âI AM RELIEVEDâ: Alexandra Wilson focuses on campaign after judgeâs order lets her stay on the GOP ballot
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 16, 2026 More than 40 days after the challenge to Alexandra Wilsonâs candidacy landed in Clay County Circuit Court, a judge issued an order on Thursday keeping Wilson in the Republican primary for Indiana Senate District 38. However â...â
‘A VICTORYâ FOR STUDENTS: Voting advocates applaud injunction blocking ban on college IDs at polls
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 15, 2026 Relying on the precedent created in the 2008 ruling that upheld Indianaâs voter ID law, a federal judge has blocked the stateâs ban on the use of student ID cards at the polls. Senior Judge Richard Young of the Southern I â...â
“I JUST WANT JUSTICE’: A shortage of prosecutors and public defenders is causing delays and anguish
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Chloe White, Lauren Cohen, Charlotte Harvey and Logan Pierson Statehouse Reporting Project April 14, 2026 In Anchorage, Alaska, a shortage of city prosecutors led to almost 1,000 criminal cases being dismissed in â...â
âVOTERS CANâT WAITâ: Frustrated Election Commission hears new issue in dispute, blasts attorney general
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 9, 2026 The court order to consider an expungement incited a lot of confusion and some tense moments at Wednesdayâs Indiana Election Commission hearing, but the proceeding ended in the same place it began: Alexandra Wilson remains o â...â
JUDGE REBUFFED: Selection Committee exercises new authority to block jurist from retention election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 26, 2026 Shortly after being given the power to keep a judge off the ballot, the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee did just that on March 13 by finding longtime Marion County Superior Court Judge Gary Miller unsuitable for re â...â
âTALK TO THE JUDGEâ: Attorneys tussle over Republican candidacy in state Senate District 38
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 25, 2026 The fireworks started early during Tuesdayâs court hearing to determine whether Alexandra Wilson is eligible to run in the May 5 Republican primary for state Senate District 38. Shortly after nationally known conservative a â...â
ELECTION-RELATED LAWS: âPretty quietâ legislative session did spur some concerns  Â
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 24, 2026 Election bills Indiana legislators passed this year did not ignite much controversy or generate threats of a lawsuit, but some voting laws enacted in prior sessions might still be causing confusion and prevent some Hoosiers f â...â
STAY LIFTED: Judge allows counties to distribute absentee ballots in Senate District 38 primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 20, 2026 A day after being appointed to preside over the state Senate District 38 legal battle, the new judge lifted the stay that had prevented Vigo, Clay and Sullivan counties from sending the Republican absentee ballots to voters. â...â
ELECTION UPHEAVAL: Absentee ballots held in Senate District 38 race as new judge appointed to preside over candidate fight
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 19, 2026 BRAZIL, Indiana â Just as county clerks have absentee ballots printed and scheduled to be mailed for the May primary, a state court judge has ordered Clay, Vigo and Sullivan counties to halt the process while a dispute cont â...â
PRIMARY PRESSURE: Judge tells attorneys to âclear calendarsâ for hearing in Senate candidacy dispute
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 13, 2026 A three-hour hearing has been scheduled for next week in the dispute over the qualifications of a candidate in the Senate District 38 Republican primary. Clay County Circuit Court Judge David Thomas issued an order Thursday s â...â