LAWMAKERS RETURN: The Indiana General Assembly begins its legislative session—again
By Chloe White and Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com January 5, 2025 The Indiana House and Senate reconvened Monday afternoon for the first time in 2026, resuming the legislative session that technically began in December with a failed attempt to redraw Indiana’s congressional d “...â€
INDEPENDENT STREAK: Nonprofit seeks more competitive elections in Indiana by looking beyond Republican and Democratic candidates
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 2, 2026 With the window opening on Jan. 7 for Republican and Democratic candidates to file for the 2026 elections, an Indiana nonpartisan nonprofit is offering a suggestion for engaging voters and making elected officials more respo “...â€
CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT: Push to install Ten Commandments outside Statehouse called ‘textbook Christian nationalism’
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 2, 2026 The state of Indiana asked a federal district court on Monday for a reprieve from an injunction issued more than two decades ago, so an 11,500-pound limestone monument that includes an inscription of the Ten Commandments can “...â€
LEADERSHIP CHANGE: Carrasco takes over as chair of senate judiciary committee
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 26, 2025 The powerful Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee got new leadership this week after Sen. Liz Brown, chair of the committee since January 2021, was replaced with Sen. Cyndi Carrasco, former state inspector general. In a stat “...â€
DIRECT APPEAL: Interfaith coalition meets with governor’s staff to discuss death penalty
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 22, 2025 One day after the year anniversary of Joseph Corcoran’s execution, Indianapolis First Friends Quaker Meeting and Shalom Zone were able to meet with Gov. Mike Braun’s staff to discuss ending capital punishment in Indian “...â€
HELP FOR HOOSIER FAMILIES: Democrat, Republican leaders seek ways to curb rising costs
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 19, 2025 Indiana legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle agreed affordability is a problem for many Hoosier households, but they disagreed on how to ease the strain on family finances and even how much state government shoul “...â€
‘HOPE IN ACTION’: Annual Giving Machine tradition highlights Hoosier generosity
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 19, 2025 CARMEL, Ind. — They may look like ordinary vending machines from the outside, but the Light the World Giving Machines, now a growing holiday tradition, open a window into how Hoosiers help one another. Operated by The Churc “...â€
ICC story: Misconduct complaint against Rokita dismissed, but senator seeks to revive it
By Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle December 17, 2025 A state senator wants to keep pressing her professional misconduct complaint against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita after the commission that reviews such allegations decided not to take action in the case. Rokita†“...â€
‘GIVES US HOPE’: Faith groups see opening as they deliver appeal to Gov. Braun to end executions
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 After months of getting brushed off by state agencies, members of an interfaith coalition seeking an end to the death penalty in Indiana got an encouraging response from Gov. Mike Braun’s office this week. Indianapolis F “...â€
‘IS SOMEONE LYING?’: Gov. Braun calls Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s claims about redistricting fallout for federal funding ‘fake news’
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen December 17, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun is at odds with Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith over how President Donald Trump’s administration will respond to Indiana’s failure to approve new congressional maps, with Braun forcefully rejecting Beckwith’s cl “...â€