Category: News

  • Budget plan boosts K-12 funding, adds charter school money

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A deal on a new state budget slows down proposed funding cuts to some shrinking schools districts while providing a portion of the additional money that Republican […]

  • Indiana Teacher of the Year honored at White House

    WASHINGTON (WLFI) – Indiana Teacher of the Year Kathy Nimmer was honored at the White House as one of four finalists nationwide in the National Teacher of the Year contest. […]

  • Pence to lead business trip to China

    Governor Mike Pence announced he will lead Hoosier business leaders to China next month. The trip will be Pence’s sixth international jobs mission as governor.   Click here to read […]

  • Gov. Pence to sign ethics reform bill

    A package of ethics reforms is headed to Gov. Mike Pence — including a last-minute addition that would require lawmakers to disclose businesses in which they have a particularly large […]

  • Vets hiring bill now headed to governor

    A bill that would allow employers to give veterans preference when hiring for jobs passed the House and Senate on Monday. Click here to read more.

  • First lady’s charity spreads dollars around Indiana

    Not long after her husband became governor of Indiana in 2013, Karen Pence quietly set about establishing a charity that would touch all 92 counties. Part of the reason was […]

  • Gov. Pence promises thorough investigation of stage collapse

    Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is promising a thorough state investigation into a stage collapse at a central Indiana high school that left more than a dozen students with minor injuries. […]

  • 'Charter shopping' bill next heads to Pence's desk

    A bill that could soon be making its way to the governor’s desk would strengthen Indiana’s charter school law, proponents of the idea say, if signed by Gov. Mike Pence. […]

  • Sen. Dan Coats honored with award

    WASHINGTON (WLFI) – Indiana’s Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Coats was honored Thursday with a special award for helping our nation’s seniors. Coats received the Guardian of Seniors’ Rights award from […]