Hope on Haven Hill slated to open in fall, despite challenges

Kerry Norton and Colene Arnold have not had a good night's sleep since they founded Hope on Haven Hill. The planned residential facility for pregnant women battling substance abuse has come a long way since the two women went public with their idea in September 2015.

Dead whale that keeps floating to coast may have returned

Officials say a dead whale that keeps returning to the Southern California coast after being towed out to the ocean might have floated back to the coast again. Officials say a dead whale that keeps returning to the Southern California coast after being towed out to the ocean might have floated back to the coast again.

White supremacist is arrested after woman who was shot in the face…

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Pence taps loyalists, new guard for VP staff

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence tapped into his national network of operatives and loyalists to shepherd his bid for vice president, Donald Trump's campaign announced Saturday evening. Nick Ayers, a veteran Republican operative and former manager of Tim Pawlenty's 2012 White House bid, will serve as a senior adviser.

NY Times: Trump’s Grounded Plane Proves to Be Lucky Break for Pence in VP Race

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence won the No. 2 slot on Donald Trump's ticket over a frenzied three weeks that began in earnest on Tuesday after the presumptive Republican nominee's private plane was grounded in Indianapolis because of mechanical problems.

Potter, Randall counties see uptick in voter interest

More Potter and Randall county residents will likely register to vote in November's presidential election than in previous cycles, and county officials are stressing that now is the time for residents to make sure their registrations are up to date. As of July 15, 82,827 Randall County residents were registered to vote, a number that's already higher than the 78,657 total voters registered for the November 2012 general election.

We’d Never Be Able To Restrict Smoking If We Learned About Its Dangers Today

It's being reported that Donald Trump has picked Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate. BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski has unearthed some op-eds Pence wrote fifteen years ago, the most jaw-dropping of which is the one in which he says cigarette smoking is not lethal: Time for a quick reality check.

Pence: We will ‘cherish this Hoosier homecoming’

After being named Donald Trump's running mate, Gov. Mike Pence returned to Indiana on Saturday night with a simple message: "Hello, Indiana!" Mike Pence: Karen and I will 'cherish this Hoosier homecoming' After being named Donald Trump's running mate, Gov. Mike Pence returned to Indiana on Saturday night with a simple message: "Hello, Indiana!" Check out this story on jconline.com: http://indy.st/29ZWggK Mike Pence makes a photo with a few of the approximately 150 well-wishers at a homecoming rally at the Indianapolis Executive Airport for Pence, who is the running mate of presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump, Zionsville, Saturday, July 16, 2016.

Pence returns home after a pretty overwhelminga trip

Now officially part of Donald Trump's presidential ticket, Mike Pence returned home in a private jet Saturday to be greeted by a cheering crowd and the theme music from the movie "Air Force One" blaring over loudspeakers. The Republican Indiana governor told the crowd of a few hundred at a nearby hangar that the past few days have been "pretty overwhelming" while praising the presumed Republican presidential nominee who named him to the ticket.

The Latest: Trump campaign names staffers to help Pence

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has named six staffers to manage the efforts of newly named vice presidential candidate Mike Pence. The governor of Indiana was formally presented as Trump's running mate Saturday, a day after Trump announced the choice on Twitter.

Mike Pence has a place in history

Donald Trump announced Friday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is his choice to be his running mate, and the two appeared together on Saturday during a campaign event in New York City. This will be the first time a Hoosier will be on a major party ticket since the Republicans nominated Dan Quayle to run with George H.W. Bush in 1992.

This week at progressive state blogs: Pro-gun goofballs flee; Trump’s mouth v. RBG’s brain

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.

GOP candidates maneuver behind the scenes to replace Pence

Donald Trump's selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate has set off a flurry of behind-the-scenes maneuvering to replace Pence as governor, with two U.S. House members and the state's lieutenant governor jumping at the chance to become the Republican nominee in November's election. U.S. Reps.

Portman’s Ohio campaign a sharp contrast to Trump’s

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman and his re-election team have been beating the bushes and sifting through reams of data for more than a year. Republicans say Trump needs to take a page from Portman's playbook, and they worry that Trump's flyby approach to one of the most important states on the electoral map won't give him the edge he needs over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who already has a strong Ohio operation.

Trump introduces VP pick Pence as ‘solid’ and a unifier

Donald Trump on Saturday introduced his pick for vice president Mike Pence as a "solid" man and a unifying figure among Republicans in their first public appearance on a joint ticket for the White House. US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with vice presidential candidate Mike Pence on July 16, 2016, during a press conference in New York The New York billionaire, set to be crowned Republican presidential candidate in Cleveland next week, insisted the Indiana governor was his first choice despite media reports that he had considered changing his mind up to the last minute.

Trump presents ‘partner’ Pence, but no doubt who’s the star

Donald Trump presented running mate Mike Pence to the nation Saturday, hailing the Indiana governor as his "first choice" and "my partner in the campaign." But he left no doubt in a sometimes awkward event that Pence's role will surely be as sidekick to the at the top of the ticket.

Donald Trump claims Mike Pence’s primary endorsement of Ted Cruz…

Donald Trump said Saturday that his running mate's original endorsement of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during the GOP primaries was actually, in fact, more of an endorsement for him. "Gov. Pence, under tremendous pressure from establishment people, endorsed somebody else," Trump said, referencing the Indiana Republican primary.

In tight re-election bid, Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk steps away from GOP

Sen. Mark Kirk made his second appearance in Chicago's gay Pride Parade this year. He broke ranks to support Democrat-backed gun control measures and called his party's presumptive presidential nominee "too bigoted and racist" for the job.