Bill Smith has worked for Mike Pence for 14 years, including roles as the chief of staff for then-Congressman Pence and senior advisor during Pence's 2012 gubernatorial campaign.

National party conventions have received taxpayer funds for years, but new legislation will end that - just as parties and the media are re-thinking the relevance of those quadrennial extravaganzas.

The scorecard measures how often individual members of the Indiana House and Senate voted in support of positions backed by the IMA on select bills.

Gov. Mike Pence wants President Barack Obama to repeal the medical device tax that is part of the new health care law. Pence says that tax is hurting the economy and eliminating it will allow companies - specifically those in Life Sciences - to grow and expand.

In New Hampshire, where the Affordable Care Act remains unpopular, the state has exceeded expectations for insurance enrollments. Credit goes, in part, to a grassroots campaign to sign people up.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is in Washington D.C. He is scheduled to testify, Thursday, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on federal funding for projects such as bike lanes, trails and greenways.

The United States is issuing sanctions against Russia due to its ongoing crisis with the Ukraine. One U.S Congressperson from Indiana says America needs to get tough in order to help bring a resolution.

Republicans say that to get the measure passed new IRS rules that make it harder for tax-exempt groups to veer into politics must be withdrawn.

As the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference gets underway, one of the major questions hanging over the event is this: how much clout does the Tea Party still have?

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard delivered his seventh State of the City address Thursday night at the University of Indianapolis. He laid out an agenda that called for the city to be more aggressive in expanding early childhood education opportunities, improving public safety, and making Indianapolis more attractive for young people to live.