Indiana Election Commission, state high court rule against John Rust, removing him from ballot
Rust, running to succeed U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, was seeking to challenge Congressman Jim Banks for the GOP nomination in the May 2024 primary.
Rust, running to succeed U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, was seeking to challenge Congressman Jim Banks for the GOP nomination in the May 2024 primary.
One bill has been stripped of language on civics education to instead focus on allowing chaplains in public schools.
The stay issued Thursday puts an earlier ruling on hold and allows challenges to U.S. Senate hopeful John Rust’s candidacy.
Senate Bill 234, removes a Hoosier governor’s ability to extend a state of disaster emergency after 30 days—or declare a new emergency—unless it is “wholly unrelated” to the first one.
Indiana’s local units of governments increasingly seek reviews that could mean more funding.
For the NBA All-Star Weekend set for Feb. 15-18, local organizers hit on a way to put a distinctly Hoosier spin on the areas downtown that will host the most visitors, playing off of the concept of Hoosier Hysteria.
Valerie McCray, a clinical psychologist from Indianapolis, will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Mike Braun, who is running for governor.
Critics of the proposal maintain it limits free speech and conflates criticism of a foreign government with anti-Jewish rhetoric.
IBJ’s personal finance columnist believes the U.S. economy will start hitting on all cylinders this year—as long as the political climate in America remains at its usual low boil.
The Indiana Republican State Committee filed an amicus brief last week supporting a law that limits who can run under major political party banners in Indiana.
The judge ruled that a contested state law that limits who can run on a primary ballot is unconstitutional. The injunction was sought by John Rust, former chair of Indiana egg producer Rose Acre Farms.
The gambling industry and its advocates have for several years wanted to legalize i-gaming, but that timeline may now be years longer than previously expected.
Wells, who was seen as the Indiana Democratic Party’s best chance at taking statewide office in 2022 as a candidate for secretary of state, now plans to run for attorney general in 2024.
The five plaintiffs say the law passed this year is discriminatory and unconstitutional, and they asked the court to strike down the law’s provision that limits its scope to people from Ukraine.
Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction Thursday to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed.
The former president said Braun—an Indiana senator—is working hard to “support our law enforcement, secure our borders and stop the woke fascist mob trying to destroy our country.”
Christopher Daley will lead the organization following the retirement of Executive Director Jane Henegar.
The Satanic Temple filed a federal lawsuit last year, claiming that the new abortion ban violates Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
A Marion County judge will hear arguments next month over whether to suspend an Indiana law that U.S. Senate candidate John Rust says unfairly precludes him from appearing on the ballot.
Max Engling is one of at least seven Republican candidates running to replace Rep. Victoria Spartz, who is not seeking a third term.