NEXT IN LINE: Constitutional amendment question for voters would change Indiana’s succession for governor
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 4, 2024 Hoosiers going to the polls in November will find a question on their ballots, asking if they want to amend the Indiana Constitution to revise the list of elected state officials who could succeed the governor. The propose “...”
TSF story: As Lugar is honored with a new statue, documentary students remember his civility
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen TheStatehouseFile.com August 30, 2024 In April 2018, almost a year to the day before he died, former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, visited the campus of Franklin College to watch an hour “...”
MOONLIGHTING CASE DENIED: Indiana Supreme Court won’t hear appeal, allowing AG Rokita to keep advisory report confidential
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 30, 2024 The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the dispute over an inspector general’s report on Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s former moonlighting gig, upholding a lower court’s decision which applied a last-m “...”
‘ANGRY PASSION’: Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Riley takes compassion and zest for learning into retirement
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 30, 2024 For Judge Patricia Riley, it was the candy. Nearly 70 years later, while sitting in her chambers at the Court of Appeals of Indiana, Riley remembered attending a parade in her hometown of Rensselaer when she was still “...”
TSF Story: Committee meets to discuss eliminating other committees … that don’t meet
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen The StatehouseFile.com August 28, 2024 With the Indiana General Assembly’s legislative session just a few months away, a group of lawmakers got together Wednesday to do a little metaphorical ho “...”
KENNEDY APPEAL: Indiana man still planning to vote for RFK Jr. even after suspension of his presidential campaign
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 29, 2024 Robby Lake is not ready to give up on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential aspirations. Although Kennedy announced last Friday in Arizona that he was suspending his campaign and throwing his support behind Donald Trump, th “...”
‘REALLY FRUSTRATING’: Advocates seek grassroots action after child tax credit gets ensnared in election year politics
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 23, 2024 Maxine Thomas knows that following the policy debates in Congress is a luxury many working families cannot afford. They are spending their time stretching their paychecks to cover the rent, keep the lights on and put “...”
‘UNANIMOUS ENDORSEMENT’: Indiana Chief Justice Rush reappointed a third time to lead state Supreme Court
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 22, 2024 The appointment of Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush to serve a third term leading the Indiana Supreme Court came with the unanimous support of her colleagues and the praise of a former Indiana justice who said she brings “...”
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION: Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site dedicates time capsule for future generations
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 21, 2024 The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site on Tuesday turned the handle of the vault’s thick metal door, locking the “best wishes, hopes and dreams for the future,” in a time capsule that will not be opened until Constitu “...”
THAT’S A CROWD! Event marks Wendell Willkie’s 1940 speech in Elwood that attracted hundreds of thousands
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 21, 2024 Eight-four years after he returned to his boyhood home of Elwood, Indiana, on Aug. 17, 1940, to give his speech accepting the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, Wendell Willkie can still attract a crowd. The Hoosi “...”