TPR RELEASE BLOCKED AGAIN: Another trial court rules terminated pregnancy reports are medical records and not subject to disclosure
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 20, 2025 A Marion County Superior Court judge has blocked the Indiana Department of Health from releasing terminated pregnancy reports, becoming the second trial court jurist to determine the documents are not public records. Mario “...”
TSF Story: Explainer: What’s behind a Hoosier National Forest management project controversy
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com February 18, 2025 On Feb. 6, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun wrote to the United States Forest Service (USFS) asking for the immediate withdrawal of a forest management project that “...”
TSF story: Latest report on the wellbeing of Hoosier children gives Indiana a mixed report card
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Erin Bruce TheStatehouseFile.com February 17, 2025 Charlotte, 8, excitedly pulled a pink pair of sunglasses out of the drawstring bag from MCCOY, the Marion County Commission on Youth. She used a bench in the lobby o “...”
HOMELESS BILL ADVANCES: HB 1662, which bans street camping, passes House committee despite opposition
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 18, 2025 Despite continued opposition from organizations that serve the homeless and concerns from two Republican legislators about some of the requirements being imposed, the House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee on Mon “...”
‘CRIMINALIZATION’ OF HOMELESS: Indiana bill banning street camping is inhumane and ignores lack of housing, critics say
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 14, 2025 Doris Jones, a resident of Indianapolis, knows about homelessness from firsthand experience. The single mother of two works two jobs and is attending school with the hopes of becoming an early childhood educator. However, “...”
FAILING GRADE: Advocacy groups use Democracy Day to rate legislature, press lawmakers on ‘anti-voter legislation’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 14, 2025 With the midpoint of the 2025 legislative session coming in one week, voter advocacy groups from across the state are giving the Indiana General Assembly a failing grade for advancing election and voting bills that they sa “...”
TSF story: Indiana’s eviction epidemic as seen from the small courts that are trying to help
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Schyler Altherr TheStatehouseFile.com February 13, 2025 TheStatehouseFile.com traveled to the Wayne Township Small Claims Court on the west side of Indianapolis last week, where court workers say they see an excess “...”
TSF Story: Indiana high-schoolers tell lawmakers how gun violence has affected them
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Schyler Altherr TheStatehouseFile.com February 10, 2025 Hoosier high-school students arrived at the Indiana Statehouse Monday morning to protest gun violence. These students have grown up in a time when the leading c “...”
TPR CASE NOT OVER: Doctors Bernard, Rouse renew fight to keep terminated pregnancy reports private
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen February 11, 2025 Less than a week after Voices for Life and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office announced a settlement to release terminated pregnancy reports, two Indianapolis OB/GYNs are asking Marion County Superior Court to “...”
TSF story: More than 10 Indiana bills look to crack down on illegal immigration or help ICE
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com February 10, 2024 Indiana’s supermajority Republican General Assembly is scrutinizing more than 10 immigration bills, most of which are still sitting in committee. The bills would “...”