TSF story: On this anxious election eve, a new generation prepares for its turn at citizenship
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen TheStatehouseFile.com November 4, 2024 Andrea Neal doesn’t even say hi, sailing into her classroom at St. Richard’s Episcopal School under the twin gazes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson “...”
APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY: Business for America urges political leaders to maintain ‘a free and fair election’ for nation’s economic health
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 4, 2024 Business for America, a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of civic-minded business leaders and companies, has published an open letter as Election Day nears, asking candidates and election officials to put country above poli “...”
CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Indiana legal community supports keeping state’s justices while retention opponents press their effort
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 The effort to prevent three Indiana Supreme Court justices from falling short in November’s retention vote appears to be organized and strong, but worries continue over the grassroots countereffort to remove the trio for “...”
‘ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS’: SOS Morales and AG Rokita face public access complaint for not releasing names of nearly 600,000 registered voters
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 With just four days before the Nov. 5 election, the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation, parent of The Indiana Citizen, is continuing to push the Indiana attorney general and the Indiana secretary of state to release the l “...”
VOTER HOTLINE: Hoosier voters can call Election Protection number for real-time answers and help
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 31, 2024 For Hoosiers who have questions about voting or encounter a problem when a casting ballot, help is just a phone call away. The Midwest Voting Rights Program at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights is again offe “...”
JUDICIAL ELECTION: Trial court judges appear on many Indiana ballots but only seven counties have competitive races
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 31, 2024 Although trial court judges are on the ballot in 59 Indiana counties for the November election, only seven counties have contested races, leaving most Hoosier voters without an alternative choice for judgeships. Circuit cou “...”
‘UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT’: Indiana agencies and AG’s attorneys must pay nearly $375,000 to construction firm as safety citations tossed
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 28, 2024 After vacating a safety citation and $61,100 in civil penalties issued by Indiana against Lane Construction Corp., a Marion County Superior Court has sanctioned two state agencies and their lawyers from the Indiana Attorney “...”
HOUSE DIST. 69 HEATS UP: Republican incumbent and firebrand Jim Lucas faces challenge from Democrat Trish Whitcomb
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 25, 2024 At first glance, House District 69, located about an hour’s drive south of Indianapolis, is a bucolic setting, with the small city of Seymour and towns of Brownstown, Crothersville, Austin and Salem nestled between cornfi “...”
IMMIGRATION ISSUE: AG Rokita’s demand that South Bend and Seymour police turn over mass of documents called ‘politically motivated distraction’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 24, 2024 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is continuing to exercise his new authority to enforce the state’s anti-sanctuary city statute by demanding a wide range of documents, including written, electronic and recorded materi “...”
WAIT TIME: Indiana-made voting app tells Hoosiers how long they will likely stand in line to cast a ballot
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 22, 2024 Not sure you have time to vote? IN Tech for Progress, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Indianapolis, has updated its app – Indianavotetimes.org – to help you find the shortest wait time to cast your ballot “...”