Biden, Pence rally Indiana voters in fierce Senate race Source: AP

Former Vice President Joe Biden brought his blue-collar appeal to a Democratic stronghold of Indiana on Friday, heaping praise on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly as the kind of guy who keeps his word, puts country over party - and would have his back in a street fight. Biden told a crowd in the heavily industrial northwest corner of Indiana that "Joe is as good a man as I know," adding that if they'd grown up in the same neighborhood they would've been friends.

Indiana senators split on moving Kavanaugh’s confirmation forward

A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that's seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump's effort to tip the court rightward for decades.

Letterman backs Indiana Democrat running against Pence’s older brother

Comedian David Letterman has endorsed an Indiana Democratic congressional candidate who's running against Vice President Mike Pence's older brother for an open U.S. House seat. Letterman delivered a 10-minute speech in support of Jeannine Lee Lake during a private fundraiser on Thursday at Lake's Muncie home.

Wrongly reasoned

Dr. Robert Stone, a Blooming-ton physic-ian, wrote this on behalf of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, Faith in Indiana, Indiana Black Legislative Conference, Indiana State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Northern Indiana Community Coalition for Health Care, ... (more)

Shop online? You may be paying sales taxes after Oct. 1

The Indiana Department of Revenue announced Friday that it will begin enforcing a year-old law to collect taxes on out-of-state sales effective Oct. 1, pending a final ruling in its favor in a lawsuit. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 1992 ruling that effectively barred states from collecting sales taxes through businesses that did not have a physical location in the state.

Tariffs put political squeeze on Greg Pence as Cummins strongly opposes them Source: Cox Media Group

The top executive of engine maker Cummins has one description for the tariffs the United States has imposed on steel, aluminum and other imports. "Let's be clear: a tariff is a tax, plain and simple," CEO Tom Linebarger wrote in an opinion piece published in The New York Times Wednesday.

Defiant Indiana attorney general won’t step down

An Indiana lawmaker at the center of groping allegations against Attorney General Curtis Hill came forward Friday to accuse him publicly of groping her twice during a party earlier this year, increasing pressure on the embattled Republican to resign. Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon published her own account of the March 15 incident, which occurred at an Indianapolis bar, in The Times newspaper.

Senators praise return of soldiersa remains from Korea

Indiana's two senators are praising President Donald Trump efforts to recover the remains of American soldiers killed in the Korean War. Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly and Republican Sen. Todd Young issued a joint letter Tuesday that welcomes the effort.