While politics isn’t always (ever?) sweet, Hoosier-made candy still is
By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com May 3, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS—Though it might seem a bit stuffy in the U.S. Senate, one sweet tradition is getting passed down to Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana (above). In the Senate Chamber, there’s a longstanding tradition of one desk—the of “...”
John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita and the secret report
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita seems to have just two problems with being a public servant. He doesn’t much care for the “public” part. And he absolutely detests the “servant” piece. That much is made clear by the lengths to which the attorney general will go to p “...”
Voting rights groups expect 2023 primary to bring same lackluster turnout
Before 9 a.m. Tuesday, the two candidates for the newly redrawn District 14 council seat in Indianapolis were greeting a small cluster of voters outside polling place at the Irvington Presbyterian Church, thanking them for voting and asking them to consider their candidacy. The p “...”
UPDATE: Absentee voting restrictions signed into law, opponents question constitutionality
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law Monday an absentee voter bill which proponents say will bring uniformity to the voting process but opponents counter will only make casting a ballot more difficult for Hoosiers. House Enrolled Act 1334 was among 68 bills Holcomb signed May 1. The “...”
Resurrected ‘book burner’ bill passes House and Senate, now heads to governor
By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com Updated Apr 28, 2023 UPDATE FRIDAY 11:11 a.m. Pryor was able to officially change her vote on House Bill 1447. UPDATE 2:47 p.m. In the Senate, the final step before the bill faces Gov. Eric Holcomb, Sen. J.D. Ford, D-Indianapolis, said, “E “...”
John Krull commentary: Indiana lawmakers keep their eyes on the prize
The 2023 legislative session of the Indiana General Assembly has ended. It was a long march, one filled with hardship for the lawmakers. There were times during the four months of their labors that the legislators came perilously close to running out of innocent Hoosiers they cou “...”
NC Supreme Court reverses redistricting ruling, sides with GOP lawmakers on elections and voting
By NC Newsline Staff April 28, 2023 The North Carolina Supreme Court issued a group of much-anticipated rulings on Friday in a trio of high-profile cases that will likely have significant impacts on elections and voting rights in the nation’s ninth largest state, and even the p “...”
Budget passed, the 2023 Indiana legislative session comes to an end
By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com Apr 27, 2023 Starting at 9 a.m., lawmakers, state employees and reporters alike didn’t know what to think walking in the Statehouse doors. Would the session end on Thursday? Or would it last until the official last day, dragging into Satur “...”
County court battle between Rokita and physicians ends with judge’s order
The Marion County Circuit Court has granted Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s request to end his effort to change another judge’s finding that as the state’s top lawyer, he violated confidentiality by making repeated public statements about his office’s investigation “...”
Still in question: Would Purdue’s Concord proposal also open the Indiana bar to grads of other non-accredited schools?
The proposal that would open the Indiana bar exam to graduates of Concord Law School, the online J.D. program that is part of Purdue University Global, has some in the legal community wanting to know: If Concord grads get a seat, will Indiana also have to make room for graduate “...”