If lawmakers agree to the governor’s plan, individual taxpayers would receive a tax refund of $225—on top of the $125 each is receiving through the state’s automatic taxpayer refund program.
The legislation would toughen background checks for the youngest firearms buyers, require more sellers to conduct background checks and beef up penalties on gun traffickers.
Indiana residents will soon pay 62 cents per gallon in taxes on gasoline, the state Department of Revenue announced Monday.
Diego Morales defeated Gov. Eric Holcomb’s appointed Secretary of State Holli Sullivan and two other challengers at Saturday’s Indiana Republican Party State Convention.
One mailing calls Secretary of State Holli Sullivan a “puppet” of Gov. Eric Holcomb and criticizes him for vetoing a bill banning transgender girls from K-12 girl sports and imposing an “authoritarian lockdown” during the pandemic.
The agreement would offer money to states to enact and put in place “red flag” laws that make it easier to temporarily take guns from people considered potentially violent, plus funds to bolster school safety and mental health programs.
Dennis Tyler, Muncie’s mayor from 2012 through 2019, was released Thursday from the Federal Correctional Institution in Morgantown, West Virginia, with more than six months remaining on his one-year term.
Not-for-profit Act Indiana says 60 people associated with the organization were elected in last month’s primary-year elections for Democratic precinct committee positions. That’s more than one in five of the 291 precinct committeepeople elected.
Partisan positions were clear at a Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he did not become aware of the baby formula shortage until about two months after industry leaders knew they faced a major crisis, raising new questions about the administration’s monitoring and handling of the problem.
Andy Nielsen is the first council hopeful to announce a candidacy for 2023’s elections. The race for the redrawn east-side district he’s running in has thinned out, with one council incumbent saying he doesn’t plan to seek reelection.
Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron berated a commenter she disagreed with in a profanity-filled Facebook posting following the school shooting in Texas that took the lives of 19 children.
More than 800 business and government leaders from 30-some countries are in Indianapolis this week for the inaugural Indiana Global Economic Summit. Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. are using the event to showcase the state as a place for development and innovation. Check back here for updates.
The likely decision follows months of uncertainty over the fate of student debt for tens of millions of Americans, with Biden at times sounding skeptical of canceling loans but under pressure from his collapsing approval ratings among young voters ahead of November’s elections.
Since her appointment by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Herring has traveled the state, talking to businesses and organizations—as well as state agencies—about how to find and retain diverse talent, how to create equitable workplaces and how to invest in inclusion efforts.
As Indiana Republican lawmakers prepare Tuesday to override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto and enact a new law that would bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ K-12 sports, activist groups on both sides of the issue are ramping up their lobbying efforts.
ESG—which stands for environmental, social and governance—has yet to take hold as mainstream political messaging, but backlash against it is gaining steam.
Motorists in Indiana are now paying about 56 cents per gallon in state taxes on gasoline—the highest-ever level shown in state records—and the tax is set to increase next month based on rising fuel prices.
Bruce Kimball, who represents Carmel’s Central District, last attended a council meeting in December 2020 before he suffered a stroke.
Election results certified Monday showed Fred Glynn received 1,844 votes to Suzie Jaworowski’s 1,838.
