ICC: Secretary of State Morales doles out $308K+ in spot bonuses
By: WHITNEY DOWNARD AND CASEY SMITH Indiana Capital Chronicle October 30, 2023 Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales has given a spot bonus to nearly every employee in his office this year — including a family member and his former campaign manager — for a total of more “...”
COMMENTARY: A few cures for electile dysfunction
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org October 26, 2023 While a lot of folks, well, probably not a lot, let’s say 25 to 30 percent of the eligible voters in Indiana are paying attention to local municipal elections, it’s never too early to talk about 2024. Just ask t “...”
Judge Heather Welch retiring from Marion County bench, continuing career in the law
Marion County Superior Court Judge Heather Welch will be retiring Feb. 2, 2024, after more than 20 years on the bench. (photo/courtesy of Heather Welch) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 24, 2023 Marion County Superior Court Judge Heather Welch, a judicial leader wh “...”
ICC: States sue Meta alleging harmful features
By: NIKI KELLY Indiana Capital Chronicle October 24, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and 41 other attorneys general sued Meta in federal and state courts Tuesday alleging the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social medi “...”
Ex-Holcomb aide, anti-abortion advocate vying for State Senate seat held by Sandlin
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 18, 2023 Two people known in Indiana GOP political circles will be vying in a Republican Party caucus on Wednesday to fill the Statehouse seat left vacant by the unexpected death of Sen. Jack Sandlin, R-Indianapolis. Cyndi Carrasco, “...”
AG Rokita appeals class certification in lawsuit claiming Indiana’s abortion law violates RFRA
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 16, 2023 In a lawsuit citing religious freedom to challenge Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, the state’s attorney general is attempting to overturn the trial court’s class-certification ruling in the case. The lawsuit – An “...”
ICC: Indiana redistricting earns ‘D’ grade in national report card
By: LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ Indiana Capital Chronicle October 12, 2023 Indiana earned a “D” grade for its “secretive and partisan” lawmaker-led redistricting in a national Coalition Hub for Advance Redistricting & Grassroots Engagement (CHARGE) report released Thursda “...”
Federal judge denies motion to dismiss in Anderson redistricting fight
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 11, 2023 The lawsuit against city of Anderson Common Council and Madison County Board of Elections for failing to redraw the council districts by the end of 2022 is continuing after a federal judge denied the municipality’s reques “...”
Mayor Joe Hogsett is lone Democrat in Indy Chamber group’s mayoral endorsements
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2023 The Indy Chamber Business Advocacy Committee is endorsing Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett in the November municipal election, the only Democratic mayoral candidate the organization is supporting in central Indiana. On Tuesda “...”
ICC: Tensions rise over deposition, judge selection in Senate hopeful John Rust’s ballot access suit
Egg farmer John Rust filed a lawsuit on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, to face U.S. Rep. Jim Banks in Indiana’s 2024 Senate primary. He contends that a current Indiana law blocking him from appearing the ballot is unconstitutional. (Photo from Rust’s Twitter/X account) By CASEY SMIT “...”