‘CLEARLY POLITICAL’: Advocacy groups mount grassroots effort to oppose redistricting
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 22, 2025 The Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation is not planning to flash any daggers. Joining the other nonprofits and advocacy groups trying to derail the push for a mid-decade redistricting at the Indiana Statehouse, IFCL is “...”
‘BOLD STORYTELLERS’: Meet the Fort Wayne couple behind the conservative Christian documentaries screened at Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s church
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 21, 2025 Fort Wayne filmmakers Mark and Amber Archer have built a platform telling stories they frame as biblical truth — and one of their most consistent champions is now Indiana’s lieutenant governor. Through their production comp “...”
ROKITA RESPONDS: AG denies misconduct in fiery answer to second disciplinary complaint
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 19, 2025 In his answer to the second disciplinary complaint lodged against him, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is denying he contradicted sworn statements to the Indiana Supreme Court and is distancing himself from the press re “...”
POLITICAL SCHOOL BOARDS: Law allowing partisan races promises new election dynamics
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 18, 2025 Indiana school board candidates will be allowed to declare party affiliations on the ballot starting in 2026 — a controversial change that ends decades of officially nonpartisan elections and sets the stage for ideological cl “...”
DEMOCRACY ON DISPLAY: Smithsonian’s ‘Voices and Votes’ exhibit coming to 7 Hoosier towns and cities
By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen August 15, 2025 Have you ever considered why some of Indiana’s earliest settlers were abolitionist Quakers, or wondered how a voting machine looked a century ago, or were curious what famous Hoosier presidential candidate Wendell Willkie was “...”
GERRYMANDERING MESS: U.S. Supreme Court sidestepping partisan question in 2019 opens door to mid-decade redistricting
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 14, 2025 To explain why Indiana, a deep red state, is seriously considering redrawing its congressional districts this year in the hopes of sending, at most, two more Hoosier Republicans to Capitol Hill in 2026, attorney Jay Yeag “...”
‘COMPASSION WITHOUT LAWLESSNESS’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith draws cheers, pushback with immigration stance at packed Merrillville event
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 13, 2025 Merrillville, Indiana — Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith told a packed town hall crowd Tuesday night that undocumented immigrants “do not get constitutional rights,” doubling down on a claim that ignited controversy when he made s “...”
‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith pushes for redistricting at tense Lake County town hall
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 13, 2025 Merrillville, Indiana — Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith backed the White House’s push for Indiana to redraw its congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections, telling attendees at a town hall Tuesday night that R “...”
SABATO’S ANALYSIS: Early look at 2026 Indiana secretary of state race gives Morales the edge
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 11, 2025 An early prediction of the Indiana Secretary of State’s 2026 race has the seat remaining in Republican hands and embattled incumbent Diego Morales winning reelection. Sabato’s Crystal Ball from The Center for Politics at “...”
COURTLY ARTS: Exhibition of portraits of Indiana courthouses shows artistry, faith in rule of law
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 8, 2025 As he traveled to county seats collecting portraits of local courthouses for the past 18 years, attorney Douglas Church came to recognize the majestic structures that loomed over the town squares were not just objects of arch “...”