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ArtTroop leaves a lasting imprint on veterans’ lives...

Phyllis E. Baker, an Army veteran and retired nurse, with one of her artistic creations. (Photo provided) By Sydney Byerly TheStatehouseFile.com November 17, 2023 Rounding the corner to sneak a peak at the exhibit being put on display at the Indianapolis Art Center, Melissa Barne “...”
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AG Rokita’s approved delay in exemption to ‘dollar law’ could c...

The Raymond F. Brandes School 65 is one of two unused buildings Indianapolis Public Schools claims is exempted from the state’s dollar law. (Photo/Marilyn Odendahl) By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen November 17, 2023 (Editor’s note: this story has been updated to re “...”
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AG Rokita seeks to keep Indiana Supreme Court disciplinary complaint o...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 14, 2023 (Editor’s note: this story has been corrected to clarify Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita was reprimanded for violating two rules of professional conduct.) Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is trying to preven “...”
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ICC: Rep. Bob Cherry won’t seek reelection, ending 25 years in seat...

Rep. Bob Cherry, R-Greenfield, has announced he will not seek reelection in 2024, joining a growing number of GOP members leaving the Statehouse (Photo/Indiana House Republicans). By  LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ Indiana Capital Chronicle November 10, 2023 Rep. Bob Cherry announced Fri “...”
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JOHN KRULL: The Bayhs and days gone by...

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 6, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS—Once upon a time…. Those four words are among the saddest and yet most hopeful in the English language. A crowd gathers on a bright November day to dedicate an outdoor classroom at Holliday Park in memory of th “...”
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‘The fight isn’t over’: Planned Parenthood, others renew challen...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 10, 2023 Declaring the fight for abortion rights “isn’t over in Indiana,” Planned Parenthood, Women’s Med Group Professional Corp. and other abortion providers have returned to court seeking to expand the medical exception “...”
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New Republican State Sen. Cyndi Carrasco remembers Sandlin during swea...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 10, 2023 Cyndi Carrasco was sworn in Nov. 1 to finish the term of the late Indiana state Sen. Jack Sandln. Carrasco (pictured above) won the Republican Party caucus vote last month to fill Sandlin’s seat in Senate District 36, wh “...”
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Hoosier voters call election hotline with questions about eligibility...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 8, 2023 The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights had more calls than expected from Indiana voters during Tuesday’s municipal elections with the number almost equal to the volume recorded from the May 2022 primary. Ami Gan “...”
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JOHN KRULL: Voters send a message...

If Election Day 2023 demonstrated anything, it is that abortion won’t go away as an issue any time soon. In race after race after race in which abortion became a focal point—even those in which it really should have had no bearing—the message was clear. Reproductive rights “...”
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Voting hotlines and help in place for Hoosiers on Election Day...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 6, 2023 Hotly contested races may not only increase the participation in traditionally low turnout municipal races but also cause some Hoosier voters to be confronted by “dirty tricks” or “overly spirited campaign “...”