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November 01 2024

CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Indiana legal community supports keeping state’s justices while retention opponents press their effort

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 The effort to prevent three Indiana Supreme Court justices from falling short in November’s retention vote appears to be organized and strong, but worries continue over the grassroots countereffort to remove the trio for “...”

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November 01 2024

‘ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS’: SOS Morales and AG Rokita face public access complaint for not releasing names of nearly 600,000 registered voters

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 With just four days before the Nov. 5 election, the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation, parent of The Indiana Citizen, is continuing to push the Indiana attorney general and the Indiana secretary of state to release the l “...”

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October 31 2024

JUDICIAL ELECTION: Trial court judges appear on many Indiana ballots but only seven counties have competitive races

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 31, 2024 Although trial court judges are on the ballot in 59 Indiana counties for the November election, only seven counties have contested races, leaving most Hoosier voters without an alternative choice for judgeships. Circuit cou “...”

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October 28 2024

‘UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT’: Indiana agencies and AG’s attorneys must pay nearly $375,000 to construction firm as safety citations tossed

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 28, 2024 After vacating a safety citation and $61,100 in civil penalties issued by Indiana against Lane Construction Corp., a Marion County Superior Court has sanctioned two state agencies and their lawyers from the Indiana Attorney “...”

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October 25 2024

HOUSE DIST. 69 HEATS UP: Republican incumbent and firebrand Jim Lucas faces challenge from Democrat Trish Whitcomb

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 25, 2024 At first glance, House District 69, located about an hour’s drive south of Indianapolis, is a bucolic setting, with the small city of Seymour and towns of Brownstown, Crothersville, Austin and Salem nestled between cornfi “...”

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October 24 2024

IMMIGRATION ISSUE: AG Rokita’s demand that South Bend and Seymour police turn over mass of documents called ‘politically motivated distraction’

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 24, 2024 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is continuing to exercise his new authority to enforce the state’s anti-sanctuary city statute by demanding a wide range of documents, including written, electronic and recorded materi “...”

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October 22 2024

WAIT TIME: Indiana-made voting app tells Hoosiers how long they will likely stand in line to cast a ballot

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 22, 2024 Not sure you have time to vote? IN Tech for Progress, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Indianapolis, has updated its app – Indianavotetimes.org – to help you find the shortest wait time to cast your ballot “...”

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October 18 2024

CITIZENSHIP QUESTIONED: Voting advocacy groups cry foul over Indiana election officials’ request for verification of more than 500K persons

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 18, 2024 Three days after early voting began in the state and less than a month before the Nov. 5 general election, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita asked federal officials to verify “...”

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October 18 2024

TSF story: In time for November, a schooling in the Electoral College

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Jack Sells special to TheStatehouseFile.com October 17, 2024 There are three sure-fire ways to know when we’re getting close to Election Day: You’re stressfully watching the Colts play on a Sunday afternoon and s “...”

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October 18 2024

WARNING LETTERS: AG Rokita tells Lake and St. Joseph counties that he’ll sue if they don’t comply with federal immigration detainers

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 18, 2024 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has sent letters to the sheriffs of Lake and St. Joseph counties, demanding that their departments comply with requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or face a lawsuit fr “...”