TIGHT-LIPPED LEGISLATORS: Indiana Republicans remain reticent amid redistricting protests, Vance’s return
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2025 As Vice President JD Vance returned to the Indiana Statehouse on Friday to convince state Republican lawmakers to redraw Indiana’s congressional district map, protesters and Democratic legislators gathered, again, to tell “...”
REDISTRICTING PAIN: Constituents could be harmed more than lawmakers by redrawing of maps
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 10, 2025 Despite the public outrage ignited over the prospect of mid-decade redistricting, some political experts believe state Republican lawmakers would face few consequences if they actually redraw Indiana’s congressional distr “...”
DEMOCRAT LEAVING: State Rep. Pat Boy, known for environmental and social advocacy, is retiring
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 7, 2025 State Rep. Pat Boy, a Michigan City Democrat who championed social, economic and environmental justice, has announced that she will be retiring from the Indiana General Assembly on Oct. 17, after serving three terms. Boy, “...”
‘MORE FAITH-FORWARD’: Lt. Gov. Beckwith urges integration of Christianity into governance at FlashPoint Live event
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen October 7, 2025 CROWN POINT, Ind. — Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith told a cheering crowd Thursday night that faith should be “more openly integrated into governance,” urging politicians to be “unapologetically faith-forward” as part “...”
‘GRAY AREA’: Muncie forum examines LifeWise Academy and rising concern over religion in public schools
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen October 6, 2025 MUNCIE, Ind. — Concerns over Indiana public schools releasing students to attend off-campus Bible study during the school day brought more than 50 residents to the Unitarian Universalist Church last week for a community forum “...”
LINK TO LEGACY: LG Beckwith Proposes ‘Charlie Kirk Unity Bridge’ as GOP Tributes Spread Nationwide
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2025 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith wants to honor Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist killed in September by putting his name on a bridge in Indiana. Beckwith announced his idea for “Charlie Kirk Unity Bridge,” a pedestria “...”
REDISTRICTING RELUCTANCE? Democrats, voting advocates sense wavering in GOP, urge continued opposition
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 2, 2025 Democratic state lawmakers and voting-rights advocacy groups who oppose a midcycle redistricting believe the silence from the Republican supermajority in the Statehouse is an indication that the marches, the rallies, the pho “...”
DON’T DISENGAGE: Holcomb, Donnelly urge citizens to get involved, work with others
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 26, 2025 Former Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, and former U.S. Senator from Indiana and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, shared the stage Thursday evening at Marian University in Indianapolis to “...”
OFF-CAMPUS LESSONS: Debate Over LifeWise Bible Classes Deepens Across Southern Indiana
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 24, 2025 NEW ALBANY, Ind. — LifeWise Academy’s rapid expansion of weekday Bible classes for public school students is drawing both warm praise and sharp criticism in Floyd County and across Indiana. The Ohio-based nonprofit provi “...”
LOCAL CONTROL SOUGHT: Jeffersonville crowd mostly skeptical about moving elections, voting centers
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 22, 2025 JEFFERSONVILLE – At the Indiana Secretary of State’s election study meeting in Jeffersonville on Friday, the politically diverse crowd of private citizens, county clerks and local elected officials were all in agreeme “...”