TSF Story: Bipartisan bill gets a late word change and a heated debate in Senate committee
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 25, 2025 A bipartisan bill that passed unanimously in the House received a single word change that may have upended its original intent in Tuesday’s Senate Corrections and Cri “...”
‘A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST’: Doctors Bernard, Rouse win fight for preliminary injunction to block release of TPRs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 The terminated pregnancy reports filed with the Indiana Department of Health every time a physician performs an abortion in the state will remain exempt from public access after the Marion County Superior Court granted a prel “...”
PICKING A PARTY: Push to turn Indiana school board races into partisan elections gains momentum in Statehouse
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2025 Once again, the Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation to turn school board races into partisan contests, but, unlike in previous years, GOP lawmakers appear closer to advancing such a bill to the governor’s de “...”
‘BUT YOU’RE NOT HERE’: Hoosiers voice concerns, frustrations at ‘empty chair’ town hall that Sen. Todd Young declined to attend
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 21, 2025 The young woman stepped up to the microphone at the town hall meeting and began reading from a small notebook in which she had written a handful of questions she wanted to ask Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Her inquir “...”
‘ANTI-IMMIGRANT ANIMUS’: St. Joseph County sheriff questions AG Rokita’s motives in his sanctuary city lawsuit
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 21, 2025 Claiming Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita appears to be playing on the “recent and alarming political popularity of anti-immigrant animus,” the St. Joseph County Police Department has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsu “...”
RALLYING FOR RELIEF: Statehouse fills with Hoosiers calling on state legislators to cut property taxes
By Juliann Ventura The Indiana Citizen March 18, 2025 Roughly 250 rallygoers sporting green gathered at the Statehouse on Monday, urging Indiana’s lawmakers to cut property taxes. Attendees chanted, “Where’s my money?” as nearly all of them wore green shirts and held sign “...”
LAWSUIT’S LEGITIMACY QUESTIONED: Justices raise concerns in Indiana election case about standing and candidate eligibility
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 18, 2025 A dispute arising over a candidate’s eligibility to run in the 2023 general election for a seat on the Columbus City Council was presented to the Indiana Supreme Court last week with the justices seemingly less interested i “...”
SCHEDULING SILENCE: Lt. Gov. Beckwith not making official calendar public, his office says
By Juliann Ventura The Indiana Citizen March 17, 2025 In a move that veers from tradition, Republican Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s office is not planning to publicize the new officeholder’s official schedule on his state government website page, Beckwith’s press chief told The “...”
PRIVATE OR NOT? Conflicting positions noted by judge, others in hearing on preliminary injunction sought by doctors in TPR case
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 14, 2025 In the convoluted tug-of-war over whether to release terminated pregnancy reports, a hearing Wednesday in Marion County Superior Court revealed inconsistencies in arguments of both plaintiffs and defendants. During the four-h “...”
TSF story: College students say bill infringes on their voting rights for partisan reasons
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com March 12, 2025 On Wednesday, in a Statehouse committee room decorated with photos and paintings of Indiana universities, college students testified before the representatives who will “...”