House GOP eyes Social Security, Medicare amid spending battle
Only weeks after taking control of the chamber, GOP lawmakers under new Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have rallied around firm pledges for austerity.
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Postal service on-time performance similar in rural, urban areas, report finds
Challenges with the cash-strapped United States Postal Service sent many Americans to their wit’s end during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in communities reliant on the mail for essential goods.
Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s Indiana home, lawyer says
The records appear to be a small number of documents bearing classified markings that were inadvertently boxed and transported to Pence’s personal home as he left office, the lawyer said.
Crouch leads governor race with cash on hand, but Braun picking up steam
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun’s campaign logged more than $2.9 million in contributions—some of it transferred from his own federal accounts—during the period running from July through the end of 2022, according to filings.
Operative jumps from Haley team to Pence amid 2024 jostling
The switch between camps comes as potential GOP White House contenders seek to build out their operations in preparation for the launch of campaigns against former President Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination.
Indiana, other states readying privacy bills as Washington stalls
Lawmakers in at least nine states, including Indiana, have introduced so-called comprehensive privacy bills, which broadly seek to set limits around what consumer data companies can collect and how they use it.
Treasury Secretary Yellen says debt standoff risks ‘calamity’
The Biden administration and Republican lawmakers have been at loggerheads over how to increase the government’s legal borrowing capacity.
Top Biden aide and Indy native Klain expected to leave White House
Ron Klain’s departure also comes as the White House struggles to contain the fallout after classified documents dating from President Biden’s time as vice president were discovered at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at his former institute in Washington.
Shabazz’s potential mayoral run puts kibosh on his TV punditry
TV news directors at Fox 59 and WRTV have imposed long-standing fairness and ethics policies that prevent pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz from appearing as an analyst on their political segments since he announced he is considering a run for the Republican nomination for mayor of Indianapolis.
UPDATE: Indiana’s top court hearing challenge to state abortion ban
A top state lawyer on Thursday urged the Indiana Supreme Court to uphold the state’s Republican-backed abortion ban, even as the justices weighed whether they should decide its constitutionality before lower courts have fully considered the case.
Indiana lawmakers weigh bill to create universal school choice program
Testimony heard in the Senate education committee raised questions about how much universal education scholarship accounts would cost and whether the state can afford to fund all students who are eligible to participate.
Bill seeking elimination of township assessors advances to House chamber
Currently, there are 13 township assessors in nine different Indiana counties. The remaining 83 counties only have a county assessor.
Congressman Jim Banks makes Senate run official
Northeast Indiana Congressman Jim Banks jumped into the 2024 race for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, becoming the first candidate in what is expected to be a crowded Republican field.
Proposal seeks to change state constitution over who has right to bail
Prosecutors say Sen. Eric Koch’s Senate Joint Resolution 1 would keep dangerous people off the streets before trial, while defenders and civil rights advocates say its subjectivity could endanger the rights of those presumed innocent until convicted.
Indiana bill to increase semi truck speed limits faces tough road ahead
Five prior proposals to eliminate the lower speed limit for trucks have been filed in the House since 2017 without success.
Bill would require schools to report student requests to change names, pronouns
Gender identity and transitioning are the focus of a number of bills filed by Indiana lawmakers in the 2023 session, including one that would require teachers and schools to disclose if students request to change their names or pronouns.
Buttigieg finds himself in the spotlight for better or worse
Faced with a historic system failure that grounded air service, Pete Buttigieg appeared to lean into his role as the face of the beleaguered American transportation network.
Indy laboratory fires manager who threatened California congressman
Patients Choice Laboratories said Friday it was “appalled” by the comments of its employee, who sent a vulgar, threatening direct message to Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell.
Community activist Clif Marsiglio to run for mayor
Marsiglio, a Democrat, works as a data analyst at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and serves on several local not-for-profit boards.
Indiana House Republicans say education, health care costs top list in 2023 session
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, outlined his caucus’ priorities Thursday, days after Senate Republicans released their 2023 agenda.