Mitch Daniels News

Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City will be featured as one of the 10 rising stars at this weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Better to sell our soul to the NRA than to people like former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others against guns.

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Columbia City, will address the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday afternoon in Maryland as one of the rising stars selected as part of this year's Top 10 Conservatives Under 40. "While it's exciting to be recognized for individual accomplishment, I view this more as a stamp of approval for the great work being ... (more)

The time is premature to call this a trend, but more units of local government in -- of all places -- Delaware County appear headed to a study committee to develop a proposal for consolidation.

Dr. Diane Ravitch is a respected educator, teacher and professor at New York University.

Wealthy businessman and former Indiana State Republican Chairman James Kittle has been identified as the businessman who offered House Speaker Brian Bosma unlimited campaign cash earlier this session if he would kill HJR-3, the proposed marriage discrimination amendment according to the AP's Tom Lobianco.

Indiana has little to brag about when it comes to the percentage of adults with college degrees.

After falling out of favor with Gov. Mike Pence, the national Common Core educational standards that had been adopted during the tenure of former Gov. Mitch Daniels have now been rejected by the State Legislature All the officials representing Carmel voted in favor of not using Common Core standards.

The university system's Board of Regents is looking for a president to replace Neal Smatresk, who left in January.

Mitch Daniels, the former Indiana governor and current Purdue University president, got himself in hot water back in October for giving a speech to a Minnesota think tank.

A seasoned health care executive and former high ranking state official, Smith will be responsible for growing the firm and expanding its footprint in different markets.

Senate Bill 91 requires the State Board of Education to write new educational standards using a process already underway.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels blasts President Obama's policies as ''trickle-down government'' in the Republican response to the State of the Union Address.

Indiana's 2-year-old statewide energy efficiency program that helps homeowners and businesses cut their energy use would come to end under a bill approved Wednesday by the Indiana House despite a lawmaker's warning that killing the program would eventually push electricity rates higher.

February 2011: Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announce allocation of $22 million for Big Four project Feb. 7, 2013: Louisville side of Big Four Bridge opens April 2013: Jeffersonville fails to meet first opening date June 2013: $1.1 million bid with Hummel Electric Inc. for handrail with ambient lights for ... (more)

Duke Energy's new $3.5 billion coal-gasification plant in Edwardsport, shown on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, started commercial operation on June 7. The 32-story gasification tower is at left.

Trying to convince voters they can help fix Illinois' deep fiscal woes, most of the Republican candidates for governor look one state to the east and cite as a role model the man George W. Bush nicknamed "The Blade" - former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.

Purdue University trustees tentatively approved Thursday a plan to add a professor to the board's academic affairs committee.

A draft of new Indiana academic standards is now available on the Indiana Department of Education's website for public review.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced the gift, which will support students from Indiana, at Saturday's President's Council Annual Appreciation Dinner in Naples, Fla.