The Democrat who lost to Dan Coats in November’s U.S. Senate race says he won’t run for any office in 2012. With recent announcements by other potential candidates, the field is beginning to shake out.
Republican Sen. Mike Delph of Carmel, the author of a contentious Arizona-style bill to crack down on illegal immigration in Indiana, won't be present if the state Senate votes on the measure Tuesday.
Former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg tells a Terre Haute newspaper that he's giving "serious thought" to running for governor next year.
Union supporters shouted "lie" and "shame" at members of a Republican-led Indiana House committee who voted in favor of so-called right-to-work legislation, after impassioned arguments that it was aimed at weakening unions and would drive down wages.
Indiana lawmakers have a busy week ahead of them as they try to advance major bills before legislative deadlines arrive this week.
Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel said Saturday that won't run for governor in 2012, leaving the field for next year's Democratic Party nomination even more wide open.
A Republican-controlled Indiana House committee has approved a GOP budget proposal that would keep overall education funding at current levels while making major shifts in the way money is divvied up among individual school districts.
Both chambers of the Indiana Legislature have now approved bills making it illegal for drivers to type, send or read text messages on mobile phones or other electronic devices.
State highway officials have awarded a LaPorte company a $98.8 million contract to build a nine-mile section of Indiana's planned Interstate 69 extension through Daviess County.
A bill aimed at having an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration in Indiana is on its way to the state Senate, but some Republican senators expressed concerns Thursday about the ramifications for law enforcement and taxpayers.
Individual school districts could see major shifts in funding but overall education funding would remain at current levels under a state budget plan presented Thursday by Republicans who control the Indiana House.
Legislation that would allow Hoosiers with gun permits to carry their weapons into municipal properties could affect Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center.
A proposed cut of more than 20 percent in the state's corporate income tax rate would improve Indiana's business climate without hurting the state budget, the leader of the Indiana Senate's tax committee said Wednesday.
Rep. Matt Ubelor of Bloomfield said he wants to cut off about $1.6 million that Planned Parenthood of Indiana receives from the state because he believes abortion providers shouldn't receive taxpayer funding.
Fewer families would qualify for private school vouchers under changes Republican lawmakers have made to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' controversial proposal.
The Senate's criminal law committee voted 5-3 to advance to the full Senate the bill directing the criminal law and sentencing study committee to examine Indiana's marijuana laws next summer and make recommendations.
The future of the bill drawing the strongest ire of the union members remained uncertain as a Republican committee chairman said a decision had not been made on whether so-called right-to-work legislation would be considered this session.
The Republican-controlled House voted 70-26 to advance the proposal, which must clear two separately-elected Legislatures to get on the ballot for a public vote.
An Indiana Senate committee has passed a plan that would keep violent felons in prison longer and reduce punishments for many thefts and drug crimes.
Organizers expect several hundred steelworkers for an Indiana Statehouse rally to protest a proposal reducing unemployment benefits for many laid-off workers and so-called right-to-work legislation.
