MORE GERRYMANDERING? Voter advocates plan for likely return of redistricting fight in Indiana
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 18, 2026 With five legislative candidates on Indiana’s November ballot endorsed by President Donald Trump and the recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court gutting federal prohibitions against racial gerrymandering, voter-advocacy gr “...”
RELIEF AT THE PUMP: Gas tax holiday fuels concerns about price gouging and road funding
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Lauren Warner TheStatehouseFile.com June 9, 2026 With high gas prices continuing to plague the nation, Gov. Mike Braun has extended Indiana’s gas tax holiday until July 7, saving Hoosiers 62.5 cents per gallon. Th “...”
OPPOSING FIRING SQUADS: Protest at Fort Wayne firm follows strategy used against lethal injections
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 5, 2026 The protesters who recently gathered in front of Elevatus Architecture in Fort Wayne were part of a national effort to stop death penalty executions by firing squads by using the same tactics that have successfully disrupted le “...”
‘THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK’: Braun says Beckwith ‘probably regrets’ how he phrased call for hatred
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen June 2, 2026 Gov. Mike Braun said Tuesday that Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith “probably regrets” how he phrased his recent comments that Americans need “permission to hate again” and his singling out of Islam as worthy of hatred. But the Repu “...”
RACE FOR NOMINATION: Indiana Republicans split over SOS candidates
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen May 22, 2026 Top Indiana Republicans are divided over the race for secretary of state, with some of the party’s most prominent figures seeking to sideline embattled incumbent Diego Morales ahead of the June state GOP party convention and oth “...”
ELECTION OFFICIAL: McLain appointed to serve as IED’s Republican co-director
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 20, 2026 Joseph McLain, who joined the Indiana Election Division in April 2019 as a program director, has been tapped to serve as the Republican co-director, filling the remaining term of former co-director Brad King, who resigned May 6 “...”
SHADES OF COMEY CASE: ACLU says Indiana man did not threaten state officials by posting ‘86’ on social media
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 19, 2026 The ACLU of Indiana has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent an investigator for Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office from taking “any adverse action” against a Monroe County man who posted “8 “...”
VOTED ‘MOST SIGNIFICANT’: Reconstruction Era’s 14th Amendment transformed America, expert says
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 8, 2026 In the aftermath of the Civil War, as the United States was grappling with how to stitch itself back together, while still ensuring the soldiers who gave their lives fighting to save the Republic had not died in vain, the 14th A “...”
VOTING RIGHTS ACT UPENDED: U.S. Supreme Court ruling could revive midcycle redistricting
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 1, 2026 With Wednesday’s ruling that is seen as weakening, if not outright killing, the prohibition against racial discrimination in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court may have ushered in a new wave of midcycle redi “...”
RACE FOR SENATE DISTRICT 23: Candidates launch attack ads in final stretch of GOP battle
By Ronak Mohanty Exponent Staff Reporter April 30, 2026 The race for the GOP nomination for state Senate District 23 has turned into a nationalized Republican slugfest between the incumbent Spencer Deery, and Paula Copenhaver, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump. Atta “...”