TSF story: As special session looms, protesters explain why they protest
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com October 28, 2025 On Monday, Gov. Mike Braun announced a special session to consider early redistricting. The last special session in 2022 outlawed most abortions in the stat “...”
BRAUN SEEKS REDISTRICTING: Critics say governor’s call for special session is ‘not democracy’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 27, 2025 After weeks of anticipation, Gov. Mike Braun has announced he would sign a proclamation calling a special legislative session for the Indiana General Assembly to redraw the congressional district maps ahead of the November “...”
Evangelical pastor: Look to Jesus’ teachings to oppose Christian nationalism
By Steven Hinnefeld The Indiana Citizen October 27, 2025 Searching for a way to counter the authoritarian Christian nationalism that is gaining strength in Indiana? Christian theology and values could be a good starting point, a speaker at a public radio-hosted forum suggested Fr “...”
TSF story: Protestors rally at Statehouse for No Kings 2.0
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com October 18, 2025 Thousands of protestors gathered on the Indiana Statehouse lawn Saturday for the No Kings 2.0 protest, led by Indivisible Central Indiana with help from Concern “...”
ReCenter Indiana hosting 3 redistricting town halls
The Indiana Citizen October 17, 2025 ReCenter Indiana Inc., a civic-engagement organization, will be hosting three town halls to discuss mid-decade redistricting and listen to Hoosiers’ concerns. The “nonpartisan listening sessions” are billed as elevating citizen voices “...”
TIGHT-LIPPED LEGISLATORS: Indiana Republicans remain reticent amid redistricting protests, Vance’s return
As Vice President JD Vance returned to the Indiana Statehouse on Friday to convince state Republican lawmakers to redraw Indiana’s congressional district map, protesters and Democratic legislators gathered, again, to tell the GOP supermajority to “Just say no.” “...”
REDISTRICTING PAIN: Constituents could be harmed more than lawmakers by redrawing of maps
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2025 Despite the public outrage ignited over the prospect of mid-decade redistricting, some political experts believe state Republican lawmakers would face few consequences if they actually redraw Indiana’s congressional distr “...”
‘GRAY AREA’: Muncie forum examines LifeWise Academy and rising concern over religion in public schools
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen October 6, 2025 MUNCIE, Ind. — Concerns over Indiana public schools releasing students to attend off-campus Bible study during the school day brought more than 50 residents to the Unitarian Universalist Church last week for a community forum “...”
LINK TO LEGACY: LG Beckwith Proposes ‘Charlie Kirk Unity Bridge’ as GOP Tributes Spread Nationwide
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith wants to honor Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist killed in September by putting his name on a bridge in Indiana. Beckwith announced his idea for “Charlie Kirk Unity Bridge,” a pedestria “...”
REDISTRICTING RELUCTANCE? Democrats, voting advocates sense wavering in GOP, urge continued opposition
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2025 Democratic state lawmakers and voting-rights advocacy groups who oppose a midcycle redistricting believe the silence from the Republican supermajority in the Statehouse is an indication that the marches, the rallies, the pho “...”