LAWYER FEES: Hoosier taxpayers pay rising bills amid AG Rokita’s ant...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 11, 2023 On Dec. 15, 2022, attorney Christopher Bartolomucci of Schaerr Jaffe flew into Indianapolis and billed Indiana taxpayers for 12 hours of work, parking at Dulles International Airport, roundtrip airfare and a meal at Harry “...”
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STUMP SPEECH: Indy mayor’s race highlights the complicated campaign ...

The City-County Building in downtown Indianapolis (photo by Marilyn Odendahl) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 5, 2023 In dueling stump speeches, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett mentioned crime one minute into his remarks, while Republican challenger Jefferson Shr “...”
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FACEBOOK FIASCO: Elkhart official’s social media blunder leads to cr...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 1, 2023 Christopher Dickinson, the Concord Township Assessor in Elkhart, told police he has four Facebook accounts and when he posted an endorsement of a candidate for the local school board, he thought he was using one of his per “...”
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CONGRESSIONAL CONVERSATION: Former staffers find reason for hope, enco...

Robin Winston, co-founder and principal of the Winston/Terrell Group, (left) moderates a panel discussion with Vanessa Sinders, Bill Moreau and Mel Raines as part of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site’s “Off the Record: Congress Confidential” event. (Photo subm “...”
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Commentary: Independency of Thought and America’s Hoosier President...

This column was written for The Indiana Citizen by Charles Hyde, president and CEO of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, in honor of the Hoosier president’s 190th birthday. “Independency of thought is the first requisite of the responsible citizen” –President Benjam “...”
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COSTLY CLASSROOM: Lawsuit to recover millions of taxpayer dollars from...

        Photo Illustration by The Indiana Citizen The following report was written by Indiana journalist Steve Hinnefeld for The Indiana Citizen. August 10, 2023 Two years ago, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sued to recover up to $154 million that he said had been misap “...”
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Planned Parenthood vows to continue fighting as Indiana abortion ban s...

Katie McHugh, OB/GYN, (left) and Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Inc., spoke to reporters Tuesday about Indiana’s new abortion law (photo/Marilyn Odendahl)   By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August “...”
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DECLINING TRUST: Polls show public losing confidence in judiciary...

After losing her job, Tashanna Sowell began selling food on the corner of 30th Street and North Sherman Drive in Indianapolis to avoid eviction from her apartment. (photo/Abriana Herron) The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by Indianapolis journalist Abriana H “...”
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RURAL VOICE: New state representative championing importance of Indian...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 18, 2023 Monday evening in Versailles, population 2,167, the courthouse square offered the kind of placid, picturesque, small-town setting that makes city dwellers sigh with envy. The air was still and the sky was gently brushed with h “...”
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OPINIONATED DELAY: Staffing change in public access counselor’s offi...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 10, 2023 In recent years, the Indiana public access counselor had kept a steady pace of posting advisory opinions to its website, reaching as many as 92 in 2021, but by the end of June, the website offered just six decisions for all of “...”