Host Mason King talks to two colleagues from the IBJ newsroom to dig deeper into the election: Peter Blanchard, who covers politics and state government, and Greg Weaver, IBJ’s government and politics editor.
The Senate in March passed a bipartisan bill, named the Sunshine Protection Act, to end the back and forth. The House has not acted on the measure.
In a highly competitive state senate race in the Geist area, ads call the Democrat an “extreme liberal” for supporting President Joe Biden while the Republican is accused of “defunding public schools.” Attacks also continue to flow in the races for U.S. Senate, Indiana secretary of state and Marion County prosecutor.
Democrats alleged Diego Morales might have committed voter fraud, a claim that comes days ahead of Tuesday’s elections as Morales has emphasized “election integrity” in his campaign to become Indiana’s top elections official.
Caitlin Bernard, the OB-GYN targeted by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita after she performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the “baseless investigation” into physicians who provide abortion care.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is being considered as someone who can help other Republican candidates win support beyond Donald Trump’s voting base.
Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state officials plan to join global leaders next week at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, marking the first time an Indiana governor has attended the summit.
The political fight is only getting fiercer over whether it’s financially wise or “woke” folly to consider a company’s impact on climate change, workers’ rights and other issues when making investments.
Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics.
States’ finances recovered more quickly than anticipated after the sharp dip in early 2020 due to the pandemic, bolstered by higher-than-anticipated tax revenues.
The president suggested he will look to Congress to levy tax penalties on oil companies if they don’t begin to invest some profits in lowering costs for American consumers. The president issued the warning just days before the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
An Indiana political action committee chaired by former Democratic mayor of Indianapolis. In turn, that pro-charter school PAC has become a large contributor to Indiana Republicans.
In order to break the Republican supermajority in both chambers, Democrats would need to gain five House districts and six Senate seats in the Nov. 8 election.
With Election Day just around the corner, and early voting already underway, Republicans aim for a smattering of seats in the Indiana Senate that they believe they can flip, largely putting Democrats on the defensive.
Air Force veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green is seeking an upset in an Indiana U.S. House district that has been Democratically controlled for nearly a century.
The bipartisan interim education committee approved its report unanimously after hearing testimony last week from education advocates, school officials and business leaders.
The latest campaign filings filtered in last week, showing which races and candidates are having the most fundraising success as well as which state senators and representatives are struggling to attract voters.
Marion County Judge John Chavis ruled that the state treasurer, as a separately elected statewide official, wasn’t required to submit contracts for approval from other state agencies.
President Joe Biden has yet to officially announce whether he will run for a second term, but has repeatedly said it is his intention to seek reelection.
Attorneys for six Republican-led states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to block the Biden administration’s program to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt.
