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Gov. Mike Pence announced an expansive education plan Tuesday for his second year in office that will include seeking approval for vouchers for preschool-aged children, extending more state help for charter schools and paying for teachers to work in low-income school districts.

Gov. Mike Pence is selling the state plane and asking agencies to cut spending as Indiana deals with a surprise $141 million budget shortfall, he said Monday.

The inspiration for an education-themed documentary that West Lafayette schools will debut this week stemmed from a Dr. Seuss book.

A year ago this week, as Purdue University was winding out the fill-in presidency of Tim Sands and counting down the days until Mitch Daniels arrived on campus, Sands' return to the provost office came with plenty of the following.

As did former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, he has disclosed his wife is against a run for the presidency.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

Lawyers representing Indiana asked an appeals court Monday to refund much of the money the state has paid IBM for a failed welfare privatization effort, but the company countered it's actually entitled to even more.

Indiana Supreme Court Justice Loretta Rush returns to Richmond this month as guest speaker at the annual Whitewater Valley Pro Bono Commission luncheon Dec. 18 at the Olde Richmond Inn.

Challenges by Indiana and other states to major air pollution rules will hit two key courtrooms Tuesday.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky and wife Kelley Ashby attend the TIME 100 Gala celebrating the "100 Most Influential People in the World" at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2013 in New York.

Timothy Sands waves as he enters the room to be introduced as the new president of Virginia Tech University atg a news conference Friday Dec. 6 2013, in Blacksburg, Va.

House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, and Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, have said they will direct the Republican-controlled legislature to require the state to create its own set of reading and math standards separate from Common Core, the Times reported.

There's been a lot of chatter lately about the concept of having the governor appoint, rather than having the voters elect, Indiana's superintendent of public instruction.

I don't think anyone actually believed that bringing in a national mediator from the national association representing school boards would succeed in resolving the differences between State Supt.

Get those gloves, scarves and boots out this Thursday, December 5, 2013! Temperatures are set to fall all day, plus Indianapolis and points south and east may see 3 to 6 inches of snow and sleet from this evening into Friday evening, according to the National Weather Service! Watch Paul Poteet's video for more details on what sounds like the ... (more)

A national mediator called into help with the state's ongoing education battle says she sees progress between the two sides.

In this Thursday, June 21, 2012 file photo, former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels speaks after being named as the next president of Purdue University by the school's trustees in West Lafayette, Ind.

Republican-on-Republican infighting? Teacher unions linking arms with tea partyers? President Barack Obama working in tandem with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and energy giant Exxon? Traditionally Democratic-leaning groups don't like the standardized tests and are finding allies among small-government conservatives.

Sarah Taylor is a veteran public servant. She served eight years as Marion County Clerk in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

Cranston Mayor Allan Fung recently announced another addition to his gubernatorial campaign.