Brief from the Chief
President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Senate Joint Resolution 7 was authored by Sens. Brent Steele, R-Bedford,and Carlin Yoder, R-Middlebury, and guarantees residents the rights to hunt, fish, harvest game and engage in the agricultural production of meat and dairy.
Gov. Mike Pence reminded a cluster of constituents gathered Wednesday that this is no ordinary time in the life of the Hoosier state.
Indiana is struggling to maintain $40.4 million in federal highway funding after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration deemed Indiana’s drunken driving laws insufficient.
Gov. Mike Pence continued his transition into office Wednesday when he named Mary Beth Bonaventura as the head of the Department of Child Services, adding to his growing administration.
A specific switchblade that was banned in Indiana is now legal again.
On his inauguration, Gov. Mike Pence signed 15 executive orders, including one which designated certain regulations to support "intact" families.
“Obama’s on fire,” Alicia Keys crooned from the piano at the head of the stage. “Everybody knows that Michelle is his girl.”
We the people, said President Barack Obama, more than ever, must work together as one nation, as one people.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation after being inaugurated for his second term in office.
The Indiana State Society’s Inaugural Ball tradition dates back to 1952, Ball Chair Jan Powell said. These days, tickets go for $400 a plate or $9,000 a table.
Donors and candidates spent about $5.2 billion on the 2012 election, shattering previous spending records, according to nonpartisan research group U.S. PIRG and Demos.
Century-old City Hall became the first Bloomington government building to become Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified.
Public schools could have the option to mandate daily prayer if a bill by State Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, passes the legislature this spring.
Jean Capler and her partner, Jenny, have been together for 15 years. They go to the movies like any other couple, they go out to breakfast like any other couple and they love each other like any other couple. As two lesbians in the state of Indiana, they cannot get married like any other couple.
Two long-time Indiana leaders leaving office this year won’t head quietly into retirement.
Rep. Todd Young, R-9th District, is one of four new appointees to the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 113th Congress. Young will be the only Indiana representative on the committee.
Gov.-elect Mike Pence began filling out cabinet positions soon after the Nov. 6 election. Pence will take the reigns from two-term Gov. Mitch Daniels following a Jan. 14 inauguration ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Fewer Hoosiers voted in this year’s general election than in 2008. About 58 percent of the 4.5 million registered voters in Indiana hit the polls this election season, a slip from 62 percent in 2008.
The 220 companies working with the IEDC have already decided to expand or establish new business operations in Indiana, an increase from the 219 decisions announced last year, IEDC spokesperson Katelyn Hancock said.