Melina Kennedy had a busy first day as president of the Capital Improvement Board but says she hasn’t been approached by Mayor Joe Hogsett or City-County Council members about shaking up the board’s finances—yet.
Republican Bill Smythe filed to run against Hamilton County Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt, who is running for re-election for the first time.
With former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ aid Eric Holcomb out of the race, the primary comes down to a battle between sitting congressmen: U.S. Reps. Marlin Stutzman and Todd Young.
Sen. Randy Head of Logansport says he wants the attorney general’s office to challenge the expanding role of the federal government that’s diminishing the power of states.
Although gay rights legislation is dead for this session, supporters of a hate crimes bill making its way through the Statehouse note that crimes committed based on a person’s LGBT status are included.
The ballots are set for the 2016 primary in Indiana and a few lawmakers will face challengers in their primaries.
Employers raised pay, more people felt confident enough to look for work, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.9 percent, its lowest level since 2008.
The home-health firm’s lawsuit alleges state officials discriminated against the company and CEO Dev Brar when they conducted inspections that led Medicare to terminate payments to the company.
Edgar Whitcomb, a Republican small-town lawyer from southern Indiana who served as Indiana governor from 1969 to 1973, died Thursday at 98.
A Fort Wayne educator emerged Thursday as a GOP primary challenger to Senate President Pro Tem David Long, who has faced criticism for championing a bill that would have extended civil rights protections to lesbians, gays and bisexuals.
Indiana lawmakers are debating ways to give money back to local governments—money that already belongs to cities, towns and counties but the state has been holding in reserves.
The bill’s author, Sen. Jon Ford, R-Terre Haute, said his bill is about providing consumer protection and transparency to the tens of thousands of Hoosiers who spend money on the games.
A bill that would create a path for teachers to try to negotiate extra pay and manage their own pension funds passed the Indiana House on Wednesday despite passionate opposition from Democrats and others.
Indiana lawmakers passed similar, competing bills Wednesday aimed at giving pharmacists the ability to prevent methamphetamine cooks from buying pseudoephedrine.
The Indiana Senate has endorsed a proposal backed by Gov. Mike Pence that aims to boost highway funding by drawing down the state's cash reserves and borrowing money.
Indiana state parks would be able to bypass local liquor authorities and allow on-site vendors to serve alcohol despite objections from local residents under a bill advancing in the Legislature.
"Indiana's economic competitiveness and the Hoosier brand have potentially been compromised again," said Indiana Competes, a business coalition that includes Cummins Inc., Eli Lilly and Co. and the NCAA.
The Indiana House has approved a bill that would prevent state agencies from enacting environmental rules tougher than those imposed by the federal government.
