The vote, 88-11, on Wednesday all but ensures former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats will be confirmed as the national intelligence director by the Senate.

Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats is the fifth person to hold the post created after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Senate intelligence committee voted 13-2 in favor of Republican former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to replace James Clapper, who retired at the end of the Obama administration.

Sen. Dan Coats says vote should wait until after the November election. Sen. Joe Donnelly says the Senate should vote before the election.

Indiana Republicans and Democrats are reaching across the aisle to urge United Technologies, the parent company of Carrier and UTEC, to not leave Indiana.

Former Indiana Republican Party chairman Eric Holcomb is dropping out of the race for the U.S. Senate.

The three Republican candidates for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat met here for their first debate Saturday.

Fourth District Republican Chairman Craig Dunn announced Monday that candidates Eric Holcomb, Marlin Stutsman and Todd Young have confirmed they'll participate in the Jan. 16 debate at a Kokomo restaurant.

Leaders from Indiana’s medical device industry and both of the state’s U.S. senators hailed Congress’ passage Friday of a more than $1 trillion spending bill. The measure temporarily halts a controversial medical device tax.

Republican Sen. Dan Coats says he’ll oppose short-term government funding measures until Congress addresses what he sees as a coming fiscal crisis. Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly says shutting down the government would threaten an improving economy.