MAKING HISTORY: Ballard now on November ballot, but third-party candidates face challenges
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 17, 2026 Greg Ballard does not expect to get much rest between now and Election Day, as he races to introduce himself to more voters and tries to outrun history. The former mayor of Indianapolis was at the Statehouse on Tuesday with a “...”
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’ encroachment o “...”
Beckwith and Bovino scheduled to be part of ‘Mass Deportation Rally’ in Fishers
By Sydney Byerly and Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 13, 2026 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino are slated to be featured at an Aug. 1 event in Fishers hosted by an anti-immigration nonprofit that says it aims t “...”
VOTERS FACE HOMEWORK: Partisan school board elections, referendums coming in November
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 10, 2026 Indiana’s shift to partisan school board elections and limits on education-related referendums will require Hoosier voters to study harder before casting their ballots in November. The changes the Indiana General Assembly ma “...”
CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: Beckwith ignites new round of criticism after claiming Islam worse than Nazism
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen July 10, 2026 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, in his latest remarks condemning Islam, claimed that the religion is “actually worse” than Nazism, called for the state to take steps to ban the Islamic call to prayer and said mosques’ fund “...”
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’s s “...”
DOJ PRESSURE: SOS Morales, other states warned of prosecution if they allow noncitizens to vote
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 9, 2026 Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales’ office has confirmed he received a letter from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice asserting that state election officials can face criminal prosecution if ine “...”
The ways data centers use water isn’t easy to understand – or legislate
This story on the use of water by data centers is the first in a three-part series by TheStatehouseFile.com. The other stories will examine data centers’ encroachment on historic areas and impact on Indiana’s small towns. By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com July 7, 2026 “...”
TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT: $2M endowment supports tomorrow’s leaders in BHPS’ Future Presidents of America program
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 6, 2026 At a special ceremony on Thursday, which honored the current class and alumni of its Future Presidents of America program, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site announced a new endowment that will ensure the initiative contin “...”
‘Above all else, we are neighbors’: New citizens take their oaths in a historic week
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Lillee Sheckles & Tyler Young TheStatehouseFile.com July 3, 2026 On Thursday, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site hosted a naturalization ceremony celebrating not only America’s 250th birthday but also 75 peop “...”