Reps. Yakym, Houchin make intentions, ambitions known When election week ended, it looked like two Hoosiers with not even five years of total congressional service between them would be making credible bids for leadership roles in their party . [...]
Harris, McCormick, McCray, Wells all lose; supermajority intact Two years ago analysts puzzled over why Hoosiers – particularly women – didn’t rebel against the Republican legislative supermajority just two months removed from passage of a strict abortion ban . [...]
Demos seek leverage, cash from events, polling Democrats are beginning to feel optimistic about their chances in the gubernatorial race this fall, a prospect that would have been unthinkable back in early May . . . but we are [...]
Republican CoA jurists now double Democrat-appointed judges Governor Eric Holcomb (R) appoints Judge Mary A. DeBoer of the Porter County Circuit Court No. 1 to the Indiana Court of Appeals. The Valparaiso resident will succeed retired judge Patricia A. [...]
GOP political heavyweight pleads guilty to 27 felonies, but . . . At a Monday plea change hearing, former Clark County sheriff Jamey Noel (R) pleads guilty to 27 felony charges under a plea negotiation which would see four [...]
Corporations may contribute to independent expenditure PACs In a First Amendment pre-enforcement challenge to Indiana campaign-finance restrictions that prohibit corporations from making contributions to independent-expenditure political action committees (commonly known as super PACs), a U.S. Court of Appeals for [...]
Coming to terms with end of terms – we portend a change in change We’ve reached a delicate point not only in the Holcomb Administration but in the general life cycle of state government. We’re not only approaching the [...]
Big difference in optics as Ds pitch to a new generation Hoosier Democrats quickly rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris (D) as their presidential candidate-in-waiting. Indiana’s entire Democratic National Convention delegation – comprised of 88 delegates – votes unanimously [...]
Ex-Rep. Eberhart gets year+ prison; $85K+ in fines/restitution Former Rep. Sean Eberhart (R) of Shelbyville, once the top Republican on the House Committee on Public Policy, where he helped shape gaming laws, is sentenced to one year and one [...]
Unprecedented convo rebuke to top pick marries Braun, Beckwith The fall race has now been defined – but only between Republicans and Democrats. Much of the next few months will be spent figuring out who wins the internecine Republican [...]