Braun expected to miss final GOP gubernatorial debate
Five of the six Republicans hoping to be Indiana’s next governor are scheduled to meet Tuesday for their last pre-primary debate, but U.S. Sen. Mike Braun pulled out unexpectedly Monday evening.
Five of the six Republicans hoping to be Indiana’s next governor are scheduled to meet Tuesday for their last pre-primary debate, but U.S. Sen. Mike Braun pulled out unexpectedly Monday evening.
Some of Doden’s plans include a call for all agency heads to “re-apply” for their jobs under his administration as well as a “Teacher Investment Program,” that would freeze income taxes for teachers and more.
Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, a Democrat, will become the first Black person and second woman to serve as mayor of of Indiana’s second most populous city.
Rarely a day goes without President Joe Biden mentioning insulin prices and promoting a $35 price cap for the medication for Americans on Medicare. The reality is more complicated.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, who is in Mexico on an economic development trip after visiting Brazil earlier in the week, said progress has been made on the trip.
Jackson, a city-county councilor of 10 years and a not-for-profit CEO, will finish out Sen. Jean Breaux’s term. Democrats will hold a second caucus to determine who will fill Breaux’s place on the November ballot to serve the next four-year term.
The bipartisan centrist organization, Recenter Indiana, also launched controversial billboards in three more cities—Fort Wayne, South Bend and Bloomington—urging “even Democrats” to vote in this spring’s Republican primary.
The mix of tariffs and investigations also represent Biden’s sharpest actions to date to prevent China from unleashing on global markets an avalanche of low-cost goods, at a time when demand in its domestic economy is weak.
Most incumbents face no primary competition, but eight open seats have drawn two dozen hopefuls.
Former Indianapolis mayoral candidate Jefferson Shreve is “paying his own way” in the 6th Congressional District, while incumbent 5th District Rep. Victoria Spartz trails Gaylor Electric owner Chuck Goodrich in fundraising after a late start and Goodrich’s own contributions.
Combined, the candidates have nearly $5 million left to spend and have spent a jaw-dropping $20 million in the first quarter of 2024.
Gubernatorial competitor Brad Chambers criticized Crouch’s announcement and called her tax pledge “an out and out lie.”
In Washington, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun has authored legislation focused on demystifying the opaque costs and reducing burdens on Americans while frequently sharing the story of his own struggles with health care costs as a business owner.
State Rep. Mitch Gore, who is a captain at the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, said he would explore “all legislative remedies” to address what he said is a sentence that is too lenient. A Republican committee chair said he’s open to legislative proposals that come out of the case.
The gubernatorial proposal from Doden zeroes in on seniors, who often live on fixed incomes and struggle to keep up with rising costs.
The crossover push is part of a media campaign by ReCenter Indiana, a bipartisan group that seeks to move state politics “closer to the center” and “bring more civility to political discussions,” according to its website.
Indiana’s delegation will focus on building relationships in agriculture and biosciences.
The three “reevaluated” intersections are just north of a parking lot that state legislators use during the annual General Assembly.
The sweeping bipartisan proposal would for the first time give consumers broad rights to control how tech companies like Google, Meta and TikTok use their personal data, a major breakthrough in the decades-long fight to adopt national online privacy protections.
Incumbent Rep. Victoria Spartz accused challenger Chuck Goodrich of failing to support legislation to ban some foreign ownership of farmland. But his votes on a key bill tell a different story.