Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed into law Indiana’s two-year budget, an infrastructure funding plan, a vaping-overhaul measure, a school-chiefs bill and legislation affirming the religious liberties of students.
The Senate voted 40-8 to approve House Bill 1496, which would likely prevent Ricker’s from selling cold beer for carryout after its annual permits expire next year.
Former Indiana Republican Party chairman Jeff Cardwell has joined a lobbying firm started by a longtime former top staffer to Vice President Mike Pence.
The bill pares controversial regulations put in place during the previous two sessions of the Indiana General Assembly, which many believe went too far.
Much has changed in recent decades to reduce the ability of White House leaders from wielding undue influence when it comes to helping individual states.
There’s a reality to perennial promises to clean up Washington, D.C.: No one, even those knee-deep in it, considers himself or herself to be part of “the swamp.”
The former leader of the Indiana National Guard will be a senior policy adviser working in the Indianapolis and Washington, D.C., offices.
Outgoing Gov. Mike Pence appointed Victor Smith to serve as the state’s secretary of commerce in January 2013.
The fact that two just-retired Indiana legislators are both already legally working for lobbying groups is leading some to question whether the state’s ethics laws are strict enough.
A recently retired Indiana lawmaker who voted in favor of a controversial vaping bill has been hired as the executive director of the Vapor Association of Indiana.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz’s re-election loss in November was a big setback for the Indiana State Teachers Association, leading some observers to wonder how much clout the organization still holds.
A key aide to Vice President-elect Mike Pence removed himself from the U.S. government’s rolls of federal lobbyists and canceled a lucrative lobbying contract days before Donald Trump’s team announced it will ban lobbyists from taking jobs with the administration.
A key aide to Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee, Gov. Mike Pence, continues to earn $23,000 a month as Indiana’s sole Washington lobbyist even as he has taken a paid position with the Republican presidential campaign.
Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican Todd Young accused each other of being Washington insiders and putting special interests over Hoosiers during Tuesday night’s charged debate.
Three of the six firms initially authorized under a controversial law to manufacture e-liquids for sale in Indiana have owners who either work for Centaur or were shareholders in the company before it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010.
Monarch Beverage Co.’s attempts to enter the liquor business over the past decade were frequently met with displeasure from staffers in the Indiana Governor’s Office and at the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, according to private emails brought to light by a recent court case.
The more product that e-liquid manufacturers make, the more that Lafayette-based Mulhaupt’s could earn. The volume-based pricing is unusual for the security industry.
Critics of the American Legislative Exchange Council say it provides corporations easy access to lawmakers—access that can’t be scrutinized like traditional lobbying and campaign finance information.
Mark Lawrance spent 14 years at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce before heading to the Indiana University Public Policy Institute two years ago. Now he’s back at the Chamber in a new role.
Good-government advocates say new rules championed by Mayor Joe Hogsett are an improvement, but that they would have liked to see him take a stricter approach.
