With all the time, energy and money Todd Rokita devotes to dealing with the petty feuds he’s started, the crises he’s created for himself and the self-manufactured scandals in which he’s engulfed, does he have any left to spend doing the people’s business as Indiana’s a “...”
The Indiana governor’s salary will raise 48% in 2025, making the Hoosier chief executive one of the highest paid in the country. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle May 12, 2023 A pay raise for Indiana’s top elected offic “...”
By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com May 10, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS—Though lawmakers are often seen sharing snippy debates and swapping sarcastic eye rolls, they sometimes create bills that almost everyone can happily agree on. After the 2023 legislative session ended on April 28 “...”
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 11, 2023 The lawsuit claiming the state’s near total abortion ban violates Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act has been scheduled for oral argument Sept. 12 before the Court of Appeals of Indiana. The May 11 order setting or “...”
Years ago, Republicans bought tickets on the Donald Trump train to political self-destruction. Now, following a jury’s determination that the former president was liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll, the only question that remains is how far they’ll tr “...”
By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle May 10, 2023 Bill Oesterle, 57, died at home Wednesday following a long career in politics, working with several prominent Republicans and co-founding one of Indiana’s largest publicly traded companies, Angie’s List. Oesterle died “...”
By Xain Ballenger, TheStatehouseFile.com May 9, 2023 A press release issued May 1 by the Indiana Democratic Party highlighted the successes of the 2023 legislative session. Of the more than 200 bills that made their way to the governor’s desk, 20 came from Democratic legisl “...”
The transformation is complete. In Indiana, the Republican Party now is the party of big government—the political faction that wants to use state power to control people’s choices and lives. That much became clear when Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law the “name” bill pas “...”
By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com May 4, 2023 NDIANAPOLIS—Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn, D-Fishers,(above) said being a lawmaker was always a “quiet dream.” She had the dream for a long time, never telling anyone because the idea of running as a Democrat in Hamilton Cou “...”
By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com May 3, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS—Though it might seem a bit stuffy in the U.S. Senate, one sweet tradition is getting passed down to Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana (above). In the Senate Chamber, there’s a longstanding tradition of one desk—the of “...”
