Kennedy Commentary: Early Voting Starts Today In Indiana
By Sheila Suess Kennedy October 6, 2026 Early voting starts today in Indiana. Later today, my husband and I intend to cast our ballots, and I encourage every registered voter reading this in Indianaâor in any state where early voting has begunâ to do the same. Iâve previo â...â
Krull Commentary: Rokita and the jet ski that runs on tax dollars
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 5, 2026 Itâs time to give credit where credit is due. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has genuine gifts. He is spectacularly good at wasting time, squandering taxpayersâ money, starting silly fights and wallowing in self-pity. â...â
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Getting outside our echo chambers
By Bill Moreau The Indiana Citizen September 30, 2026 I was happy to accept my friend Rebecca Reederâs invitation from Hoosiers United for the Separation of Church and State to lead a recent panel discussion at their 2nd annual Larry Hayes First Amendment Forum in Fort Wayne. H â...â
Krull Commentary: A polite but urgent little rant
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 2, 2026 What follows will be a rant. The other day, I made the mistake of following a social media discussion about the Indiana secretary of stateâs race from start to finish. The opening salvo in this waste of time and energy was an â...â
Shabazz Commentary: Polling is art versus science versus reality
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org October 1, 2026 Every election cycle, someone emails me a poll with a subject line in ALL CAPS. The poll always shows their candidate winning. Itâs always âbrand new.â And, purely by coincidence, itâs almost always paid for by the c â...â
Amerson and Nelms Commentary: Silence is not an option
By Rev. Philip Amerson and Dr. Charlie Nelms October 1, 2026 As two Hoosiersâone Black and one Whiteâwe write from the vantage point of 80 years of life and a shared commitment to a more equitable and inclusive America. Our younger selves could scarcely have imagined the chan â...â
Compton Commentary: What do braids, cornrows, and Bantu knots have to do with the news?
By Tracey Compton Indianapolis Public Editor September 30, 2026 Black journalists on TV have had to think about their appearance on air in ways that other journalists do not. In August 2020, broadcast journalist Jalea Brooks knew she needed to have an uncomfortable conversation w â...â
Krull Commentary: Are there any Republicans who watch basketball?
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 30, 2026 Fool around long enough and eventually Schmitt happens. Thatâs what Republicans discovered when they dragged former Special Counsel Jack Smith before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing. They did so in the for â...â
Kennedy Commentary: Indianaâs Embarrassing Senator
By Sheila Suess Kennedy September 28, 2026 A recurring question with which many of us grapple is: How did we get here? What were the flaws in our systems, in our institutions, in too many of our people that allowedâfacilitated!â the elevation of a morally repulsive, demonstra â...â
Krull Commentary: The future will not be kind
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 28, 2026 History can be a harsh judge. When the tumult surrounding controversial events quiets, peopleânot just scholars, but actual peopleâlook at what happened. They peer through the confusion and, with a clearer gaze, determi â...â