Voting

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians braved snow and heavy rain on Sunday to vote in a parliamentary election that the center-left government is expected to win. But the outcome could worsen a longstanding dispute between this nation's top two...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making the labor bastion of Michigan a right-to-work state. The GOP...

Indiana voters could get to decide whether a gay marriage ban ends up in the state's constitution. It is expected to be a fight in the coming legislative session. One group believes the law could have economic implications. No matter what you believe....

SOUTH BEND – Some people living in St. Joseph County are upset. The County Council voted 7-0 Tuesday night in favor of Notre Dame's plan to move Douglas Road farther north between 933 and Juniper, but people who live nearby aren't happy. With...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Timing is everything when it comes to the battle over whether to amend Indiana's constitution to ban same-sex marriages. And key lawmakers are playing their cards close to the vest heading into the 2013 legislative session with a...

MISHAWAKA -- After nearly three hours and 10 rounds of voting, the St. Joseph County Republicans selected Kate Voelker to replace Marsha McClure as the 4th District representative on the Mishawaka Common Council. Party officials voting in the special...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Supporters and opponents of gay marriage are already squaring off in a battle over whether to amend Indiana's constitution that could stretch until voters decide the issue in November 2014. Gay marriage supporters released a...

DETROIT (AP) — Here are five of the top issues the Michigan Legislature likely will grapple with during the final dozen or so scheduled meeting days before the end of the year. EMERGENCY MANAGER LAW — Gov. Rick Snyder and fellow Republican...

How would you feel if you went to the polls to cast your vote but couldn't because your polling place ran out of ballots?   That’s what happened to some St. Joseph County voters.  The reason? The county election board admits it wasn’t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the nation's Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex scenes. One of the industry's biggest...

NILES -- How strange was Monday night's Niles City Council meeting? It featured a pledge of allegiance to a flag that wasn't there and council permission for Santa Claus to visit the Riverfront Park Amphitheater two days after the fact. First, the flag:...

St. Joseph County joins Elkhart County and a handful of others in Indiana which are considering allowing voters to choose from several locations to cast a ballot during the next election. Under the vote center model, voters would no longer be assigned...