UPDATE: ROKITA’S LATEST PROCEDURAL MOVE AGAINST DR. BERNARD IS “IM...

The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. Feb. 27, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s effort to “relitigate a single issue” in a court ruling he declared a “win” is being characterized as “ “...”

The Indiana Citizen joins coalition of news organizations in newly lau...

A coalition of Indiana organizations and philanthropists have raised over $10 million to launch the Indiana Local News Initiative, dedicated to making quality, independent local news and information freely accessible to all residents of Indiana. The Indiana Citizen is among 13 ne “...”

John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita and a second chance to make things ...

People don’t always have a second chance to do the right thing. Neither do professions nor public institutions. Such a second opportunity, though, may present itself with the ongoing trainwreck that is the office of the Indiana attorney general. Marilyn Odendahl of The Indiana “...”

NEW FROM THE INDIANA CITIZEN: ROKITA UNDER INVESTIGATION BY DISCIPLINA...

The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. February 8, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is being investigated by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and is paying a Washington, D.C., law fi “...”

John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita, tomcats and marriage licenses...

Todd Rokita has neither sense nor shame. There seems not to be a stupid fight Indiana’s attorney general won’t pick or taxpayer money he won’t waste to fuel the endlessly running engine that is his ambition to gain higher office. The latest evidence that Rokita isn’t to b “...”

ROKITA WATCH: AG WILL PAY D.C. OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO HELP WITH BERNARD CA...

The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by veteran Indiana legal journalist Marilyn Odendahl. February 3, 2023 Attorney General Todd Rokita has amended a contract with a Washington, D.C., law firm to pay up to an additional $100,000 to pursue his fight involving “...”

FROM THE ARNOLT CENTER AT IU: Legalization continues elsewhere, but ma...

Marijuana Legalization map by Olivia Oliver on 9 Jan 2023 By Olivia Oliver and Lily Wray Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism Jan. 17, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS – Advocates for marijuana legalization are making their voices heard at the Statehouse but remain wary to put cash to “...”

WE’RE HIRING: In partnership with the Indianapolis Recorder, Ind...

The Indiana Citizen, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news and information platform focused on the civic health of Indiana, is continuing its search for a full-time reporter on issues of racial justice in our state. For this position, The Indiana Citizen will partner with the Indianap “...”
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CIVIC HEALTH INDEX: With some of the nation’s most restrictive v...

The 2021 Indiana Civic Health Index unveiled Tuesday showed that although the state has taken its first steps toward improving civic education in its schools, Hoosiers still rank low nationally for participation in the voting process. Civic health can be evaluated statistically “...”

New study finds Indiana among the most gerrymandered states in the U.S...

A new academic study of Indiana’s 2011 redistricting, commissioned by the nonpartisan Women4ChangeIndiana and released Monday, has found “a very large pro-Republican bias” that is among the most extreme in the nation, according to the author, a nationally recogn “...”