Jonathan Weinzapfel will serve as interim president and chief executive officer of the group that helps coordinate activities and programs among the 44 local United Way organizations across the state.

The Democratic candidate for Indiana attorney general is calling on the state to legalize marijuana, saying that doing so would reduce the state's prison and jail populations and generate millions of dollars for public education.

The 2020 election might represent the best chance Indiana Democrats have had in two decades to win the race for attorney general. And if they do, one of the biggest factors will be a person whos not even a part of the general election campaign incumbent Attorney General Curtis Hill.

Indiana Democrats are targeting the state attorney general's race as their best chance to break the stranglehold Republicans have over state government.

Indiana's attorney general candidates are divided over how the Republican governor has used the states emergency powers law to impose a mask mandate and other coronavirus-related executive orders that have stirred discord among conservative voters.

Indiana expanded vote-by-mail to all voters who wanted it for the 2020 primary. Republicans have blocked all efforts to do so for the general election.

Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel announced the endorsement Thursday from schools Superintendent Jennifer McCormick.

The field for Indiana attorney general is set, as Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel faces off against Republican Todd Rokita. But current Attorney General Curtis Hill may still have an impact on the campaign, even after losing the race for the GOP nomination.

Former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel won by just 48 votes out of more than 2,000 cast by state party convention delegates.

Longtime state Sen. Karen Tallian and former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel are vying for the nomination, a selection made by state delegates rather than primary election voters.