YOUNG COMMENTARY: Hoosiers must Unite and Remember our Fallen Heroes
By Todd Young May 27, 2024 When a train returned the body of Col. Sion Bass to Huntington County in April 1862, a crowd of grateful Hoosiers gathered to receive him. The following day, Bass was laid to rest at Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne. A monument, made of sandstone, was â...â
HYDE COMMENTARY: President Benjamin Harrison hoped Soldiers & Sailors Monument would console grieving family members of fallen heroes
By Charles Hyde May 27, 2024 Â Â I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day [Memorial Day]. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because â...â
âLOW PERFORMING LENDERSâ: New portal makes mortgage and homeownership data in Central Indiana more accessible to public
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 24, 2024 In its fight against housing discrimination, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana believes knowledge is power. The nonprofit based in Indianapolis has launched an online fair housing data portal which provid â...â
ELECTION ECONOMICS: Many variables in 2024 could alter how voters perceive the economy when casting their ballots
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 23, 2024 Although much has changed since the 1992 presidential campaign, when the phrase, âItâs the economy, stupid,â was coined to underscore the link between the countryâs economic health and elections, voters will prob â...â
BIPARTISAN IDEAL: Indiana congressional candidate Tim Peck campaigns for better listening, civil discourse
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 21, 2024 Standing before a crowd in Corydon, Indiana, that included Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians, Tim Peck made his pitch for finding common ground. Peck, a former emergency room physician, won the Democratic nomination for t â...â
FILLING JUDGESHIPS: From incumbent upsets and battles for empty seats to uncontested candidates, most of Indianaâs judicial races were decided in the primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 17, 2024 Of the eight Indiana trial court judges who faced a challenger in the May 2024 primary, seven will be looking for a new job next January. A majority of the trial court judges running in the primary were unopposed â...â
DEMOCRATIC VACANCY: State Rep. Rita Fleming of Jeffersonville announces immediate retirement from General Assembly
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information on Fleming’s endorsement for her replacement as representative of House District 71. By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 13, 2024 State Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, announc â...â
âGENERATIONS OF LOST WEALTHâ: âUnwelcomedâ exhibit in Bloomington spotlights housing discrimination that blocks homeownership
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 10, 2024 The racial and economic barriers to homeownership have deep roots in Indiana, even in communities like Bloomington that have striven to accept and support people of diverse backgrounds. âI think itâs a problem â...â
STEADY TURNOUT: Voters, candidates cast ballots in primary to address local, state and national concerns
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 9, 2024 Greg OâBrien, who has worked the polls in Seymour every election for the past 24 years, never saw the lull on Tuesday. Typically, he said, voters come in waves with a morning rush followed by a lull, before the l â...â
VOTERS’ VOICES: Hoping for change, moved by a sense of dutyâwhy Hoosiers went to the polls
Staff Report TheStatehouseFile May 8, 2024 Statehouse File reporters talked to voters at polling places all over Marion and Johnson counties Tuesdayâsome 10 hours of asking what brought them out to vote when so many of their fellow Hoosiers stay home. Indiana ranks 50th among â...â