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President Donald Trump will make a trip to Evansville, next week. The President is holding a rally next Thursday, to stump for Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence held a rally for Braun in May, in Elkhart. Braun beat out two Indiana Congressmen for the Republican party’s Senate nomination, in a campaign that garnered national …

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly will meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, tomorrow. In a statement issued this afternoon, the first-term incumbent Democrat announced he will meet with SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at noon. Kavanaugh is the second Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Trump; Neil Gorsuch was approved earlier this year. Donnelly was one of three Democratic Senators …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill bought online advertisements amidst accusations of sexual harassment and groping. In a since-deleted tweet on July 9th from his personal twitter account, Hill said “Apparently the standard is guilty and who cares if you’re innocent.” The tweet also included a graphic saying “We are living in a time where accusations alone have the power of …

President Donald Trump is expected to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court today. The president’s decision comes after Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement two weeks ago, that he will resign at the end of July. Kennedy was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was the third candidate put forward for approval by then-president Ronald Reagan. Since 2006, Supreme …

Indiana Republicans approved a plank, during their party convention last weekend in Evansville, which aims to make abortion a constitutional issue. A “Plank” is the term often given to the components of a political platform – the opinions and viewpoints about individual topics, as held by a party. The Republican party convention delegates approved a plank, which reads “We believe …

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 …

Indiana spent more on political advertising this primary election than any other state in the nation. According to an analysis by the Wesleyan Media Project, Indiana candidates have spent $8.8 million on ads this primary season. That’s $2 million more than the second place spender, Ohio. Indiana also aired more political advertisements than any other state participating in the elections, …

An armed gunman was reported on IU’s campus yesterday afternoon; State Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) toured logging areas of Yellowwood State Forest last week, to evaluate the logging of the back country wilderness; A surveying and land-use contractor hired by the city of Bloomington to evaluate what to do with the IU Health downtown hospital has released its recommendations; Wain Martin, a …

Republicans in the Indiana House of Representatives have turned a bill about medical cannabidiol oil, into a bill deregulating firearm ownership. After the adoption of a similar bill in the Indiana Senate, Rep. William Friend (R-Macy) and other House Republicans changed the bill to do away with restrictions on firearm permitting. Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) sits on both bills conference …