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.
Couches, armchairs and futons are among the traditional indoor furniture that dot Bloomington front porches. In the near future, rental property tenants will be banned from using such seating and instead be limited to using only designated outdoor furniture.
Indiana taxpayers will receive a $111 tax refund just for filing their 2012 income tax returns.
The seven-term state representative lost her reelection bid 59 percent to 41 percent.She said she was disappointed about the prospects of not serving in the Statehouse again but was confident in knowing she did all she could to market herself to potential voters.
The American Conservative Union ranked Indiana state legislators for the first time during the 2012 legislative session.
The first section of Interstate 69 opened to traffic Nov. 19, with grand opening events attended by Gov. Mitch Daniels, and federal, state and local officials.
During the open house, former Monroe County Clerk and County Recorder Haley received a surprise when her close friends and co-workers announced they were naming a conference room after her.
A new mandate requires all battery-powered smoke detectors be upgraded to hard-wired interconnected smoke detectors.
Election 2012 brought Republican membership in the state House of Representatives from 60 to 69 members, with Democrats down from 40 to 31 members. Republicans needed 67 seats to lock in the supermajority.
One week after the general election, Indiana Republicans at the state, local and university level are nursing wounds, celebrating victories and looking toward the future.
