Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb started the transition to Indiana’s governorship a day after extending his party’s 12-year hold on the state’s top office as part of a GOP sweep of statewide positions and large majorities in the General Assembly.
Republican Eric Holcomb will be working with GOP supermajorities in the Legislature when he takes office as Indiana's new governor in January.
Americans handed the reins to someone whose campaign was premised on an unrelenting challenge to the status quo, distrust in government and dismissal of the politicians from both parties.
Young's victory toppled an Indiana political dynasty started when Bayh's father, Birch Bayh, was first elected to the Legislature in the 1950s.
Donald Trump moved within close reach of the White House, capturing crucial victories in Tuesday's election over Hillary Clinton in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, a remarkable show of strength by the celebrity businessman and political novice who upended American politics.
The unlikely pair tapped into angry, working-class voters and defy pollsters who had predicted a win for Hillary Clinton.
Trey Hollingsworth has won election in southern Indiana's 9th Congressional District, overcoming campaign attacks labeling him a carpetbagger from Tennessee who used his family's fortune to buy the seat.
The amendment states that the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject only to laws prescribed by the General Assembly.
Thanksgiving Day shopping isn’t going away, but some stores are rethinking their strategies on whether it makes sense to be open on the holiday itself.
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.
Pressing his campaign to remake the U.S. Catholic church, Pope Francis on Monday tapped Joseph Tobin to replace the Newark, New Jersey archbishop who has been criticized for allegedly mishandling sex-abuse cases.
China’s legislature approved a cybersecurity law Monday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets.
A so-called ransomware attack has left police, fire and other government staff in a central Indiana county locked out of their computers.
A campaign spokesman for Evan Bayh says the money is being refunded out of an “abundance of caution” after he faced questions over whether the expenditures were allowed by Senate ethics rules.
Despite some job gains, the economy is growing at the slowest pace of any in a recovery since World War II. Most analysts foresee only modest expansion in the October-December quarter, leaving growth at an anemic rate of about 1.8 percent for all of 2016.
USA Gymnastics is turning to a former federal prosecutor to spearhead an independent review of the way the Indianapolis-based organization deals with allegations of sexual misconduct.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more than doubling the number of states allowed to use a new version of a popular weed killer on genetically modified crops despite its earlier concerns.
