVENTS: Debate, forum give Hoosiers chance to hear from candidates for secretary of state
Staff Report The Indiana Citizen August 16, 2026 All four candidates in the heated race for Indiana secretary of state will be discussing their priorities and answering voters’ questions at two events leading to the Nov. 3 general election. On Aug. 26, the Indy Chamber is hosti “...”
‘LEAKY TENT’: Save Heritage Indiana relocates rally as Hoosier Hospitality March spreads welcoming message
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 4, 2026 Days after organizing what it called the nation’s first mass deportation rally, Save Heritage Indiana says it intentionally concealed the event’s location, limited attendance to vetted guests and hopes to use the gat “...”
HOSPITALITY MARCH: Competing rallies in Fishers highlight divide over immigration
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 3, 2026 FISHERS, Ind. — Hundreds of demonstrators marched through downtown Fishers Saturday, chanting “No hate, no fear; Immigrants are welcome here,” as they protested a nearby rally promoting mass deportations that featu “...”
‘STRONGER TOGETHER’: Relationships key as Indiana’s faith coalitions counter Beckwith’s rhetoric
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen July 23, 2026 For years, relationships connecting many of Indiana’s faith traditions have existed quietly: clergy members meeting over coffee, nonprofit leaders collaborating on community needs and advocates looking for ways to build trust d “...”
UNCERTAIN FUTURE: New Carlisle offers lessons to other communities as data centers arrive
This story about the impact of a massive data center building project in New Carlisle is the final installment in a three-part series by TheStatehouseFile.com. The first story focused on the use of water by data centers and the second story examined data centers’ encroachme “...”
COUNTERMOVEMENT: Fishers groups mobilize against ‘Mass Deportation Rally’
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen July 15, 2026 A coalition of progressive central Indiana advocacy groups are organizing a “Hoosier Hospitality March” in Fishers in response to an Aug. 1 “Mass Deportation Rally” featuring Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and former U.S. Border “...”
Data centers, with their sprawling campuses, are crowding Indiana’s historic sites
This story examining data centers’ encroachment on historic areas around the Indiana is the second in a three-part series by TheStatehouseFile.com. The first story focused on the use of water by data centers and the third will look at the impact of data centers on Indiana&# “...”