SOUTHERN INDIANA VOICE: Dant Chesser wins Democratic caucus for House District 71 seat, joins fight to break the supermajority
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 30, 2024 Vowing to make sure the voice of Southern Indiana is heard in the Statehouse, Wendy Dant Chesser was elected in a quick Democratic caucus Wednesday evening in Jeffersonville to fill the House District 71 seat form “...”
ABORTION LAW ON TRIAL: Monroe County court to hear constitutional challenge of limited exceptions in Indiana’s statue
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 29, 2024 Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb in August 2022, goes on trial Wednesday in Monroe County Circuit Court as medical professionals challenge the constitutionality of the statute. &nbs “...”
ROKITA’S BILLS: New invoices from Schaerr Jaffe law firm show mounting charges, even after redactions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 29, 2024 More invoices released from Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office further reveal how much the state has been charged by outside counsel Schaerr Jaffe, which aided in Rokita’s case against Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Ind “...”
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 “...”
HYDE COMMENTARY: President Benjamin Harrison hoped Soldiers & Sailors Monument would console grieving family members of fallen heroes
By Charles Hyde May 27, 2024 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 “...”
‘LOW PERFORMING LENDERS’: 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 “...”
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, “It’s the economy, stupid,” was coined to underscore the link between the country’s economic health and elections, voters will prob “...”
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 “...”
FILLING JUDGESHIPS: From incumbent upsets and battles for empty seats to uncontested candidates, most of Indiana’s 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 “...”
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 “...”