Democratic City-County Councillor Jose Evans follows Indianapolis businessman Brian Williams out of the race to challenge Republican Mayor Greg Ballard.
Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was formally sworn into office during a Statehouse ceremony Thursday — two months after easily winning election despite claims from Democrats that he improperly voted in the May primary using his ex-wife's home as his address.
One sure bet this year is that Americans can expect to see a number of high-profile battles across the country between municipal or state governments and public-employee unions.
State of the State Address can help outline priorities for a given session, and governors have used them to dramatically draw a line in the proverbial sand, directly delivering a message to the individual members and leaders of the legislative branch—and over their heads to the voters—as to what they expect, will tolerate, and hope for.
Democrats and Republicans in the Indiana House are pledging to work together after getting off to a rocky start with partisan bickering and procedural challenges.
Anderson Mayor Kris Ockomon calls an employee's sexual harassment complaint "unfounded" and says it won't affect his decision on whether to seek re-election.
Indiana's budget director is meeting with lawmakers Thursday during the first House Ways and Means Committee meeting of this year's legislative session.
The first day of the Indiana legislative session has begun with sparks flying in the House, where minority Democrats made procedural objections in an effort to derail so-called right-to-work legislation.
Indiana lawmakers are returning to the Statehouse Wednesday to begin the 2011 legislative session, which will be dominated by budget, education, redistricting and other issues.
State school superintendent Tony Bennett, a Republican, and the leader of Indiana's largest teachers union made a rare joint appearance Tuesday to promote a mentoring program.
The first ever "Fiscy Awards" will be presented this week to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Indianapolis-based The Jackson Group had 132 employees in mid-2010, ranking it the sixth-largest woman-owned business in the area, according to IBJ research.
The Foundation for Educational Choice, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit, expects to spend $400,000 to $500,000 on the advertising campaign in Indiana
When lawmakers open their new session Wednesday, they won't have some of the advantages they had during the last budget-writing debate in 2009. This time around, there will be no $1 billion in federal stimulus money to keep the budget afloat.
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and state schools superintendent Tony Bennett say Indiana needs a more honest look at the job teachers and principals are doing.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he plans a new business in reputation management. He will also work as an attorney from offices in Hamilton County and Indianapolis.
