Redistricting reformers announce members of independent citizens panel to propose new city-county maps
UPDATE: The Indianapolis Citizens Redistricting Commission, an independent, politically balanced group formed to propose redistricting maps for the Indianapolis City-County Council, has announced its members. Like the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission formed in 2021 to pr â...â
John Krull commentary: Mike Pence, the politician who won’t stay down
Itâs always a mistake to write off Mike Pence. People find it easy to underestimate the former vice president, Indiana governor and U.S. congressman. His weakness for hyperbole and his almost puppyish desire in times of ascendancy to please his base encourage people to see Penc â...â
Sine die: Landmark tax bill, constitutional carry legislation await governorâs action as 2022 session ends
The Indiana General Assembly adjourned sine die after midnight Wednesday, sending a slate of bills to Gov. Eric Holcombâs desk and signaling the end of the 2022 legislative session. Debate went on through Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday, much of it in the Senate on the â...â
Lee Hamilton commentary: Democracy takes it on the chin in redistricting
Around the country, states have been taking on the task of coming up with new lines for congressional districts. And with about two-thirds of the districts for the next decade mapped out, a recent New York Times analysis found something discouraging. The people drawing redist â...â
House concurs with Senate amendment removing new restrictions on absentee voting, sending HB 1116 to Gov. Holcomb
UPDATE: Stripped by the Senate of its most criticized provisions to discourage absentee voting, House Bill 1116 went to the governor’s desk Monday after the House concurred with the Senate amendment. A conference committee had been appointed to try to resolve the difference â...â
Legislators rush to send bills over finish line of 2022 session
As the General Assembly reaches the final week of the 2022 session, legislators are trying to finalize bills in conference committees. These committees, which are intended to iron out differences between the Senate-passed and House-passed versions of bills, are legislatorsâ las â...â
Senate leaves Holcomb veto intact while House sends legislation to end emergency order
Both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly sent some good news to Gov. Eric Holcomb Thursdayâthe Senate upholding his veto of last yearâs ethanol gas labeling bill and the House sending him the legislation that he had requested to allow him to end the COVID-19 emergency or â...â
‘Weâre going to see a lot more people in Walmart open carrying:’ Constitutional carry provisions return in conference committee
As time and bill numbers dwindle on the 2022 session of the Indiana General Assembly, some legislators are flip-flopping legislation to give a permitless carry bill another chance. Republican conference committee members are pushing to make Senate Bill 209, regarding drug schedul â...â
John Krull commentary: Behning, education and evasion
One of the most disheartening things about the education war in Indiana is that so little of the fighting is about learning. You know, the thing education is supposed to be about. Most of the jousting, in fact, now is about either control or finding someone else to blame. And mos â...â
âWe are all Godâs children:â Despite outcry, transgender youth athlete bill heads to governor
With Democrats offering passionate objections, the Indiana Senate Tuesday passed a much-debated bill that would prohibit transgender girls from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity, sending it to Gov. Eric Holcomb to veto or sign into law. Upon its third â...â