Bill would make superintendent appointed, not elected
Senate Bill 24, authored by Sen. Jim Buck, R-Kokomo, would allow the governor to appoint the state superintendent of public instruction beginning in 2021.
Senate Bill 24, authored by Sen. Jim Buck, R-Kokomo, would allow the governor to appoint the state superintendent of public instruction beginning in 2021.
The first major step on the new two-year state budget will come Thursday, when Republican Gov. Mike Pence's spending proposal will be presented to legislators.
The leaders of the Indiana House and Senate aren't going along with a proposal to change state law so that fellow Republican Gov. Mike Pence could run both for re-election and the White House in 2016.
Gov. Mike Pence has said he won’t make an announcement about running for president until after the state legislature adjourns at the end of April.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he supports the release of $200 million for highway projects around Indiana ahead of the presentation of his proposal for a new state budget later this week.
Cynthia Carrasco will replace longtime Inspector General David Thomas on Jan. 11. Thomas has been Indiana’s inspector general for nearly a decade.
The minority leader in the Indiana House said Monday the Legislature should discuss whether to legalize marijuana in Indiana for medical purposes.
Chris Cotterill, a former chief of staff to Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, has joined the Indiana Economic Development Corp. as general counsel, the IEDC announced Monday.
A central Indiana lawmaker wants to provide better access to healthy food to inner-city Hoosiers with legislation to promote urban farms, food-co-ops and farmer’s markets
House Minority Leader Scott Pelath outlined several proposals Democrats would be pursuing, including revising Indiana's ethics and campaign finance laws.
The proposed legislation would allow small businesses, including bakeries, caterers, florists, and wedding chapels, to refuse services to gay couples based on the owner's religious beliefs.
Democrat Joe Hogsett hopes his hefty first round of fundraising—including at least three donors of at least $100,000 each—will prove imposing to any Republican challengers in the wings for Indianapolis mayor.
Indiana would require stores to have a license to sell electronic cigarettes and would tax the battery-powered devices like traditional tobacco products under a bill a state lawmaker said he'll sponsor.
Indiana lawmakers could face a prickly debate as they aim to tighten up funding differences between the state's school districts during the General Assembly session that starts Tuesday.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has led Carmel since 1996, and John Ditslear has led Noblesville since 2004.
More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications continues to be at historically low levels that suggest solid economic growth will continue.
Municipal-owned utilities are trying to fend off an attack on a state law that allows them to expand their territories through annexation. Rural electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities say they’re losing big customers.
Sen. Mike Delph’s measure would expand Indiana’s election law to allow a sitting governor or state lawmaker to simultaneously seek both re-election and any federal office.
Beginning Thursday, owners of mopeds or scooters with engines smaller than 50 cubic centimeters must have a registration, a license plate and an Indiana identification card.
A growing number of firms are considering ways to break into hackers’ networks to retrieve stolen data or even knock their computers offline. Such actions could push the limits of existing law.