Mike Pence News

Gov. Mike Pence said an executive order placing a formerly independent state agency that promotes volunteerism under the authority of the agency that administers unemployment benefits isn't a precursor to requiring out-of-work Indiana residents to volunteer to receive benefits.

Opponents of a proposed reservoir along the White River are planning to use this weekend's Earth Day festivals to rally public opposition against the project.

Chicago environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the proposed $1.3 billion Illiana Tollway linking northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana, claiming the Illinois Department of Transportation doesn't have authority to develop it.

The Richmond High School Red Devil Marching Band and Devilettes will perform Thursday at the grand reopening ceremony of the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Oklahoma's oil patch is booming, its capital city is thriving and the unemployment rate is falling through the floor, testifying to the state's roaring recovery from the recession.

Oklahoma's oil patch is booming, its capital city is thriving and the unemployment rate is falling through the floor, testifying to the state's roaring recovery from the recession.

Lucas LaRosa and Abby Whalen are among four Roncalli High School students who will be at the Vatican for the canonization of two popes.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster aid for 19 Indiana counties hit by a January storm that brought paralyzing snow and frigid readings.

Gov. Mike Pence is heading south to rally Alabama's Republicans. The Alabama Republican Party announced Tuesday that Pence will keynote its convention June 20. The governor is heading north next Pence's trips come as religious conservatives and Washington pundits are increasingly mentioning him as a viable contender for the White House in 2016.

The panel, co-chaired by Governor Mike Pence and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Rita, wrote new standards for English and Math that they believe will better assess a student's progress.

Did it strike you, too, as interesting, if not semi-curious, that Gov. Mike Pence spoke last week at the notable Hotel Adlon by Berlin's Brandenburg Gate? He ripped Russian aggression and fairly demanded the White House bring back the mothballed missile-defense shield for Eastern Europe.

Gov. Bobby Jindal is one of several presidential hopefuls that has come out against the Common Core academic standards recently, according to a New York Times article.

Local Republican Party leaders believe that all work and no play would make a political convention a dull place and reflect poorly on Fort Wayne.

A mother who police say overdosed on heroin with her boyfriend at a McDonald's play area near Cincinnati has pleaded guilty to child endangerment.

Gov. Pat McCrory's connections to Duke Energy are under scrutiny amid the probe of the coal ash spill in North Carolina.

As you know from my coverage of Common Core, the Big Government and Big Business alliance that have colluded on this boondoggle have been partners on expanding the federal role in education for a long, long time.

They will be joined by national expert Terrence Moore of Hillsdale College, who the state contracted for an early analysis of the standards.

Lila Rose, a self-styled investigative journalist for the anti-abortion cause, will headline Right to Life of Southwest Indiana's annual banquet in Evansville Thursday.

The GOP continues its search for a Republican presidential contender who can appeal to all segments of the party, slice and dice Democrats' domestic and foreign policy failures, and bring a record of executive prowess and foreign policy toughness to the White House.

School teachers all over the nation are quitting their profession, often due to being forced to abandon what they considered an excellent education system and change to one they consider inferior.