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House Democrats in this largely Republican state cannot recoup more than $233,000 in fines levied against them because of walkouts they staged in 2011 and 2012, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Indiana has never enjoyed a reputation for strong ethics rules. So it was promising when then-Gov. Mitch Daniels instituted guidelines that seemed to raise the bar.

Gov. Mike Pence announced Monday he will shuffle where state agencies focus most of their efforts as he begins putting his stamp on state government, halfway through his first year in office.

The owner of a Greene County diner who has served locals and celebrities is handing over her apron after 25 years.

When he was a high-ranking conservative Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Pence was a chief critic of Washington's out-of-control spending and growing debt.

Some may think I'm naive. But actually, it may be that I'm too cynical. I've always thought that a one-year wait is just not much of a disincentive for a public employee or a private firm that is willing to be unethical.

This article is an online companion to the ABA Banking Journal cover story for January 2012, "Washington Outlook 2012."

If U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett runs for mayor of Indianapolis in 2015, he'll borrow a traditional Republican strategy: Build a reputation as a crime-fighter and take it up the political ladder.

The Indiana State Ethics Commission cleared a pair of Pence administration officials Thursday to take new jobs at Purdue University and an Indianapolis law firm.

Editor's note: Andrea Neal, former editorial page editor of The Indianapolis Star and veteran Indianapolis teacher, was appointed to the state Board of Education by Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday.

Indiana's chief transportation official will once again call Mitch Daniels his boss.

Gov. Mike Pence plans to reorganize a mysterious government office years after the Call 6 Investigators exposed it was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars without clear results to show for it and without a full accounting of expenses.

Only seven Republicans voted with the governor, including Sen. Jim Banks, R-Columbia City.

The hands-on campaigner. The civil rights activist. The dapper dresser. The diligent giver.

Roger Ailes has won a $250,000 Bradley Foundation Prize for creating Fox News Channel, deemed by the group to be a thoroughly American institution.

An Elks Lodge in central Indiana that's been hit by declining membership is preparing to auction off its longtime Anderson home.

Michael Cline has been commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation since 2010, and in December the governor announced Cline was remaining in his position.

A new coal-gasification power plant in southern Indiana that's been hounded by cost overruns and ethical scandals has started commercial operation, Duke Energy said Monday.

The issues of college affordability and accessibility have been top of mind in Indiana this spring: Purdue University officials approved a two-year tuition freeze in May; Ivy Tech officials approved a gradual 15.7 percent in-state tuition raise last week.

Spring marks the traditional time that less-experienced teachers in financially-strapped school districts get the bad news - they're being laid off.