House Minority Leader Scott Pelath says state government will lack leadership for the rest of the year with Mike Pence’s extended campaign absences and his lame-duck status after having to drop his re-election bid.
The Indiana Republican Party plans to formally approve Eric Holcomb’s pick Monday.
Political observers say Indiana’s newly minted Republican gubernatorial nominee has an uphill battle in the next 100 or so days if he wants to beat Democrat John Gregg in the Nov. 8 election.
Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb appears to be the favorite to snare the Republican nomination for governor. He ruffled feathers over the weekend by suggesting he had an inside track to Gov. Mike Pence’s financial support.
Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb has told the GOP officials who will choose the party’s gubernatorial candidate that only he has a commitment from Gov. Mike Pence to use his $7 million campaign fund.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, now Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, said Friday that he believes Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb is “one of the best prepared individuals in recent memory” to replace him in the Statehouse.
Experts polled by Bloomberg agreed that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence performed well in his speech Tuesday at the Republican National Convention after Sen. Ted Cruz stunned the crowd by refusing to endorse the GOP ticket.
It’s a significant windfall for Indiana gubernatorial candidate John Gregg, who built on his sizable lead in campaign funds over possible GOP candidates.
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita and House Speaker Brian Bosma are also among potential nominees.
Donald Trump advisers on Thursday afternoon maintained that the presumed GOP candidate had not made a final decision on a running mate. Media reports earlier in the day pegged Gov. Mike Pence.
Now that Trump has claimed Pence on the national ticket, who will replace him here in Indiana?
As Indiana’s expansion of the federal Medicaid program enters its second year, the Pence administration is brawling with federal officials, who want to conduct an evaluation of it.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has begun formally vetting prospective vice presidential picks. He had kind words for Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday.
A seat on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has been open more than two months, despite a requirement that three candidate names be submitted to the governor within 40 days of the vacancy.
The Republican Governors Association called the Democrat a “wasteful-spending, tax-loving, former lobbyist.”
John Gregg stressed Christina Hale’s selection could help him gain the support of moderate Republican voters. He said Hale’s record of reaching across the aisle “speaks for itself.”
The trust fund—which is used to pay benefits to out-of-work Hoosiers—reimbursed the state for a loan that saved businesses from paying more than $327 million in penalties to the federal government.
Lawyers representing the state in its ongoing lawsuit against IBM over a canceled $1.3 billion welfare privatization contract have asked for a new judge in the case and moved to void his latest ruling.
This thumbs-up from Gov. Mike Pence could provide presidential hopeful Ted Cruz a needed boost before the state’s May 3 primary. The Texas senator is running about five points behind Trump.
Gov. Mike Pence is using a recent Indiana Supreme Court decision over lawmaker emails to argue that he should not be required to release documents that have been deemed by law to be public records.
