Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb and Lt. Gov.-elect Suzanne Crouch paid for their tickets out of an “abundance of caution” for state ethics rules, a spokesman said. But there are no state rules to prohibit the people who are helping Holcomb shape his administration from taking freebies.
Indiana Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb said Earl Goode’s “perspective on past accomplishments will inform us as we move into the future.”
Indiana Democrats saw their hopes for a resurgence dashed under the weight of Donald Trump’s landslide victory and Republicans gaining complete control of the state’s government.
Employees of an Indiana voter mobilization group with deep ties to the Democratic Party submitted several hundred voter registrations that included false, incomplete or fraudulent information, according to a search warrant unsealed Monday.
The move is a win for Mayor Joe Hogsett, who originally faced skepticism from council Republicans over the decision to borrow for big-ticket items by renewing bonds that are about to expire.
Donald Trump picked his transition chairman and other leaders Friday. It’s his biggest staffing announcement since he won the election this week.
President-elect Donald Trump seems poised to cut corporate taxes and regulations, local tech leaders said, but some are concerned about his rhetoric or policies that might marginalize women and minorities.
The Indiana Republican Party plans a public rally Thursday to welcome Gov. Mike Pence back to the state for the first time as vice president-elect.
Indiana's next Republican senator, Todd Young, said lawmakers need to "reassert" their constitutional authority and "stop delegating so many powers" to the executive branch.
Did Indiana Democrats get caught up in a Donald Trump tsunami in this election or did they simply fail to pick progressive candidates who could tap into the frustrations of working-class voters?
A southern Indiana native who founded California-based Lucas Oil Products Inc., the 74-year-old Forrest Lucas is known in his home state because of the 20-year naming rights deal for Lucas Oil Stadium.
The unlikely pair tapped into angry, working-class voters and defy pollsters who had predicted a win for Hillary Clinton.
Republican prosecutor Curtis Hill from northern Indiana's Elkhart County has won Indiana's race for attorney general.
Republican Mike Pence originally hoped to be winning reelection to the governor’s office but Donald Trump picked him this summer to be his running mate.
Democrat Evan Bayh was a strong favorite to capture his old U.S. Senate seat when he unexpectedly entered the race in July with a famous Indiana political name and millions of dollars in his campaign bank account. That’s no longer the case.
Mike Pence’s decision to drop his re-election bid means Indiana will have a one-term governor for the first time since the state constitution was changed in the 1970s to allow governors to seek a second consecutive term.
Indiana has been in the political spotlight this year, with Gov. Mike Pence on the Republican national ticket as Donald Trump's running mate and high-profile, big-money contests for U.S. Senate and the governor's office.
The Indiana Democratic Party says a glitch in its voter mobilization text-messaging system sent hundreds of voters the wrong polling places for Tuesday's election.
State election officials say Indiana has set an early voting record, surpassing the number cast eight years ago.
