DENYING ACCESS: Indiana AG Rokita turns down request to see voter list sent to federal government
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 24, 2024 The Indiana Attorney Generalâs Office has denied a public records request for access to the list of nearly 600,000 Hoosier voters whose citizenship the stateâs top lawyer and the secretary of state are questioning, but â...â
JUDICIAL MOVES: Indiana Legislature likely to start reallocating court resources, rather than adding to them
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 20, 2024 One Indiana lawmaker is expecting the Indiana General Assembly to step back this coming session from continually approving requests for more trial court judges and, instead, start shifting judicial resources from slower co â...â
TSF story: LEADERSHIP AT A CROSSROADS: Holcomb talks his tumultuous eight years as governor
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Arianna Hunt The Statehouse File December 18, 2024 In a little over 600 hours, Governor Eric Holcomb leaves office, making one of the final significant events of his tenure the execution of Joseph Corcoran for the mu â...â
OPEN-RECORDS UNCERTAINTY: FSSA counsel seeks clarity from Indiana Supreme Court on advisory documents exception to open records law
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 18, 2024 When the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration argued to the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday that a white paper submitted to the agency as part of a Medicaid settlement negotiation was not subject to public d â...â
âNEW TERRITORYâ: Marion County Election officials consider applying new election worker protection law to voting incident
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 13, 2024 Before making a decision whether to refer the matter to prosecutors, the Marion County Election Board wants to hear from the Indianapolis man who walked into a voting center on Election Day with two handguns and a knife. T â...â
LOSING PATIENCE: Plaintiffs in Anderson redistricting fight ask for a deadline
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 13, 2024 Plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the city of Anderson Common Councilâs failure to redraw its council district map have filed a motion asking the federal court to start setting deadlines. The motion to set deadline, filed w â...â
LEAVING THE SENATE: Gov.-Elect Mike Braun recalls legislative successes, offers advice in farewell address
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 12, 2024 In his farewell speech to the U.S. Senate Wednesday, Mike Braun, Indiana governor-elect, recalled a memory from his earliest days on Capitol Hill. He had attended his first State of the Union address in 2019 and was walkin â...â
âINSPIRES AND EMPOWERSâ: Lt. Gov. Crouch honored for work boosting civic education in Indiana classrooms
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 10, 2024 In January, sixth graders across Indiana will tumble back into the classroom and commence learning about forming a âmore perfect unionâ; the freedom of religion, speech and assembly; the functions of each branch of gov â...â
ARGUING FOR DEMOCRACY: Disagree Better initiative continues to call for âhealthy conflict,â especially at local level
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 6, 2024 Forget compromise. Forget finding common ground. Forget keeping your opinions to yourself. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox does not want Americans to shy away from disagreements and fierce debates. âOur system (of government) was d â...â
TSF story: VOICES OF VOTERS: Hoosiers express concern and uncertainty after 2024 election
A quarter of Americans have called the Nov. 5 election the most stressful experience of their year. Many members of minority and previously targeted groupsâa college student in the process of transitioning, an immigrant with uncertain citizenship statusâare worrying and wond â...â