Indiana Bar Foundation offers 6th-grade civics teaching materials to middle school educators
(Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 8, 2023 As Indiana educators prepare to teach the new required semester of sixth-grade civics, the Indiana Bar Foundation has released a comprehensive series of resources and classroom materials about the foundat “...”
ICC: Judge finds primary law unconstitutional; grants Rust injunction
John Rust leaves the courtroom Wednesday Nov. 1 after a hearing on his case to get on the Republican primary ballot for U.S. Senate. (Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle) By WHITNEY DOWNARD Indiana Capital Chronicle December 7, 2023 A candidate for Congress won an injunction f “...”
Indiana COA presses state on its refusal to extend RFRA protections to abortions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 6, 2023 During Wednesday’s oral arguments in the religious freedom challenge to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, the state’s attorney, James Barta, struggled to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the state’s re “...”
SHABAZZ COMMENTARY: Rokita’s famous last words
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org December 4, 2023 “Curtis Hill has put himself ahead of his elected office and our values because of his bad judgment, not just on one night, but in a long pattern of inappropriate behavior. Personal responsibility is saying you’ “...”
Poll taps into Americans’ hunger to change electoral system
(Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 1, 2023 Just as Americans like a variety of foods at their holiday dining table, they seem to have an appetite for variety in their electoral system, a new survey suggests. The poll, conducted by Citizen Data on “...”
JOHN KRULL: Todd Rokita, just a digging fool
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 29, 2023 Someone needs to save Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita from himself. In the process, that someone also would save Hoosier taxpayers a fair bit of money. He’s used public funds to hire a Washington, D.C. law firm and loca “...”
ICC: Holcomb names Nieshalla as new State Comptroller
Elise Nieshalla is introduced as the new State Comptroller Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. (Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle) BY: NIKI KELLY Indiana Capital Chronicle November 28, 2023 Elise Nieshalla held back tears Tuesday as Gov. Eric Holcomb announced her as the next state comptr “...”
ICC: Statehouse dome closed to tours
The iconic dome of the Indiana Statehouse is closed to the public, citing structural concerns for the 135-year-old feature. (Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle) By WHITNEY DOWNARD Indiana Capital Chronicle November 24, 2023 A structural engineering study completed in January “...”
Indiana’s lawmakers return to the Statehouse for Organization Day and a 2024 preview
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, speaks in the House Chamber on Organization Day Tuesday, when the General Assembly officially opened the 2024 legislative session, which will start hearing business on Jan. 8. (Photo/Kyra Howard, TheStatehouseFile.com) By Marilyn Oden “...”
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 “...”