A week after Hamas attacked Israel, Chris Just attached American and Israeli flags to the back of his Gladiator and drove to the second-annual Central Indy Jeep N’Vasion at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. Wind blew over tents, and grim clouds approached. There, in Franklin on Oct. 14, 2023, a volunteer with former state Attorney General ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Five years ago, Gary’s Karen Freeman-Wilson was the only Black female mayor in Indiana. After she lost a third Democratic nomination to Jerome Prince, there were none.  With Sharon Tucker’s Fort Wayne Democratic caucus upset win on Saturday in a seven-candidate race to succeed the late Mayor Tom Henry, Indiana now ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of profiles of the candidates running for Indiana governor.  Brad Chambers argues big ideas and actions are needed in the coming years to propel Indiana and its economy forward.  Chambers has already put $9.6 million of his own money toward that argument as he tries to transform ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Five hopefuls vying for the chance to be Indiana’s next governor took each other to task — and at times fought the questions themselves — on economic development, social issues, election integrity and more during Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial debate hosted at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.  The debate, the last of the primary cycle ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun faced criticism from other Republican candidates for governor over missing their final televised debate because of scheduled Senate votes Tuesday on providing military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Tuesday evening’s 90-minute debate will go on as scheduled with the remaining five Republican candidates still expected to participate, according to the ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb wrapped up his weeklong travels to Brazil and Mexico by saying he expected new business investments to emerge from the trip. Holcomb told reporters Thursday night from Mexico City that he had many productive meetings with government and business leaders promoting Indiana’s agriculture ventures. “It really does remind me that face to ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of profiles of the candidates running for Indiana governor.  JASPER, Ind. — Mike Braun was a former two-term state representative in 2018 when he compared himself to the ultimate “outsider”: President Donald J. Trump.  Braun used that label to defeat two sitting congressmen in a Republican U.S. ...

Full results of the State Affairs/Howey Politics Indiana poll of likely Republican primary voters are available to Pro service subscribers via a spreadsheet prepared by the polling firm SurveyUSA. The poll of 700 voters who identified as Republicans or Republican-leaning independents was conducted April 4-7 on behalf of State Affairs/Howey Politics Indiana. Survey questions included ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of profiles of the candidates running for Indiana governor. ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — It wasn’t the largest campaign event the 2024 election cycle is likely to see.  About 15 people, some of them children, gathered on a rainy April night at Our Place Coffee, nestled just feet from ...

Six candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana governor in the May 7 primary. State Affairs is providing looks at their stances on several issues. Jennifer McCormick is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Indiana’s high cost of child care ranks as a primary concern for many of the state’s families.  According to Child Care ...

Republican primary voters care most about the economy and immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a State Affairs/Howey Politics Indiana poll released Thursday.  More than three-quarters of poll respondents said the economy was a key issue motivating them ahead of the May 7 primary election.  Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus of political science at Indiana ...

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb remains popular among Republicans, according to a State Affairs/Howey Politics Indiana poll, even as the GOP candidates to take his place have kept their political distance from him. The polling results released Thursday show Holcomb with an overall positive job-approval rating of 69% among self-identified Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. The results ...