Abortion advocates return to Indiana Supreme Court seeking a rehearing
NOTE: The following report has been updated to include arguments from the state’s response to the plaintiffs’ rehearing petition. By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen Aug. 1, 2023 Planned Parenthood is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to temporarily block the state “...”
Oral arguments in RFRA complaint against abortion law postponed until December
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 27, 2023 The Court of Appeals of Indiana has delayed oral arguments in the religious freedom challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban until December, allowing a narrow group of Hoosier women to have continued access to the pr “...”
John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita shows how special he is
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 27, 2023 Todd Rokita sure is a piece of work. Indiana’s attorney general has, shall we say, an expansive notion of just how much privacy he is entitled to as a public servant. But plain, ordinary citizens of the state of Indiana? Not so “...”
Attorney General Rokita argues change in law settles court battle over his former employment
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 24, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is arguing that an amendment crafted by his office and passed in the closing hours of the legislature’s 2023 session erases his loss and gives him the win in his ongoing court battle to k “...”
ICC: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita targets reproductive health care, diversity in latest letters
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle July 20, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is continuing his fight on culture wars issues, this time on reproductive health care records and workplace diversity. In a letter he signed onto last month, Rokita opposed a draft federal “...”
Republican caucus members quickly choose attorney to fill vacancy in House District 67
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 17, 2023 North Vernon attorney J. Alex Zimmerman (pictured above) is the newest member of the Indiana General Assembly following a Republican caucus vote Monday evening to fill the vacant seat in House District 67. Zimmerman, who start “...”
Four on caucus ballot to fill open Republican seat in Statehouse
Republican caucus members will gather at the Ripley County Courthouse Annex Monday to pick a representative for House District 67. (photo by Noelle Maxwell) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 17, 2023 Two county council members, one unsuccessful candidate for state repr “...”
John Krull commentary: Curtis Hill and Indiana’s moral slide
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 14, 2023 So, Curtis Hill has launched a campaign to be Indiana’s next governor. If there is a more compelling sign this state’s political structure has moral rot at its core than the disgraced former Hoosier attorney general thinking h “...”
We the People program will use additional state funding to create civics ‘class in a box’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 14, 2023 A boost in funding for Indiana’s We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program, which teaches elementary, middle and high school students about American constitutional democracy, will also help support the state’ “...”
ICC: Attorney General criticizes Target for Pride merchandise, alleges breach of duty to shareholders
By Marissa Meador Indiana Capital Chronicle July 7, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita criticized Target’s Pride campaign in a letter released Thursday, claiming the corporation is infringing on states’ ability to “safeguard citizens.” The letter was signed by t “...”