Indianapolis Star: Politics
- U.S. Sen. Todd Young meets with Indy music venue owners at the Slippery Noodle
Tuesday - 07/14/2020 - 04:57 PMU.S. Sen. Todd Young visited the Slippery Noodle Inn, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, to discuss the RESTART Act with Indianapolis music venue owners.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A health struggle has silenced Joe Kernan. His loved ones can't say enough about him.
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 06:00 AMFriends and family of Joe Kernan call the former prisoner of war, South Bend mayor and Indiana governor selfless, competitive and civic-minded.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana Republicans to launch initiative to recruit Blacks and Latinos
Tuesday - 07/07/2020 - 06:00 AMThe Indiana Republican Diversity Leadership Series will launch in December.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sen. Mike Braun debates Tucker Carlson on police reform. Here's what you missed.
Tuesday - 06/30/2020 - 01:48 PMAfter Fox News host Tucker Carlson ripped into Republican Sen. Mike Braun's proposal to reform qualified immunity, the senator appeared on the show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sen. Braun bill would change qualified immunity for police. Here's what it would mean.
Tuesday - 06/23/2020 - 04:24 PMU.S. Sen. Mike Braun has introduced a bill taking aim at qualified immunity, a controversial standard that protects police officers from civil action.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Systemic bias has kept African Americans and women from the highest offices in Indiana
Monday - 06/22/2020 - 07:00 AMQualified candidates say they faced systemic challenges, from the creation of Unigov, to partisan gerrymandering, to biased party nominating processes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Wounded' Attorney General Curtis Hill facing 3 challengers for GOP nomination
Tuesday - 06/16/2020 - 02:38 PMTop party officials called for Curtis Hill to step down after groping discipline, but incumbent Attorney General is pushing on with re-election bid.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's what's happening at the Indiana Democratic state convention
Friday - 06/12/2020 - 07:02 AMDemocrats will have their state convention all digitally on Saturday, a first of its kind.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democratic attorney general candidates say they want to restore integrity to the office
Sunday - 06/07/2020 - 07:00 AMDemocratic attorney general candidates Karen Tallian and Jonathan Weinzapfel say election is about much more than Curtis Hill's suspension.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hogsett, Buttigieg, Myers to speak at Democratic kickoff today
Thursday - 06/04/2020 - 02:46 PMSome of Indiana's highest profile Democrats will speak at 5:30 p.m. tonight as a preview to the 2020 State Convention.
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- Indiana GOP taps former Congressman Todd Rokita to run for attorney general over Curtis Hill
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 01:52 PMFormer Congressman Todd Rokita has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Indiana over Curtis Hill.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lawsuit: Indiana election law on polling hours strips Hoosiers of Constitutional rights
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 12:21 PMA political watchdog group has filed a lawsuit to overturn an Indiana election law prohibiting Hoosiers from petitioning a court to keep polls open.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana's 5th Congressional District race rated a 'toss up' by political analysis group
Thursday - 07/02/2020 - 10:15 AMIndiana'a 5th Congressional District election is now rated a "toss up," by Sabato's Crystal Ball.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Qualified immunity: What police, protesters and lawyers say about controversial standard
Friday - 06/26/2020 - 06:00 AMSen. Mike Braun's proposal to reform qualified immunity is on the back burner, but the public conversation over the controversial standard continues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Allen County official resigns after making racist comments about protesters
Monday - 06/22/2020 - 01:40 PMAllen County Councilor Larry Brown quit after saying protesters are "uneducated" residents who vote, and added that "unfortunately, they also breed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Allen County official under fire for racist comments about protesters
Friday - 06/19/2020 - 08:40 PMAllen County Councilor Larry Brown said some protesters are "uneducated" residents who vote, and added that "unfortunately, they also breed."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana Labor commissioner resigns following federal investigation of Amazon death
Friday - 06/12/2020 - 11:30 AMThe governor's office announced today that Commissioner of Labor Rick Ruble will resign
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's what Indiana's Congressional members say about proposed police reform
Wednesday - 06/10/2020 - 09:28 AMHere's where Indiana's Congressional members stand on House Democrats' proposed police reform package.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It's moderate Democrat vs staunch conservative in critical 5th Congressional District race
Friday - 06/05/2020 - 05:00 AMRepublican Victoria Spartz will face Democrat Christina Hale in the November election. Who can win in Indiana's 5th Congressional District?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The pressure is on Dr. Woody Myers in gubernatorial race
Thursday - 06/04/2020 - 05:00 AMMake no mistake, the pressure in the gubernatorial race that officially kicks off today is on Dr. Woody Myers.
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- Protesters outside City-County Building respond to election of Jason Larrison
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 07:48 PMProtesters respond to the Democratic caucus election of Jason Larrison over Karla Lopez-Owens for the District 12 seat on City-County Council on July 13, 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Study: Indiana's tax structure hurts urban and suburban communities
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 06:00 AMAn Indiana nonprofit has released a fiscal study that shows urban and growing counties are struggling to pay for services under the state's tax system.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana senator asked to end campaign after 2016 comments on Black Lives Matter resurface
Friday - 07/03/2020 - 05:00 AMIndiana Sen. Aaron Freeman's 2016 comments about the Black Lives Matter movement are under scrutiny ahead of the November election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pete Buttigieg to teach about trust in politics and other fields at Notre Dame
Thursday - 06/25/2020 - 06:44 PMButtigieg follows Joe Donnelly and Paul Ryan as prominent politicians who've recently accepted the fellowships.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Race, gender and politics: A man pointed a gun at Dr. Myers, a woman refused to shake Sen. Melton's hand
Tuesday - 06/23/2020 - 07:45 AMAbout a dozen African American and women candidates spoke to IndyStar about the challenges they have faced in life and politics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Curtis Hill defends himself and 6 other takeaways from Indiana Republican convention
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 09:19 PMRepublican Gov. Eric Holcomb laid out his agenda during Thursday's Republican convention, while the candidates for attorney general made their pitches.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State Rep. Dan Forestal resigns after arrest; prosecutor seeks to revoke bond in prior case
Monday - 06/15/2020 - 03:40 PMForestal is accused of assaulting two Marion County Sheriff's deputies at Eskenazi Hospital.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana state revenues fall $233.3 million in May, drop $1.2B for the year
Monday - 06/08/2020 - 02:38 PMWhile the economy has begun to reopen, state revenues continued to declined amid the coronavirus pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 8 takeaways from Democratic pre convention, including Dr. Woody Myers' experience with racism
Friday - 06/05/2020 - 09:34 AMSome of Indiana's highest profile Democrats, including Pete Buttigieg, Joe Hogsett and Dr. Woody Myers, spoke Thursday night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Victoria Spartz claims Republican primary victory for 5th Congressional District
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 11:13 PMState Sen. Victoria Spartz claims victory in the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
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