Above: A bust of former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan unveiled at the Statehouse on Friday, March 17, 2023. (Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle March 18, 2023 It was a St. Patrick’s Day suited “just right” for Indiana’s former Gov. “...”
By Whitney Downard and Leslie Bonilla Muniz Indiana Capital Chronicle March 13, 2023 Indiana has a part-time citizen legislature but roughly two dozen lawmakers indicated on the latest statement of economic interest forms filed in January that the legislature is their sole emplo “...”
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle March 13, 2023 A little more than a month after Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston’s high-profile departure last year from a six-figure role at the College Board, the Republican leader quietly started his own private consulting firm, ac “...”
Common Cause Indiana held a webinar Thursday night to discuss legislation at the halfway point of the Indiana General Assembly’s 2023 session, focusing on bills that could affect the voting rights of Hoosiers. The panel included speakers from Common Cause Indiana, the League of “...”
Above: Screenshot of Rokita video By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle March 8, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Tuesday inserted himself into the debate over gender-affirming care for minors – though recent testimony documented that surgeries on children d “...”
Wednesday, March 08, 2023 A couple of decades ago, I wrote a book in which I talked about what it takes to be a good citizen in a representative democracy like ours. I thought the principles I laid out were timeless, but I recently reread them and boy, they seem a lot less clear- “...”
Above: Rep. Timothy Wesco, R-Osceola, testifies on House Bill 1334 before the Senate Elections Committee. A controversial absentee voter bill heard testimony without a vote in the Senate Elections Committee on Tuesday. House Bill 1334 seeks to tighten the restraints on absent “...”
As they reached the halfway point of the 2023 legislative session, the members of the Indiana General Assembly made their priorities clear. They focused inordinate amounts of time and energy on making the already difficult lives of transgender students even harder, keeping studen “...”
Late Tuesday, at the end of an eight-hour session, the Indiana Senate passed Senate Bill 480, which would prohibit transgender children from receiving gender-affirming surgeries, hormonal therapy and other medications. Bill author Sen. Tyler Johnson (above), R-Leo, repeatedly sa “...”
A bill that would have let Hoosier communities decide if local school board elections should be partisan died in the Indiana House after lawmakers failed to vote on the measure by Monday’s deadline. That means school board races will stay non-partisan — at least for now. La “...”