Category: News

  • Wednesday 1st day to file for Indiana municipal elections

    Another Indiana election cycle is about to begin: Candidates can register to run for city or town offices beginning Wednesday. That’s when candidates can file paperwork with their local election […]

  • Messer: Why I voted for spending bill

    As your representative in Congress, it’s my duty to tell you exactly where I stand on the issues. Often, we will agree. Other times, we won’t. Either way, you will […]

  • Zoeller wants state regulation of e-cigarettes

    It’s currently illegal to sell e-cigarettes to a minor in Indiana but they are now more popular with kids in this state than combustible cigarettes are. It’s the reason for […]

  • GOP Congress plans to test Obama vetoes

    U.S. Sen. Dan Coats was talking about a committee he is on, but he might as well have been offering a preview of the next session of Congress. “We will […]

  • Indiana Part of 'Mobile Cramming' Settlement

    Indianapolis, Ind. — Attorney General Greg Zoeller today announced Indiana’s involvement in a multi-state settlement with T-Mobile USA, Inc., in which the company has agreed to refund customers for allegedly […]

  • State to help 5 cities eliminate blighted and abandoned homes

    Five Indiana communities are receiving a total of $4 million to eliminate blighted and abandoned homes. Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann announced grants from the Indiana Hardest Hit Fund Blight Elimination […]

  • Chairman's Corner: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

    This week Gov. Mike Pence announced 16 companies will bring over 2,100 new jobs to Indiana over the next few years.  This is welcome news and a solid example of […]

  • Coats, Stutzman oppose Cuba shift

    Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., objects to President Barack Obama’s plan to begin restoring diplomatic and trade relations between the United States and Cuba. “Since 1961, nine different Republican and Democrat […]

  • U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks looks back on first term

    WASHINGTON – After Susan Brooks was elected to Congress in 2012, political handicapper Stuart Rothenberg said GOP leaders would be nuts not to take advantage of her. “She’s personable, articulate and […]