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 “...”
VOCAL OPPOSITION: Hundreds protest at Statehouse against redistricting
By Colleen Steffen and Sydney Byerly September 18, 2025 Pete Buttigieg spoke before a thunderous crowd in the Indiana Statehouse Thursday afternoon, calling on state Republicans to resist pressure from the Trump administration for mid-decade redistricting. “They want the outcom “...”
‘NO APPLICATION’: Indiana school board’s use of new sex ed law to pull books baffles its advocates and opponents
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 17, 2025 Hoosiers on both sides of Indiana’s newest sex education statute — and even the Republican state senator who wrote the law — say they are puzzled that a school board in northeastern Indiana is using it to justify remov “...”
CIVICS LESSON: Lt. Gov. Beckwith mixes history and religion at Bootcamp, remembers Kirk
By Dan Spalding News Now Warsaw September 15, 2025 FORT WAYNE — Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith hosted his first in a possible series of Civic Bootcamps Saturday in Fort Wayne, but the legacy of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed Wednesday while speaking on a “...”
LOSING PRIVILEGE: Speakers and panel spotlight fears driving Christian nationalism
By Greta Lapp Klassen The Indiana Citizen September 15, 2025 FORT WAYNE – Although it has gained traction in recent years, Christian nationalism is not a new ideology, Moises Serrano of Americans United for Separation of Church and State told a crowd of concerned Indiana ci “...”
VOTING CASE: Morales touts ‘proof’ of noncitizens on rolls, sends voter info to DOJ
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 12, 2025 At a news conference Friday morning, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales championed his office’s effort to ensure only U.S. citizens are on the state’s voter rolls, but voting-rights advocacy groups criticized Mo “...”
‘JUST A POWER GRAB’: Fort Wayne crowd vents over GOP redistricting push
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 11, 2025 At a town hall in Fort Wayne on Tuesday evening, the crowd was angry about the potential for Indiana to redistrict this year and frustrated that the only way for them to push back was to call, text, or email their state l “...”
‘DARK DAY’: Charlie Kirk’s death draws calls to end political violence from Indiana lawmakers
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2025 Indiana politicians across the political spectrum denounced political violence Wednesday after the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, with many Republicans describing the populist ally of President “...”