Gov. Eric Holcomb's fundraising comes as no active Democratic challengers have yet emerged for the 2020 campaign for governor.

A study co-authored by a Ball State University researcher has created an index to analyze how likely it is corporations that make political donations receive federal contracts.

The ordinance limits companies and any employee owning more than 7.5 percent of the business to a total of $2,000 in donations a year or $8,000 per four-year election cycle.

A proposed ordinance would ban companies from bidding on public contracts if they donate more than $2,000 in a calendar year to an elected city official's campaign.

Betsy DeVos -- President-elect Donald Trump's choice for education secretary -- is chairman of the American Federation for Children. The organization's affiliated PAC has contributed nearly $1.3 million to advocate for school choice issues in Indiana.

Supporters of Democrat John Gregg contributed $1.8 million to his campaign for governor, compared to $1.5 million raised by the Pence campaign in the first quarter of 2016. Without a last-minute donation from the Republican Governors Association, Gregg would have out-raised Pence by a nearly two-to-one margin.

Some Indiana politicians get around specifying about how they spend their campaign funds by listing only payments to credit card companies.

As the only candidate competing for Mayor of Indianapolis, former U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett could set a new fundraising record for the position.