Mike Pence News

I once heard then-U.S. Rep. and now-Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., say something that I quite liked: "I'm a Christian, an American, a conservative and a Republican - in that order."

Snemis is a partner in the Indianapolis law office of Ice Miller LLP, where he concentrates on business and environmental litigation.

In the struggle pitting Gov. Mike Pence and Republican Statehouse leaders against Democratic state schools chief Glenda Ritz, it would seem the two sides can't agree on anything.

Gov. Mike Pence's desire to eliminate Indiana's business personal property tax in order to make the state more attractive to new businesses raises the prospect of potential hikes in property taxes for homeowners, farmers and business owners, local officials are warning.

Just a few months ago, a planned $2.8 billion coal-gas plant in Rockport seemed all but dead.

Finally, House Speaker John Boehner has stood up against hard-right groups, many of them financial backers of the tea party, who seem less interested in taking in the Democrats than thwarting the speaker's agenda and purging Congress of Republicans members they consider too willing to compromise.

Dwayne Sawyer, the African-American Hendricks County resident who rose from being head of the Brownsburg Town Council to become Auditor of the State of Indiana resigned suddenly after being in office less than four months.

Rep. Suzanne Crouch, R-Evansville, left, meets with reporters Monday after being named state auditor by Gov. Mike Pence, at right.

Indiana Superintendent of Education Glenda Ritz holds a news conference regarding her differences with the State Board of Education and Gov. Mike Pence at the Statehouse on Nov. 13. Ritz abruptly called an end to a morning board meeting as tensions escalated.

Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, is backing legislation to require drug tests of some welfare receipients.

Under the glare of an FBI investigation into a southeast Indiana grant program, a state lawmaker has resigned from a committee that recommends how to dole out millions of dollars in public riverboat casino funds.

In front of thousands of people and on-stage, Joshua Clemons proposed to Kim Martin at the JT concert at the KFC Yum! Center.

A federal judge says the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records violates the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches.

Homicide detectives are on the scene of two people found dead in the 3100 block of North Gale Street.

Governor Mike Pence is ready to announce Indiana's new state auditor weeks after his previous pick's surprise announcement that he was stepping down after just four months on the job.

"The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism."

For the sake of Indiana students, it's important to distinguish the state's participation in the Common Core standards from the political tug-of-war between the Glenda Ritz-controlled Department of Education and the Mike Pence-controlled Center for Education and Career Innovation.

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Republican Gov. Mike Pence may find more problems pushing a broad second-year legislative agenda during the General Assembly's upcoming "short session" than he had during his first meeting with the Legislature earlier this year.

This artist's concept shows the 777-9X, the largest of the Boeing aerospace company's new family of 777X jetliners.