CLOSE RACE: Poll from Wells’ campaign shows AG Rokita vulnerable in November election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 12, 2024 Democratic challenger Destiny Wells has released new polling data in the Indiana attorney general’s race, showing she is in a virtual dead heat with incumbent Todd Rokita. In a survey of 600 Hoosier voters conducted bet “...”
LAWMAKERS’ SCORECARD: Common Cause says most Indiana congressional members did little with their votes to preserve democracy
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 12, 2024 The fifth biennial scorecard compiled by Common Cause rated seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. representatives and two U.S. senators as doing little to preserve democracy during the 118th Congress. Common Cause, a nonp “...”
APPEAL PLANNED: Marion County judge rules termination of pregnancy reports are private medical records
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2024 In a two-page order issued Monday, a Marion County Superior Court judge dismissed the lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Health, finding the termination of pregnancy reports, which are submitted by health-care prov “...”
PATIENT RECORDS: Dispute over whether termination of pregnancy reports are public or private gets hearing
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 6, 2024 The hearing over whether termination of pregnancy reports are public records began Friday morning with opposing parties acknowledging that whatever the trial judge decided would likely be appealed all the way to the “...”
SANCTUARY CONTROVERSY: Monroe County bolsters legal team and claims AG Rokita is misinterpreting Indiana’s sanctuary cities law
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 6, 2024 Monroe County is fighting back against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, asserting his lawsuit, which claims the policies of the county sheriff’s department are violating the state’s anti-sanctuary cities statute, “...”
NEXT IN LINE: Constitutional amendment question for voters would change Indiana’s succession for governor
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 4, 2024 Hoosiers going to the polls in November will find a question on their ballots, asking if they want to amend the Indiana Constitution to revise the list of elected state officials who could succeed the governor. The propose “...”
TSF story: As Lugar is honored with a new statue, documentary students remember his civility
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen TheStatehouseFile.com August 30, 2024 In April 2018, almost a year to the day before he died, former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, visited the campus of Franklin College to watch an hour “...”
MOONLIGHTING CASE DENIED: Indiana Supreme Court won’t hear appeal, allowing AG Rokita to keep advisory report confidential
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 30, 2024 The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the dispute over an inspector general’s report on Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s former moonlighting gig, upholding a lower court’s decision which applied a last-m “...”
‘ANGRY PASSION’: Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Riley takes compassion and zest for learning into retirement
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 30, 2024 For Judge Patricia Riley, it was the candy. Nearly 70 years later, while sitting in her chambers at the Court of Appeals of Indiana, Riley remembered attending a parade in her hometown of Rensselaer when she was still “...”
TSF Story: Committee meets to discuss eliminating other committees … that don’t meet
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen The StatehouseFile.com August 28, 2024 With the Indiana General Assembly’s legislative session just a few months away, a group of lawmakers got together Wednesday to do a little metaphorical ho “...”