‘UNDER A MICROSCOPE’: AG Rokita reveals slew of disciplinary actions, nearly $500K attorney bill
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2026 In a lawsuit filed against members of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita details multiple disciplinary grievances that prompted investigations into his actions while he ha “...”
MARATHON HEARING: Anger over August power outages erupts during legislative committee meeting
By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com September 30, 2026 Lawmakers sat through a six-hour committee meeting on Wednesday, grappling with understanding what happened on Aug. 11, when Hoosiers in the Northwestern part of the state lost power for up to two weeks after severe “...”
HOMESTEAD TAX: Constituents skeptical of Sen. Mishler’s plan to revamp property taxes
By Dan Spalding News Now Warsaw September 30, 2026 WARSAW — A trio of top Republican state lawmakers unveiled a plan on Tuesday in Warsaw to revamp the state’s property tax system by using local income tax money to cover all of the homestead property tax credit. The plan woul “...”
‘SENSELESS ACT OF VANDALISM’: Arson suspected in destruction of polymer statue of Benjamin Harrison
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 29, 2026 A life-size statue of President Benjamin Harrison, installed less than two weeks ago at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis as part of a new collaboration to create public art, was destroyed by fire ea “...”
CITIZENSHIP STATUS: U.S. Supreme Court says Indiana and other states can use SAVE tool; critics cite voting barriers
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 28, 2026 Indiana will again be able to use the federal SAVE system to check Hoosier voters’ citizenship status, following Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that allows all states to access the database that voter-right “...”
UNEXCUSED ABSENCE: High-school freshman with medical conditions caught in Indiana’s crackdown on absenteeism
By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com September 25, 2026 In March 2026, as Layna Ziegler was about to begin her second semester at Western Boone Junior-Senior High School in Thorntown, her parents, Crystal and Jacob Ziegler, unexpectedly received a letter from the Boone Co “...”
MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS: 2 Marion County judges face disciplinary charges after years of complaints
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 24, 2026 The judicial misconduct charges recently filed against two Marion County Superior Court judges – including one who is on the November ballot for retention – came after years of issues and concerns with caseload manage “...”
CHURCH AND STATE: Forum asks whether America has abandoned its ‘best idea’
By Greta Lapp Klassen The Indiana Citizen September 22, 2026 FORT WAYNE – Christian nationalism in the United States can be distilled down to a combination of three core beliefs, according to religious scholar and author Randall Balmer: “the United States was founded as C “...”
Indiana’s DEI fight moves from Statehouse to classrooms as school board elections turn partisan
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 21, 2026 As Indiana prepares for its first school board elections in which candidates can identify their political party affiliation on the ballot, conservative elected officials and activists are increasingly focusing on individual “...”
LANDMARK RULINGS: Indiana cases heard by U.S. Supreme Court examined in Constitution Day event
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2026 To mark this year’s Constitution Day, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law examined the founding document in action by reviewing a handful cases that started with disputes in the Hoosier State, before tra “...”