Gregg picks Simpson to add balance to ticket
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg reached out to his party's base Tuesday with his pick for lieutenant governor, a liberal lawmaker with decades of experience at the Indiana Statehouse.
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Gregg, Pence tap women for gubernatorial tickets
Republican candidate Mike Pence toured the state Monday with his choice for lieutenant governor: state Rep. Sue Ellspermann. Democratic candidate John Gregg, meanwhile, is set to announce that longtime Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson will join his ticket.
Pence picks Indiana legislator as running mate
Republican Mike Pence has picked first-term state Rep. Sue Ellspermann as his running mate in his campaign to become Indiana's next governor.
Democrats stretch residency complaints to Pence
Democrat John Gregg’s argument is part of a broader effort to label Mike Pence as a creature of Washington more than he is of Indiana.
New payout process awaits stage collapse victims
The Attorney General's Office said in an email to claimants that it is trying to find an "an efficient and respectful way" to distribute the money while limiting lawsuits.
Next Indiana governor won’t see much toll road money
The $3.8 billion that Indiana netted in 2006 from leasing the Indiana Toll Road to a foreign consortium will be mostly spent or allocated by the time the state’s next governor takes office in January
Indiana governor hopefuls detail ideas for job growth
Republican Mike Pence, Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian Rupert Boneham each say job creation would be “job one” if elected governor. But their means to reaching employment goals vary from dispatching missionary-style investment gurus, to growing more hemp and bamboo, to increasing wind-turbine manufacturing in the state.
Indiana high court expected to remain business-friendly
A spate of turnover on the Indiana Supreme Court won’t bring a change in the court’s reputation for consensus-building and consistency, court watchers say.
Candidate Gregg proposes lifting state’s gas tax
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful John Gregg's first bite of Hoosier populism is likely to run up against some hard economic realism: $540 million is a lot of money to account for.
Indiana workforce development leader leaving job
The head of Indiana's Department of Workforce Development is leaving his position, adding to the list of leadership turnover during Gov. Mitch Daniels' last year in office.
$526M in state tax foulups spur questions about oversight
In both rounds of errors, computer programming related to the state's tax-return-processing system is being blamed.
State lawmakers ponder reaction to $206M mistake
Members of the State Budget Committee are set to meet to discuss how the state forgot to distribute $206 million owed to the counties.
Lugar strong, but Mourdock more poised in debate
After struggling at times during the early Republican primary campaign, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar sounded more like the legislator he's been for the past 35 years in a debate Wednesday night with Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock.
Daniels reputation on line with Indiana’s $205M tax error
Gov. Mitch Daniels has built a national image as a persnickety fiscal manager with an eye for detail, but two massive accounting errors that have tilted Indiana's books by more than half-a-billion dollars threaten to tarnish that reputation as the popular Republican prepares to leave office.
Governor signs state smoking ban into law
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the smoking ban bill and other legislation during a ceremony Monday morning at his Statehouse office.
Judge rejects some of Indiana’s claims against IBM
The core issue in a dispute over a project to modernize Indiana's welfare system — whether IBM breached the billion-dollar contract — wasn't addressed when a judge dismissed 17 of the state's claims against the computer giant, an attorney for the state said Monday.
Judge tosses claim that IBM misled to land state contract
Marion County Superior Court Judge David J. Dreyer on Sunday dismissed the state’s claim that IBM knowingly or intentionally provided false information to the Family and Social Services Agency in order to obtain a contract with the agency.
Libertarians pick Boneham to run for governor
Former television reality show star Rupert Boneham has been selected as the Libertarian Party’s candidate for Indiana governor.
State requires more superintendent disclosure
Indiana school superintendents will have to disclose more about their pay under a new state law.
Daniels signs public access, nepotism bills
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is toughening penalties for public access violations and cracking down on nepotism in local government.