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State Rep. Rita Fleming announces retirement a week after primary election
The Indiana Democratic Party will hold caucuses to fill the office and ballot vacancies once Fleming leaves.
The Indiana Democratic Party will hold caucuses to fill the office and ballot vacancies once Fleming leaves.
Indiana is one of 18 states that has never had a female governor. But four out of its five past lieutenant governors have been women.
IBJ talked with State Agriculture Director Don Lamb about the trade mission to Brazil, the importance of agriculture trade missions and Indiana’s import/export relationships.
A new Indiana law requiring some teachers to learn about teaching literacy in order to renew their licenses drew hours of criticism from educators at Wednesday’s State Board of Education meeting.
U.S. Rep. Greg Pence’s decision to not seek reelection started a domino effect: State Rep. Mike Speedy decided against running for reelection and four Republicans threw their hats into the ring to take his place.
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s $200 million Link 101 road endeavor isn’t moving forward, at least in its original form, following a gloomy cost-benefit analysis and sustained public pushback.
The attorney general’s office in Indiana said the state was joining a lawsuit to be filed in Tennessee on Tuesday.
Indiana’s strategy for economic development and job creation has emerged as a key issue in the Republican gubernatorial primary—and the future of the state’s still-developing LEAP district in Boone County could be at stake in the outcome.
Two open Indiana House district seats in the northern suburbs feature contested Republican primary elections.
Some of Doden’s plans include a call for all agency heads to “re-apply” for their jobs under his administration as well as a “Teacher Investment Program,” that would freeze income taxes for teachers and more.
Rep. Jeff Thompson, the chair of the House’s fiscal-minded Ways and Means Committee, says his goal is simplicity but that the changes he has in mind are so massive that they could take multiple sessions.
Most incumbents face no primary competition, but eight open seats have drawn two dozen hopefuls.
Gubernatorial competitor Brad Chambers criticized Crouch’s announcement and called her tax pledge “an out and out lie.”
The 13-member caucus billed the six events as opportunities for Hoosiers to learn more about legislation passed in the most recent session and to “provide feedback and input” ahead of next year’s budget-writing session.
The three “reevaluated” intersections are just north of a parking lot that state legislators use during the annual General Assembly.
If Rep. Phil GiaQuinta were to succeed in Fort Wayne, a new leader of the House Democratic caucus would be chosen for the first time since 2018.
Questions submitted by the public to host WISH-TV ran the gamut, from taxes and diversity to education and “outsider” status.
Officials anticipate “widespread and significant impact” on Indiana’s “critical infrastructure systems,” including for communication, emergency response and transportation, according to the order.
The project will focus on the roofline and include gutter repair, chimney masonry work, rotunda masonry work and cleaning, window replacement/repair, limited patching and repair of the roof where needed, and, finally, cleaning of the copper dome.
The state agency took over the study in November after skepticism mounted over a proposal to pump millions of gallons of water daily from Tippecanoe County to a massive high-tech park planned in Boone County.