John Broden

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY -- They're calling it a cycle of corruption. The St. Joseph County Republican Party says enough is enough...local Democrats are in hot water. They held a news conference Thursday encouraging the Democrats to "clean house" in light of...

SOUTH BEND -- Citing two ongoing criminal cases involving members of the local Democratic Party and ongoing issues in the mayor's office, the county GOP on Friday called for an end to what it termed a "culture of corruption" in local Democratic politics....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A high school tennis player who was crippled in last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair testified Thursday as legislators considered whether to double the amount the state is paying for victims. The...

SOUTH BEND -- County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak said Thursday that the investigation into the presence of fake signatures on ballot petitions in St. Joseph County remains ongoing but that he expects a charging decision soon. Dvorak said he and a deputy...

INDIANAPOLIS – State democrats want an investigation after $300 million that was intended for the general fund was instead sat somewhere else unnoticed for years. "I don't know a better way to start than to say Christmas came early," said...

SOUTH BEND – Even before the current petition scandal, longtime Democratic Party Chairman Owen "Butch" Morgan's grip on the levers of power in county politics already had begun to slip. In May of 2010, John Botich, his choice to replace outgoing...

A day after St. Joseph County's Democratic Party chairman resigned, he's still not talking to reporters. But what’s next for the county’s Democratic Party is becoming clearer.  This, as prosecutors are investigating whether dozens of...

On Friday night the St. Joseph County Democratic Party selected state senator John Broden to replace Butch Morgan. You might remember Morgan resigned earlier this month amid an investigation of possible election fraud in the 2008 Indiana Primary....

SOUTH BEND - For the first time in two decades, north-central Indiana’s congressional district has a new Democratic leader. Mike Schmuhl, who managed winning campaigns this year for Pete Buttigieg in the South Bend mayor’s race and last...

St. Joseph County leaders are mulling over how to react to a new Indiana law that will bar local governments from enforcing their own gun restrictions. The new law, which takes effect July 1, means people could begin carrying firearms into public...

INDIANAPOLIS — A movement to add a ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions to the state constitution won another victory Tuesday. The Indiana Senate voted 40-10 in favor of a measure that would allow Hoosiers to vote on an amendment to prohibit...

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana Senate panel approved a measure Wednesday that could lead to a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and anything "substantially similar" to it. The Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 to send House Joint Resolution 6 to the...