Hogsett is pitching a continuation of his downtown resiliency strategy and pointing to a planned expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. On crime, the incumbent mayor touts record funding for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and funding for new, non-police violence-reduction and crisis strategies.
Shreve has weighed in on many other issues, from downtown development to improving care at the city’s animal shelter, but his crime-fighting ads dominate the airwaves and are where the campaign has pinned its greatest hopes.
The Republican candidate for mayor said on X and Facebook that he would “do everything in my power” to stop a pro-Palestine group from “assembling on property dedicated to Americans who have died for our country.”
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office says the U.S. Department of Energy will award up to $1 billion in grant funding to the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen, or MachH2, which consists of more than 70 Midwest public and private organizations.
Hogsett will be back out in the community Saturday, city spokesman Mark Bode said in a statement. He will also take part in a debate Sunday with Republican Jefferson Shreve.
Republican Sue Finkam and Democrat Miles Nelson are running to replace Brainard, a Republican who has served since 1996. Write-in candidate Darin Johnson is also running, but his name will not appear on election ballots.
Throughout the country, suburban areas are the new election battleground, with large cities reliably going Democrat and rural areas largely voting Republican.
Lopez is running on the Republican ticket for House District 39, which includes portions of Carmel and Westfield.
The Sachem is the state’s highest honor and is used to “recognize an individual whose lifetime of excellence and moral virtue has brought credit and honor to Indiana.”
Indiana State Senate District 36, which includes portions of Marion County and northern Johnson County, was vacated last month after the unexpected death of Sen. Jack Sandlin, a longtime public servant.
After spending two decades in Washington, D.C., working for politicians, interest groups and one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, Vanessa Green Sinders was ready to settle down, and Indiana was a natural fit.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jefferson Shreve released negative campaign commercials over the past week that make more pointed accusations. IBJ examines the claims.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s comments came following prepared remarks he made to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, a group focused on state and local efforts to strengthen public health and defenses to biological threats.
A polarizing figure, the former Indiana representative attracted controversy for his graphic protests of abortion and for statements he made about Catholics and Muslims.
We had Bard profile the mayoral races in Carmel, Evansville and Indianapolis. Each report came back in seconds.
Fears about the potential misuse or unintended consequences of AI prompted more than half of all U.S. states to introduce AI legislation in the 2023 legislative session.
The Republican, a retired police officer, represented parts of southern Marion County and northern Johnson County.
John Rust, chairman of the board of Seymour-based egg producer Rose Acre Farms, argues that a 2021 state election law “creates a cycle of voter disenfranchisement.”
The group hopes to improve civic education in a state that ranks among the bottom nationally when it comes to voter registration and turnout.
The Washington, D.C.-based political action committee first endorsed Braun in his 2018 Senate campaign, in which he defeated incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly.
