TSF Story: Controversial parental rights bill heads for the Indiana Senate
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Schyler Altherr TheStatehouseFile.com January 16, 2025 A bill concerning Hoosier parents, Senate Bill 143, is heading to the Senate after passing the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon. Authored by Judic â...â
TAPPING INTO VOTER DISCONTENT: Beckwith, Rokita use inaugural addresses to outline their motivations and missions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 16, 2025 Sitting in the atrium of the Indiana Statehouse after attending his first gubernatorial inauguration, Ben Jackson of Johnson County talked about his frustration with the state mandates imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic a â...â
FUNDING CONCERNS: Lt. Gov. Beckwith joins others in accusing Kinsey Institute of ignoring state law, says taxpayer money is for âgood and not evilâ
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 16, 2025 In likely one of his first public appearances as lieutenant governor, Micah Beckwith stood at the pulpit in the Zion Unity Baptist Church on Indianapolisâ eastside on Wednesday morning and joined other state leaders asser â...â
TSF story: Braun signs 9 executive orders ‘to make sure government is leaner, more efficient’
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By DeMarion Newell TheStatehouseFile.com January 15, 2025 The newly sworn-in Gov. Mike Braun has signed his first nine executive orders, appearing before the press on Wednesday. âI think itâs all what I campaigned â...â
SMALL-BUSINESS FOCUS: Indianaâs new governor, Mike Braun, says Hoosiers must listen to their âentrepreneurial spiritâ
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 14, 2025 In his inaugural address Monday morning, Gov. Mike Braun said Indiana is facing a ânew crossroadsâ and its leaders must be âthe risk-takers and trailblazers that Hoosiers deserve,â rather than leaders who âmaintai â...â
TSF story: Monday’s inauguration attendees react to a changing of the state guard
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Chloe White and Jasmine Walker TheStatehouseFile.com January 13, 2025 Myrna Thompson Standing in the lobby dressed in a thick fur coat, Thompson had come to the gubernatorial inauguration Monday at Hilbert Circle The â...â
A note from the publisher of The Indiana Citizen
To our readers: Today is an important day in Indiana history. Today is the first day of a new state administration. Michael K. Braun, age 70, became our 52nd governor just after midnight. Indianaâs new lieutenant governor is Micah J. Beckwith, age 42, who has labelled himse â...â
Madison Commentary: One Hundred Years Ago Forerunners of Todayâs Christian Nationalists Came to Power in Indiana
By James H. Madison special to The Indiana Citizen January 13, 2025 The inauguration of Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith sparks thoughts of the similar inauguration a hundred years ago, January 12, 1925, when Edward Jackson and Harold Van Orman took their oaths. Th â...â
Hicks Commentary: The Three Risks of Christian Nationalism
By Michael J. Hicks special to The Indiana Citizen January 13, 2025 The most difficult issues for an economic columnist to write about are those where personal opinions are formed by moral considerations, not empirics. For example, no matter oneâs perspective, abortion has a mo â...â
TSF story: Before Monday’s gubernatorial inauguration, a bit of ceremony in the House
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By DeMarion Newell TheStatehouseFile.com January 9, 2025 On Thursday, the two chambers of the Indiana General Assembly convened in a âjoint conventionâ to confirm the results of the election for governor and lieuten â...â