CITIZENSHIP STATUS: U.S. Supreme Court says Indiana and other states can use SAVE tool; critics cite voting barriers
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 28, 2026 Indiana will again be able to use the federal SAVE system to check Hoosier voters’ citizenship status, following Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that allows all states to access the database that voter-right “...”
MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS: 2 Marion County judges face disciplinary charges after years of complaints
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 24, 2026 The judicial misconduct charges recently filed against two Marion County Superior Court judges – including one who is on the November ballot for retention – came after years of issues and concerns with caseload manage “...”
Indiana’s DEI fight moves from Statehouse to classrooms as school board elections turn partisan
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 21, 2026 As Indiana prepares for its first school board elections in which candidates can identify their political party affiliation on the ballot, conservative elected officials and activists are increasingly focusing on individual “...”
LANDMARK RULINGS: Indiana cases heard by U.S. Supreme Court examined in Constitution Day event
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2026 To mark this year’s Constitution Day, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law examined the founding document in action by reviewing a handful cases that started with disputes in the Hoosier State, before tra “...”
RECOUNT RESULT REVERSED: Indiana Supreme Court declares Deery winner of SD 23 GOP primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2026 A few hours after hearing oral arguments, the Indiana Supreme Court ordered the Indiana Recount Commission to reverse its certification in the Senate District 23 Republican primary and declare state Sen. Spencer Deery the “...”
NO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE: Trial court allows state to keep private the names of nearly 600K Indiana voters sent to USCIS
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 3, 2026 In a one-page order issued on Monday, a Marion County Superior Court judge has blocked access to the list of nearly 600,000 Hoosier voters that the Indiana attorney general and Indiana secretary of state turned over to the “...”
‘REVISITING FIGHTS’: Democrat lawmaker, Indiana AG take opposite sides of mail-in ballot battle
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 2, 2026 As the effort to block the Trump administration’s proposed restrictions on mail-in voting continues to whipsaw between the U.S. Supreme Court and federal district and circuit courts, Indiana voting-rights advocates are e “...”
JUDICIAL REVIEW: Indiana Supreme Court accepts appeal in Deery-Copenhaver primary fight
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 24, 2026 The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to wade into the Republican nomination fight between Sen. Spencer Deery and Paula Copenhaver for state Senate District 23, requesting front-and-back images of the six disputed ballots an “...”
‘A LONG PROCESS’: Black leaders in Indiana prepare for tough fight to restore MWBE program
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 21, 2026 Although the 43-year-old Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise program was eliminated in the blink of an eye this summer, leaders of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus concede the brewing fight to restore the init “...”
EXPEDITED SCHEDULE: Supreme Court seeks Copenhaver, commission responses in Deery appeal
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 19, 2026 The Indiana Supreme Court issued a scheduling order on Tuesday in the Senate District 23 election dispute, pushing Paula Copenhaver and the Indiana Recount Commission to file their first responses in the case by Friday. At i “...”