FREE INQUIRY OR CENSORSHIP? Indiana’s ‘intellectual diversity’ mandate impacting higher-ed instruction
By Steve Hinnefeld The Indiana Citizen April 30, 2026 Both supporters and critics say Indiana’s 2024 “intellectual diversity” law is having its intended effect on college instruction. That’s where the agreement ends. For supporters, including the law’s author, Sen. Spen “...”
‘REALLY DIFFICULT’: Indiana Legal Services helps poor navigate courts amid federal funding worries
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 24, 2026 The financial showdown has almost become routine. Legal Services Corp., which provides funding to 129 civil legal aid agencies across the country, including Indiana Legal Services, has submitted a request for $2.14 billion in “...”
COLLEGE ID BAN RETURNS: 7th Circuit lets Indiana prohibit use of student identification at polls
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 21, 2026 Saying voting rules cannot be altered this close to the election date, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a district court’s preliminary injunction issued last week, so, once again, students at Indiana’s public “...”
‘I AM RELIEVED’: Alexandra Wilson focuses on campaign after judge’s 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 Wilson’s 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 “...”
‘A VICTORY’ 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 Indiana’s voter ID law, a federal judge has blocked the state’s ban on the use of student ID cards at the polls. Senior Judge Richard Young of the Southern I “...”
“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 “...”
‘VOTERS CAN’T WAIT’: 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 Wednesday’s Indiana Election Commission hearing, but the proceeding ended in the same place it began: Alexandra Wilson remains o “...”
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 “...”
‘TALK TO THE JUDGE’: Attorneys tussle over Republican candidacy in state Senate District 38
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 25, 2026 The fireworks started early during Tuesday’s 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 “...”
ELECTION-RELATED LAWS: ‘Pretty quiet’ legislative session did spur some concerns
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 “...”