GOP frets about prospects for picking up Indiana Senate seat
In this Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., talks to guests at the Labor Day Awards Banquet at Idle Creek Banquet Center in Terre Haute, Ind.
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Family of fallen officer receives letter from Trumps
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaA letter from the President: Greg Pitts and Brooke Pitts, the brother and daughter, respectively, of the late Rob Pitts, stand for a photo with the letter that the family recently received from President Donald Trump on Tuesday at Greg's home in Sullivan. Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaA letter from the President: Greg Pitts and Brooke Pitts, the brother and daughter, respectively, of the late Rob Pitts, stand for a photo with the letter that the family recently received from President Donald Trump on Tuesday at Greg's home in Sullivan.
Young GOP voter weighs in on Trump and morality
Tribune-Star/Austen LeakeInvolved: Indiana State University student Isaac Deal was a candidate for the Indiana House of Representatives in the 2018 Primary Election. Tribune-Star/Austen LeakeInvolved: Indiana State University student Isaac Deal was a candidate for the Indiana House of Representatives in the 2018 Primary Election.
Indiana schools, communities take lead on school safety
After several school shootings across the U.S., Indiana communities and school officials say the issue of school safety is so important that they plan on taking matters into their own hands because state lawmakers may be slow to act. "We can't wait for the state or federal government," said Danny Tanoos, superintendent at Vigo County School Corporation in Terre Haute.
Primary Election: Five Democrats vie for state House 43rd nomination
Five Democrats are seeking the party's nomination for the House of Representatives District 43 seat, which is being vacated by 22-year incumbent Clyde Kersey, who has decided to retire. Those vying for the nomination are Mark Bird, former Vigo County Council member and director of the county weights and measures department; Sylvester Edwards, past president of the Greater Terre Haute branch of the NAACP; Norm Loudermilk, a division chief with the Terre Haute Fire Department fire prevention bureau and former Terre Haute city council member; Chad Overton, owner of ServPro and other businesses; and Tonya Pfaff, a Vigo County School Corp. math teacher for the past 24 years.
Primary Election: Three Democrats, including Weger, vying for Miller’s old position
Vicki Weger is trying to keep her Vigo County Council District 3 seat for the next four years, while political newcomers Michael Esau and David Hoopingarner are the Democrats challenging for the seat. "She was the only woman on the council," Weger said of Miller.
Election board in Donnelly’s home county challenges signatures for Braun
The election board in the home county of Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly wants an investigation into whether Republican candidate Mike Brain filed bogus signatures to get on the primary ballot. The South Bend Tribune reported the St. Joseph County Election Board, composed of two Democrats and one Republican, voted unanimously Thursday to ask the county prosecutor, Indiana State Police and the Indiana attorney general for the investigation after its review of signatures allegedly found discrepancies, including signers who were not registered voters.
College student latest candidate in 43rd House District
Isaac Deal, 20, an Indiana State University political science student, said Wednesday he plans to seek the office being vacated by longtime Rep. Clyde Kersey, D-Terre Haute. Deal, whose hometown is Greencastle, said he plans to formally announce his candidacy and file the necessary paper work to run as a Republican next week.
Terre Haute Veterans Day brings out tributes in many forms
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaOnce a Marine...: Donald Lowe, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, watches the Patriot Guard Riders drive by during the Veterans Day parade on Wabash Avenue on Saturday. Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaA reflection of our country: U.S. Army veteran Ben Stoelting waves with his wife, Martha Bennett-Stoelting, as a color guard marches by during the Veterans Day parade on Wabash Avenue on Saturday morning.
Rep Bucshon To Hold Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, August 23
Terre Haute, Ind (WIBQ) Indiana 8th District Republican Congressman Larry Bucshon will be hosting a town hall meeting tonight (Thursday 8/24/17) at West Vigo Elementary School. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the meeting that will run from 6 P.M. to 7:30.
Puerto Rico nationalist unexpectedly returns after term cut
Supporters hold up a sign during a press conference to welcome home Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera on the day he returned to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Rivera unexpectedly returned to the island on Thursday to serve the remainder of a sentence commuted by outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama, according to the San Juan mayor's office.
A look back at the Obama years
Tribune-Star file photo/Joseph C. Garza Hay bales and hoorays: Then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, speaks to the members of the audience during his appearance on Sept. 6, 2008, in the 4-H arena at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds.
Court unseals search warrant for Hillary Clinton’s emails
The FBI told a federal court it needed a search warrant to look at thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails on the laptop of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner because they had the potential to cause "grave damage to national security" if disclosed, according to court documents made public Tuesday. The wording was contained in a redacted search warrant and other court papers that were previously under seal in the investigation of an online relationship between Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and a teenage girl in North Carolina.
Trump’s lawyers intervene in lawsuit to free electors
Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump on Monday filed documents to become involved in a lawsuit by two Democratic electors trying to be freed of Colorado's requirement that they vote for the winner of the state's popular vote. A federal judge will hear arguments in the case Monday afternoon.
Could panel take politics out of redistricting?
For 200 years, the party in control of the Indiana General Assembly has drawn the district lines for the congressional and seats in the Indiana House and Senate. Over the years, whichever party was not in power complained that the district lines were drawn to favor the party in power.
Health secretary pitchers new U.S. insurance plan
Even while hailing an estimate that 1 million more people are getting insurance coverage through Obamacare, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell acknowledged that "substantial" reforms are still needed in the nation's health care system. But one idea she highlighted Wednesday is being attacked by Republicans, even some Democrats, and insurers who say it would lead to more government involvement in health care.
State of the Statehouse: Court’s deadlock on immigration leaves mayors frustrated
Jorge Elorza was headed to Indiana to meet with the country's mayors when he heard news of a U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked in an immigration case, dooming a plan to shield millions of people from deportation. For Elorza, mayor of Providence, R.I., the news from the court Thursday felt deeply disappointing.