Senate committees for elections, commerce get new chairpeople
Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, will helm the senate committee on elections, while Sen. Brian Buchanan, R-Lebanon, will lead the senate committee on commerce and technology.
Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, will helm the senate committee on elections, while Sen. Brian Buchanan, R-Lebanon, will lead the senate committee on commerce and technology.
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 move comes as the state explores the feasibility of pumping as much as 100 million gallons of water from Wabash River aquifers for a high-tech manufacturing park in Boone County.
Indiana’s Department of Transportation expects to lose billions of dollars in revenue in the coming decades as more Hoosiers buy alternative fuel-using and fuel-efficient vehicles.
Indiana gubernatorial candidates Eric Doden and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun traded jabs Wednesday over the legal practice of qualified immunity and the use of state tax dollars in economic development—an escalation in the 2024 race to succeed Gov. Eric Holcomb.
One GOP candidate for governor proposed massive tax changes Wednesday while another outlined a plan to strengthen public safety.
The Senate met into the night to pass the bill with an 87-11 tally and send it to President Joe Biden for his signature one day after it passed the House on an overwhelming bipartisan vote.
New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan.
Former state Rep. Sean Eberhart has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit fraud for a scheme in which he agreed to support legislation beneficial to a casino company in exchange for a lucrative job, federal prosecutors say.
Matt Gentry recently sat down with IBJ to discuss what’s next for both Lebanon and him, going into what he said will be his final term.
The Greenfield Republican, whose district includes parts of Hancock and Madison counties, co-authored the state’s latest biennial budget.
Overall, the results seemed to reinforce the Republican reign over Indiana’s vast suburban and rural swaths, raising more questions than answers about whether Democrats can put a dent in the GOP’s long-held dominance over statewide elections in 2024.
The proposal would result in a $250 flat fee on owners of single-family, residential parcels, while other properties would be charged 0.1681% of assessed value.
U.S. Sen Mike Braun is the fourth Indiana GOP gubernatorial contender to go on air with campaign advertising.
First-term state Rep. Craig Haggard said he’ll run for Congress whenever incumbent U.S. Rep Jim Baird of Indiana leaves his post—whether that’s in 2024 or afterward.
Passage of Issue 2 makes Ohio the 24th state to allow adult cannabis use for non-medical purposes. Meanwhile, Ohio became the seventh state where voters decided to protect abortion access in the past year.
Results have begun to roll in for the Carmel mayor’s race. Meanwhile, supporters of Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and other Democratic city-county candidates are gathering at the Kountry Kitchen soul food restaurant to await the vote tallies. The Heirloom at N.K. Hurst is the site of the Republican gathering for mayoral candidate Jefferson Shreve and his supporters.
Far more voters chose to vote early in this year’s Municipal Election compared with the last one in 2019.
Donald Trump Jr. and U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Indiana)were joined by Michael Seifert, founder and CEO of PublicSq., a digital marketplace of businesses that support conservative causes.
If the ballot measure passes, Ohio would become the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana for adult use.