Vi Simpson

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly asked veteran Capitol Hill staffer John Zody this week to run the Indiana Democratic Party, but his appointment hinges on approval of the party's state central committee. A Democratic official close to...

Republicans strengthened their control of the Indiana General Assembly in the November election. A closer look shows the Indiana House seeing many new members taking seats this session, while the Indiana Senate becomes more male-dominated. A breakdown:...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – Some candidates were in St. Joseph County on Monday, making that last-minute push for those undecided voters. Many were just encouraging people to get out and vote. WSBT spent some time with the candidates to check out their...

The candidates who have been working for Hoosiers' support this year made their closing arguments Monday and urged people to get out the vote in Tuesday's election. Local Republicans started the morning by packing into Stevie's Unique Treats, a cafe in...

Several candidates have last-minute campaign events in our area planned today. Jackie Walorski is running for Indiana's 2nd District Congressional Seat. Mike Pence is running for Governor. They have a joint rally planned at Stevie's Unique Treats on Main...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg said Monday that if elected in November he would push to restore money cut from Indiana's Department of Child Services budget in recent years and use it to promote more adoptions...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels defended divisive right-to-work legislation that he only recently put his name behind, while asking House Democrats to end their boycott of the measure. Daniels spent a large amount of his final "State of...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators on Tuesday removed a requirement that doctors prescribe a higher-than-usual dosage of the so-called abortion pill from a proposal aimed at tightening laws on how doctors administer the drug. The state...

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...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The top Democrat in the Indiana Senate says she won't run for governor in 2012. Sen. Vi Simpson of Bloomington says she gave it serious thought but won't be running for governor. Simpson says she hopes to remain a progressive...

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 (AP) — Indiana's Republican leadership is pushing ahead with a proposal that would be the nation's broadest use of school vouchers, allowing even middle-class families to use taxpayer money to send their kids to private schools....