November 20 2023

Indiana Chamber IDs its top legislative priorities ahead of Tuesday’s Organization Day

Staff Report TheStatehouseFile.com November 20, 2023 The Indiana Chamber of Commerce identified child care and career readiness as top priorities for the upcoming legislative session during a panel discussion Monday featuring caucus leaders from both parties. “Enhancing our t “...”

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November 20 2023

ArtTroop leaves a lasting imprint on veterans’ lives

Phyllis E. Baker, an Army veteran and retired nurse, with one of her artistic creations. (Photo provided) By Sydney Byerly TheStatehouseFile.com November 17, 2023 Rounding the corner to sneak a peak at the exhibit being put on display at the Indianapolis Art Center, Melissa Barne “...”

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November 17 2023

AG Rokita’s approved delay in exemption to ‘dollar law’ could cost taxpayers a lot of money, IPS says

The Raymond F. Brandes School 65 is one of two unused buildings Indianapolis Public Schools claims is exempted from the state’s dollar law. (Photo/Marilyn Odendahl) By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen November 17, 2023 (Editor’s note: this story has been updated to re “...”

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November 14 2023

AG Rokita seeks to keep Indiana Supreme Court disciplinary complaint out of his moonlighting fight

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 14, 2023 (Editor’s note: this story has been corrected to clarify Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita was reprimanded for violating two rules of professional conduct.) Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is trying to preven “...”

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November 14 2023

ICC: Rep. Bob Cherry won’t seek reelection, ending 25 years in seat

Rep. Bob Cherry, R-Greenfield, has announced he will not seek reelection in 2024, joining a growing number of GOP members leaving the Statehouse (Photo/Indiana House Republicans). By  LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ Indiana Capital Chronicle November 10, 2023 Rep. Bob Cherry announced Fri “...”

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November 13 2023

JOHN KRULL: The Bayhs and days gone by

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 6, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS—Once upon a time…. Those four words are among the saddest and yet most hopeful in the English language. A crowd gathers on a bright November day to dedicate an outdoor classroom at Holliday Park in memory of th “...”

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November 10 2023

‘The fight isn’t over’: Planned Parenthood, others renew challenge to Indiana’s abortion ban

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 10, 2023 Declaring the fight for abortion rights “isn’t over in Indiana,” Planned Parenthood, Women’s Med Group Professional Corp. and other abortion providers have returned to court seeking to expand the medical exception “...”

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November 10 2023

New Republican State Sen. Cyndi Carrasco remembers Sandlin during swearing-in ceremony

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 10, 2023 Cyndi Carrasco was sworn in Nov. 1 to finish the term of the late Indiana state Sen. Jack Sandln. Carrasco (pictured above) won the Republican Party caucus vote last month to fill Sandlin’s seat in Senate District 36, wh “...”

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November 08 2023

Hoosier voters call election hotline with questions about eligibility

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 8, 2023 The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights had more calls than expected from Indiana voters during Tuesday’s municipal elections with the number almost equal to the volume recorded from the May 2022 primary. Ami Gan “...”

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November 08 2023

JOHN KRULL: Voters send a message

If Election Day 2023 demonstrated anything, it is that abortion won’t go away as an issue any time soon. In race after race after race in which abortion became a focal point—even those in which it really should have had no bearing—the message was clear. Reproductive rights “...”