A CALL TO ACTION: Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush challenges new law school graduates to fight for a fairer world
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 21, 2025 Speaking to the newest class of law school graduates, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush reminded the individuals clad in caps and gowns of the frustration they felt as children when something was lost or taken that caused them “...”
NEW FOCUS ON DEI: Indiana AG Rokita investigates University of Notre Dame and its hiring and admissions practices
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 16, 2025 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has launched an investigation into the University of Notre Dame and is threatening the school’s nonprofit status, asserting the institution is violating state and federal civil rights laws “...”
‘ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY’: Gov. Braun signs slew of election-related bills that critics say will harm Indiana voters
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 16, 2025 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has been signing into law a slew of bills changing voting and the administration of elections that passed through the legislature during the 2025 session even though the November 2024 election did not br “...”
‘IT’S NEVER ROUTINE’: Former Secret Service agent and aides recall serving, and protecting, presidents and vice presidents and their families
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 9, 2025 Roger Goodes finally had to pass on answering the question. Of his 26 years working for the U.S. Secret Service, Goodes spent seven assigned to the Presidential Protective division during the Clinton administration. He knew the “...”
‘TOTALLY FALSE’: Concerned Clergy group slams Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s allegation that Democrats pay for Black voter turnout, urges Gov. Braun to act
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen May 9, 2025 Amid the ongoing controversy over his social media post about the Three-Fifths Compromise that garnered national attention and a strong backlash, Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has made new, unsubstantiated accusations, alleging t “...”
SCHOOL VOUCHER Q&A: Using state tax dollars to pay private school tuition ‘a huge part’ of Christian nationalist agenda, scholar says
By Steve Hinnefeld The Indiana Citizen May 7, 2025 Michigan State University education policy professor Josh Cowen has spent two decades studying and writing about voucher programs, in which state tax dollars pay students’ private school tuition. Early studies of small, targete “...”
TSF story: Braun waits until Tuesday’s deadline to sign the final bills from the 2025 session into law
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com May 6, 2025 On April 24, the Indiana General Assembly concluded the 2025 legislative session after nearly four months of deliberation over each of the 243 bills that made it to Gov. M “...”
TSF story: Indiana’s energy policy looks to accommodate both data centers and average Hoosiers
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com May 5, 2025 How can the energy sector provide for data centers and the average Hoosier at the same time as being environmentally sound and safe? This was a question during th “...”
LESSONS IN VIRTUE: Legal scholar peruses Founding Fathers’ libraries and gains new understanding of meaning behind ‘the pursuit of happiness’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 2, 2025 Stuck at home with extra time on his hands courtesy of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, legal scholar and author Jeffrey Rosen started diving into the treatises and tomes the Founding Fathers read as they crafted the nation’s found “...”
‘PROPAGANDA MILL’? Lt. Gov. Beckwith lauds WallBuilders think tank accused of eroding separation of church and state
By Sydney Byerly and Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 1, 2025 When Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith cited WallBuilders to defend his controversial comments about the Three-Fifths Compromise, he called the Texas-based nonprofit “the gold standard for learning the real his “...”