Indiana lawmakers file slate of religion-related education and culture bills for 2026 session
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen January 9, 2026 As Indiana lawmakers’ deadline to file bills for the 2026 legislative session passed Wednesday, The Indiana Citizen identified seven measures that would incorporate Christian religious texts or beliefs commonly associated wit “...”
PORK PREVAILS AT STATEHOUSE: Committee considers making tenderloin Indiana’s official sandwich
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com January 8, 2026 At 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Senate Commerce and Technology Committee room filled with an unusual smell, one that did not originate from the snack stand right down “...”
‘A VOICE, A CHOICE AND A VOTE’: Indiana Rural Summit recruits and supports new candidates for 2026 races
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 9, 2026 Although she said “no” the first time she was asked to run for public office, Coumba Kebe changed her mind when, she said, the Indiana General Assembly ignored the pleas of advocates and instead gutted Medicaid. Kebe, th “...”
Bipartisan bill seeks to make post-birth care easier for Medicaid recipients
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Abigale Lash TheStatehouseFile.com January 7, 2026 People looking to testify waited outside the room filled with senators, journalists and doctors. They paced back and forth while reciting their speeches under their “...”
A new bill tackles doxxing in wake of December threats against Indiana legislators
By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com January 6, 2026 In December, at least a dozen Republican members of the Indiana General Assembly experienced online threats and swatting attempts directed toward their homes, families and places of employment during an unsuccessful effort to “...”
GARY GUN CASE: Ruling absolving legislature in halting of lawsuit praised, panned
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 6, 2026 For the Gary gun lawsuit that has survived three appeals and multiple changes to state statute, the recent order to dismiss from the Court of Appeals of Indiana might be yet another chapter, rather than the end of the decade “...”
LAWMAKERS RETURN: The Indiana General Assembly begins its legislative session—again
By Chloe White and Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com January 5, 2025 The Indiana House and Senate reconvened Monday afternoon for the first time in 2026, resuming the legislative session that technically began in December with a failed attempt to redraw Indiana’s congressional d “...”
INDEPENDENT STREAK: Nonprofit seeks more competitive elections in Indiana by looking beyond Republican and Democratic candidates
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 2, 2026 With the window opening on Jan. 7 for Republican and Democratic candidates to file for the 2026 elections, an Indiana nonpartisan nonprofit is offering a suggestion for engaging voters and making elected officials more respo “...”
CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT: Push to install Ten Commandments outside Statehouse called ‘textbook Christian nationalism’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 2, 2026 The state of Indiana asked a federal district court on Monday for a reprieve from an injunction issued more than two decades ago, so an 11,500-pound limestone monument that includes an inscription of the Ten Commandments can “...”
SIGNATURE IRREGULARITIES: Woman enters guilty plea in St. Joseph County election fraud case
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 29, 2025 A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to a single counterfeiting charge in St. Joseph County, Indiana, for allegedly forging signatures on a candidate petition form in 2024. Karina Escobar Perez, 27, entered the guilty plea t “...”