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.
A former Mike Pence aide seeking to oust Indiana’s Republican secretary of state is embracing Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen while also fending off criticism about twice leaving jobs in that office after being written up for poor job performance.
Administration officials say they’re running low on money to stock up on, or even begin to order, the latest vaccines, tests and treatments. Also lacking are funds to reimburse doctors treating uninsured patients and to help poor countries control the pandemic.
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.
The White House launched a push Tuesday to contain the political damage caused by inflation after President Joe Biden complained for weeks to aides that his administration was not doing enough to publicly explain the fastest price increases in roughly four decades.
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.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he was preparing a plan to potentially tap into the growing state budget surplus to help residents with the national inflation jump.
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.
The focus on price gouging comes as gas prices hit an national average of $4.59 per gallon Thursday—49 cents a gallon higher than a month ago and $1.55 higher than a year ago, according to AAA.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf faced a bipartisan grilling from House lawmakers over the baby formula issue that has angered American parents and become a political liability for President Joe Biden.
The White House responded by pointing out that Jeff Bezos’ attacks emerged days after Biden met in the Oval Office with the labor leaders behind Amazon’s unionization drive, which the company has vehemently opposed.
Former Indiana Inspector General Cyndi Carrasco says that’s the kind of money she wants to become the first Republican to win a Marion County-wide race since then-Mayor Greg Ballard won re-election in 2011.
Some Republicans argued that the House-passed bill is more extreme than Roe, and would expand abortion access beyond what is already the law.
The Marion County Democratic Party appears headed for significant change, with Mayor Joe Hogsett advocating for an end to pre-primary endorsements and some Black Democrats separately calling for the party’s current chair to resign immediately.
The roughly two dozen so-called liberty candidates did see some victories in Republican legislative races across the state, with one defeating a 10-term incumbent in northern Indiana and another winning the nomination for a GOP-leaning open seat in suburban Indianapolis.
Hunley, a school principal, won the five-way primary in a new state Senate seat in Indianapolis, beating the Marion County Democratic Party’s slated candidate.
Vance’s win brings to a close an exceptionally bitter and expensive primary contest that, at one point, saw two candidates nearly come to blows on a debate stage. And it marks a major victory for Donald Trump, who gave late support to Vance.
A longtime feud among local Democrats has come to a head in the contentious race for county clerk, pitting county recorder and party chair Kate Sweeney Bell against former state senator and two-time county auditor Billie Breaux.
Two newly redrawn Indiana House districts in Indianapolis’ northern suburbs have attracted a total of six Republican candidates looking to advance to November’s general election.
Indiana’s first Election Day after pandemic-related complications comes Tuesday, and a few hotly contested primary races are in the spotlight.
