‘DARK DAY’: Charlie Kirk’s death draws calls to end political violence from Indiana lawmakers
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2025 Indiana politicians across the political spectrum denounced political violence Wednesday after the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, with many Republicans describing the populist ally of President “...”
‘I HAVEN’T FLIP-FLOPPED’: Beckwith defends post praising Haitian pastors, immigrants
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith defended himself Tuesday in the face of sharp criticism from conservatives after posting — and then deleting — remarks on social media touting a meeting with Haitian pastors and praising t “...”
PANEL RULINGS: Mediator named, discovery request denied in AG Rokita’s 2nd disciplinary case
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2025 The parties in the disciplinary case against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita have selected Indianapolis attorney James Riley Jr. as a mediator to see if a settlement can be reached before the December hearing. Rokita “...”
TSF Story: Experts fault state officials for secrecy surrounding voter list sent to USCIS
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com September 7, 2025 Political scientists and media law experts are reacting to The Indiana Citizen’s parent organization’s case against the offices of the Indiana attorney general “...”
‘SPIRITUAL WAR’: Beckwith blames ‘trans ideology’ for Minneapolis school shooting
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 5, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, in a series of social media posts this week, described the deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as both a spiritual conflict and evidence of what he calle “...”
CRITICAL CROWD: Some at Indianapolis election meeting skeptical of data, proposals
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 4, 2025 At a public meeting held in Indianapolis on Wednesday to discuss the timing of elections and the locations of polling places, the presentation of the data was much the same as it had been at a similar gathering held in Mun “...”
LAWSUIT FILED: The Indiana Citizen seeks list of nearly 600K Hoosier voters sent to USCIS
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 3, 2025 The Indiana Citizen Education Foundation, parent of The Indiana Citizen, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Office of the Indiana Secretary of State and the Office of the Indiana Attorney General, seeking access to the “...”
VOTING DATA: Election analysis bolsters SOS Morales’ meeting on voting centers, municipal elections
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 1, 2025 Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales this week will host the second of three public meetings focused on presenting data and gathering comments about where and when elections are held. Although the election study, which “...”
‘SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith links teaching evolution to teen suicide; critics push back
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 29, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, in a recent podcast appearance, linked the teaching of evolution in schools to despair, rising suicide rates among youth, and what he calls a collapse of moral order. His most pointed remarks ca “...”
‘ALL A DISTRACTION’: Protesters decry cost of redistricting amid more pressing needs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 29, 2025 Gathered at the Indiana Statehouse on an unseasonably mild August evening this week, a sizable and energetic crowd let lawmakers know that of all things the legislature needs to do for Hoosiers, redistricting is not even on “...”