Suggestion from the 4th District: Should redistricting reform start at the grassroots?
Follow our coverage of redistricting at The Indiana Citizen If the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission is going to get its way, prying the constitutional duty of redrawing congressional and state legislative district lines from a reluctant Indiana General Assembly, maybe th “...”
John Krull Commentary: Yesterday’s wrongs, today’s suffering
If there is one thing we Americans should know by now, it is that the mistakes we have made as a nation—the wrongs we have done—live on. With tragic results. This is particularly true of those wrongs born of bigotry. We still struggle with the consequences of the decision to “...”
Senate unanimously passes civics education bill
Follow our legislative coverage at The Indiana Citizen, in partnership with TheStatehouseFile.com UPDATE: The Indiana Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed House Bill 1384, which would require that civics education become a required class in Indiana middle schools. Because the bil “...”
“Our districts are a mess:” ICRC hearing focuses on NE Indiana
Even in a Saturday afternoon Zoom meeting, the issue of how to redraw Indiana’s congressional and General Assembly districts drew a crowd. At least 80 people joined the videoconference March 13. About a dozen people, in addition to the public hearing’s organizers, spoke that “...”
Holli Sullivan appointed as new secretary of state
Gov Eric Holcomb announced Rep. Holli Sullivan (above), R-Evansville, as Indiana’s new secretary of state Tuesday afternoon as Connie Lawson resigns. Sullivan follows in the footsteps of Lawson, the longest serving secretary of state in Indiana’s history. She will be only the “...”
John Krull commentary: Enemies, a love story
These days, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb must feel like he’s channeling the late vaudeville comedian Joey Adams. Adams was the first to say, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” Holcomb is having a rough, rough 2021 legislative session. Indiana lawmakers swatted down “...”
Legislation would allow more time to finalize plans for soccer stadium
The Indy Eleven, Indianapolis’ professional soccer team, could have a permanent home in Marion County. Senate Bill 385, which extends the date for the team to finalize its plans, is moving through the House. The bill was discussed Tuesday in the House Ways and Means Committee, “...”
John Krull commentary: An assault on justice and truth
Patricia Payne remembers the moment. The moment when she began to grasp how pernicious systemic racism was and is. It was in the early 1960s. She was just out of Indiana University, a fresh, young second-grade teacher in the Indianapolis Public Schools. An energetic young Black w “...”
Police reform bill unanimously endorsed by Senate committee
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would mandate law enforcement officers to take de-escalation training and implement other reform measures. House Bill 1006 passed by an 8-0 vote, reflecting its widespread bipartisan su “...”
Civics education bill clears Senate committee, is eligible for final vote
UPDATE: The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved House Bill 1384, which would require that civics education become a required class in Indiana middle schools. The vote by the committee, chaired by Sen. Jeff Raatz (above), R-Richmond, was 13-0. The committe “...”