FAITH-BASED BOOST: Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s $3M budget request raises questions on mental health efforts
By Juliann Ventura The Indiana Citizen April 2, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith sidestepped questions over how the $3 million increase in spending for faith-based initiatives in his office could specifically address mental health concerns in an interview with The Indiana Cit “...”
TSF story: Critics say bill would make voting more difficult for disabled people and others
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com by Chloe White TheStatehouseFile.com March 28, 2025 House Bill 1680, written by Rep. Timothy Wesco, R-Osceola, would enact roughly 15 different provisions regarding elections in Indiana. On Monday, the Senate Elections “...”
‘MORE THAN JUST A MARKER’: Historical plaque in Municipal Gardens remembers slain Black man, helps ensure painful past is not forgotten
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 28, 2025 One hundred and three years after his body was found hung from a sapling along the banks of the White River, George Tompkins is finally getting his story written into the pages of history. Tompkins, a 19-year-old Black man li “...”
TSF Story: Bipartisan bill gets a late word change and a heated debate in Senate committee
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 25, 2025 A bipartisan bill that passed unanimously in the House received a single word change that may have upended its original intent in Tuesday’s Senate Corrections and Cri “...”
‘A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST’: Doctors Bernard, Rouse win fight for preliminary injunction to block release of TPRs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 The terminated pregnancy reports filed with the Indiana Department of Health every time a physician performs an abortion in the state will remain exempt from public access after the Marion County Superior Court granted a prel “...”
PICKING A PARTY: Push to turn Indiana school board races into partisan elections gains momentum in Statehouse
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 Once again, the Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation to turn school board races into partisan contests, but, unlike in previous years, GOP lawmakers appear closer to advancing such a bill to the governor’s de “...”
‘BUT YOU’RE NOT HERE’: Hoosiers voice concerns, frustrations at ‘empty chair’ town hall that Sen. Todd Young declined to attend
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 21, 2025 The young woman stepped up to the microphone at the town hall meeting and began reading from a small notebook in which she had written a handful of questions she wanted to ask Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Her inquir “...”
‘ANTI-IMMIGRANT ANIMUS’: St. Joseph County sheriff questions AG Rokita’s motives in his sanctuary city lawsuit
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 21, 2025 Claiming Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita appears to be playing on the “recent and alarming political popularity of anti-immigrant animus,” the St. Joseph County Police Department has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsu “...”
RALLYING FOR RELIEF: Statehouse fills with Hoosiers calling on state legislators to cut property taxes
By Juliann Ventura The Indiana Citizen March 18, 2025 Roughly 250 rallygoers sporting green gathered at the Statehouse on Monday, urging Indiana’s lawmakers to cut property taxes. Attendees chanted, “Where’s my money?” as nearly all of them wore green shirts and held sign “...”
LAWSUIT’S LEGITIMACY QUESTIONED: Justices raise concerns in Indiana election case about standing and candidate eligibility
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 18, 2025 A dispute arising over a candidate’s eligibility to run in the 2023 general election for a seat on the Columbus City Council was presented to the Indiana Supreme Court last week with the justices seemingly less interested i “...”