Madison Commentary: One Hundred Years Ago Forerunners of Today’s 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 “...”
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 one’s perspective, abortion has a mo “...”
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 “joint convention” to confirm the results of the election for governor and lieuten “...”
OVERDRAFT RELIEF? Consumer advocates in Indiana hope new federal rule lowering bank fees inspires Hoosier lawmakers to offer similar help
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 9, 2025 Anti-poverty advocates in Indiana are hoping a new federal rule that could save consumers billions in overdraft fees will spur state lawmakers to legislate similar economic reforms to help Hoosiers. The final overdraft rule, “...”
TSF story: First Indiana Senate meeting of 2025 is a tribute to outgoing Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil and Chloe White TheStatehouseFile.com January 8, 2025 Indiana’s 124th legislative session began with a heartwarming tribute to 52nd Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch. Senators passed a special resolution honoring “...”
JUDICIAL LEGACIES: Presidents Biden and Trump leave lasting (although different) impacts on the federal courts
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 3, 2025 When President Joe Biden reached 235 judicial confirmations – the most of any president in a single term – he marked the achievement by calling attention to his efforts to diversify the federal bench. He noted, in a Dec. “...”
Krull Commentary: Jimmy Carter, in all his humanity
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com December 30, 2024 Few presidents and former presidents have been more misunderstood than Jimmy Carter. During his years in the White House, he was caricatured as a naïve, moralizing “...”
‘REMARKABLE SERVICE’: Hoosiers mourn President Jimmy Carter, honor legacy of peace and volunteerism
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 30, 2024 Flowers are being laid at President Jimmy Carter’s plaque on the grounds of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, not only honoring the 39th president, who passed away Sunday at age 100 but also unders “...”
HAMILTON’S WORDS: Indiana law librarian finds treasure written by a founding father to a young nation
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 26, 2024 The basement of the Indiana Supreme Court Law Library is home to papers of former justices, renovation records and other things that tell the story of the state’s judicial system, but while inventorying all the different “...”
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 General’s Office has denied a public records request for access to the list of nearly 600,000 Hoosier voters whose citizenship the state’s top lawyer and the secretary of state are questioning, but “...”