Tag Archives: Secretary of State

Today’s broadcast is from our archives. General Colin Powell in 1992 (from National Archives) Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour with with two retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Generals, Dr. Clifford Stanley and Craig Q. Timberlake, to share their reflections on the life and impact of Secretary of State Colin Powell. Colin Powell was an American statesman, …

Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea spend the hour with with two retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Generals, Dr. Clifford Stanley and Craig Q. Timberlake, to share their reflections on the life and impact of Secretary of State Colin Powell. Colin Powell was an American statesman, diplomat, and four-star general who served as the 65th U.S. Secretary of State from …

Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, announced statewide voter turnout was 13%, for May seventh’s municipal primary elections. Monroe County had 10% voter turnout, or 5,390 voters. This year’s municipal primary saw a 48% increase in voter turnout from the last municipal primary, between Mark Kruzan and David Sabbagh, in 2007. In the Kruzan-Sabbagh primary race, nearly 3,000 voters cast …

Vice President Mike Pence was in Indianapolis over the weekend. The former Indiana Governor-turned Vice President spoke during a campaign fundraiser for Indiana Republicans. Pence also spoke on the campaign trail for Indiana Republican Senate nominee Mike Braun. Braun is running against incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly, this November. On Friday, the Vice President joined Indiana Republicans, including Governor Eric …

President Donald Trump will make a trip to Evansville, next week; Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) spoke on the floor of the US Senate today, on behalf of increasing Health and Human Services allocation on the Senate Appropriations Bill for 2019; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced the state will furnish $7.5 million to enhance election security, this Fall; Business owners on Bloomington’s …

Indiana will receive 7.1 million dollars from the federal government to help improve it’s elections security. The funding is part of a 380 million dollar, one-time grant being given out to local elections offices across the country. The grant, which is distributed through the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA), will be used to boost Cybersecurity efforts and replace aging …

State Republicans gathered in Evansville for their party convention, last Friday. Among the party platform items that were up for deliberation at the convention, was the question of the definition of marriage. Currently, the Indiana Republican Party includes a definition of marriage as the union between a man and a woman. Convention Delegates re-affirmed that definition, on Friday. The definition …

A federal judge is blocking a new program that would allow state officials to purge voter data from Indiana’s election rolls. The ruling, issued Friday by U.S. District Court Hon. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, temporarily bars the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program from going into effect. The Crosscheck Program is meant to prevent elections fraud and double voting- where voters …

Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence are expected to land in Indianapolis, this evening; Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly is breaking with the Democratic Party, and endorsing Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State; The race to oust Joe Donnelly from his Senate seat is growing increasingly vicious ahead of the May 8 primary; A forest fire broke out in Morgan-Monroe State …

Federal intelligence services believe Russian government employees probed state voter registration rolls for possible weaknesses, in 2016; Activists will protest two bills at the Indianapolis statehouse tomorrow; The Bloomington Rail Trail will be closed to the public until Friday for maintenance. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Michael Glab speaks with war correspondent Doug Wissing about his latest book on Afghanistan, on today’s Big Talk …