ADVISORY CAPACITY: Former AG Carter takes temporary job as public access counselor a year after legislature limited the role
By Juliann Ventura The Indiana Citizen March 10, 2025 When former Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller heard that Steve Carter, a longtime state government official, would temporarily take over as Indiana’s top public records expert, he wasn’t surprised. In an interview with “...”
‘WE’RE REPRESENTED HERE’: Prosperity Indiana’s Statehouse Day enables lawmakers to meet advocates who share voices of vulnerable
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 31, 2025 When Leslea Townsend Cronin, executive director of the Homeless Coalition of Southern Indiana, looks at the communities in Clark and Floyd counties, she sees the beginning of the housing problem that now plagues places like “...”
TSF story: Pair of anti-DEI bills continues progress through state legislature
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Chloe White TheStatehouseFile.com January 28, 2025 On Tuesday, the Indiana Senate passed two bills regarding DEI on to their third readings without discussion. Senate Bill 289, authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, R-Byrnevil “...”
JUDICIAL RETENTION Q&A: Indiana voters will decide whether to keep Supreme Court or Court of Appeals jurists. Here’s how that works.
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2024 This November, three Indiana Supreme Court justices and two Court of Appeals of Indiana judges will be on the ballot for retention. Indiana voters do not elect the state justices or appellate judges. Instead, the justices “...”
SANCTUARY CITY DISPUTE: AG Rokita sues East Chicago over welcoming ordinance, says ‘stay tuned’ for more lawsuits
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 10, 2024 Making good on his threat, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against the city of East Chicago Common Council for failing to rescind its welcoming ordinance. The lawsuit, – State of Indiana ex rel. Tod “...”
REGISTRATIONS RISE: Voter outreach, certain races credited for reported increase in eligible voters
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 7, 2024 The number of Hoosiers registering to vote in Indiana increased prior to the May primary, compared with previous years, according Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales’ office. New voter registrations rose in “...”
JUDICIAL QUANDARY: Amid Indiana’s ‘crazy quilt system’ for choosing judges, voters have few choices
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 1, 2024 Hoosiers have an adage: If you don’t like the weather in Indiana, wait a few minutes. It will change. The same could be said about the judiciary: If you don’t like how your county selects judges, drive a few miles and you’ “...”
CIVIL DISCOURSE: Disagree Better at Work campaign seeks to reduce political polarization in the workplace
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 26, 2024 The political fights that are dividing the country are seeping into the American workplace so, rather than complaining about management or discussing weekend plans in the break room, employees are increasingly confronting eac “...”
CHILD CREDIT: Expanding Child Tax Credit seen as helping low-income families, communities thrive
By Marilyn OdendahlThe Indiana Citizen April 24, 2024 Even though federal legislation that would expand the child tax credit appears stalled in the U.S. Senate, family advocates in Indiana remain hopeful the bill will pass and low-income households will gain some financial breathing room that can l “...”
‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’: AG Rokita sues PFAS manufacturers for money to test, treat and monitor drinking water
A study by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management found high levels of PFAS in the drinking water of 24 counties. (Photo/Pexels.com) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 12, 2024 Indiana filed a lawsuit Wednesday against 22 manufacturers of so-called “forev “...”