The lieutenant governor is the second highest office holder in state government and has several duties that include serving as the president of the Indiana Senate and overseeing two dozen departments.
Read More
Pete Buttigieg is on the list of candidates Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to consider as a running mate assuming she gets the nomination.
Read More
Biden’s uneven performance crystallized the concerns of many Americans that, at age 81, he is too old to serve as president. It sparked a fresh round of calls for the Democrat to step aside.
Read More
Eric Holcomb told IBJ while he is hopeful Indianapolis will secure a Major League Soccer club—an effort Joe Hogsett announced during a public address on April 25—it will have to do so without having him play facilitator.
Read MoreAttorneys from Atlanta-based law firm hired by the City-County Council explained that supervisors and managers are held to a higher standard when it comes to reporting and modeling appropriate behavior in the workplace.
Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting—and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year.
Democrats attributed the party’s disappointing performance on Tuesday to a lack of organization within the party infrastructure, a focus on moderate candidates in an increasingly fractured Democratic Party and difficulties overcoming straight-ticket voting.
IBJ is tracking the latest election news. Check here throughout Election Day for polling information and results.
With 23% of the vote counted at 7:55 p.m., Braun was leading with nearly 60% to McCormick’s 36%.
Rokita said he won without having to run a negative campaign, despite attacks from his Democratic opponent, Destiny Wells.
While statewide numbers are down from 2020’s pandemic election—when voting hours were expanded—early voting numbers are far outpacing 2016 numbers, aligning with the uptick seen across several states.
Indiana’s 3rd, 6th and 8th districts and one of Indiana’s Senate seats don’t have incumbents running this year. But none of the races have emerged as competitive.
Democrat Dr. Valerie McCray and Libertarian Andrew Horning have agreed to a debate hosted by the Indiana Debate Commission next Tuesday. Republican Jim Banks, the frontrunner, has not indicated a willingness to join them.
As governor, Holcomb has traveled on 25 overseas economic development trips (27 total including Canada) since he took office in 2016. He’s embarked on five in 2024 alone.
Voters will have one final televised opportunity to hear from the candidates on Oct. 24 during the Indiana Debate Commission’s debate.
Earlier packages were sent to elections officials or intercepted before they arrived in Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, Mississippi and Connecticut.
Not-for-profit Hoosiers for Opportunity, Prosperity & Enterprise seeks to become a major player in Indiana’s political ecosystem by developing a framework of conservative policy that lawmakers can deploy at the Statehouse.
The two major party candidates running for Indiana governor—Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun and Democrat Jennifer McCormick—will spend close to two hours pitching their policy plans and attempting to resonate with voters next week in back-to-back televised debates.
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s successor will become one of the highest-paid governors in the nation while other offices will see raises between 44% and 66%.
A bipartisan City-County Council proposal would raise the pay for absentee voter board workers from $11 an hour to $15 an hour and recommend increased per diem for day-of workers.
IBJ asked Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Democrat Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian Donald Rainwater how they plan to approach economic development and job creation.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign advocates spent weeks preparing for the possibility that Biden might exit the race, readying a bevy of attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris that they unleashed Sunday.
Harris is the first woman, first Black person and first Asian American to ascend to the vice presidency. Now, President Joe Biden’s endorsement could give her a chance to become the first female president.
The path ahead is neither easy nor obvious, even with President Joe Biden endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. There are unanswered questions about logistics, money and political fallout.
