Indiana Politics News

OBAMA CALLS FOR COMMON GROUND ON ABORTION: President Barack Obama received standing ovations Sunday at the University of Notre Dame  - before, during and after his commencement speech - as he honored the university,  its 2009 graduates and Father Ted Hesburgh, a man who paved the way for the possibility of an African-American to [...]

President Barack Obama completed one of his stormiest chapters in Indiana politics when he appeared among abortion protesters at the Notre Dame commence Sunday and called for a search for common ground on the issue. The president was heckled early in his speech and more than 30 people were arrested leading up and during the [...]

By BRIAN A. HOWEY
INDIANAPOLIS - A war of words has broken out between the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Senate Republican leadership over the Unemployment Insurance legislation signed into law this week by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Members of the Indiana Chamber board of directors, conducting their semiannual meeting in Michigan City, reiterated their continued disbelief, outrage [...]

By BRIAN A. HOWEY
INDIANAPOLIS - One year ago, Indiana was Ground Zero for change in America. Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama crisscrossed the state, packing high school basketball gyms and drawing huge crowds at outdoor rallies.
Simultaneously, Gov. Mitch Daniels had embarked on re-election. The mantra of Daniels and Obama - [...]