Mitch Daniels News

A perfect storm of shrinking enrollment, low tax collections and strangling tax caps are taking a heavy toll on the Gary Community School Corp. Data from the Indiana Department of Government Finance shows the Gary school district lost more money to the caps than any district in the state: $13 million last year.

This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools.

The Indiana House amended a bill targeting the state's energy-efficiency program Tuesday with a provision that would effectively end the program by the end of this year.

When Janet McCabe was Indiana's top air regulator, she faced a balancing act: trying to clean the air in a state where the economy has relied heavily on coal as a plentiful but dirty source of electricity.

John Ketzenberger is president of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, a private organization that conducts research on issues from property tax reform to state spending.

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)