State and local road funding, harsher penalties for drug dealers, and holding schools harmless for a drop in ISTEP scores - those are some of the initiatives Gov. Mike Pence says will be part of his legislative agenda for the upcoming session.

Citing significant growth in Fishers, Noblesville and northeast Indianapolis, Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday that the state would build a new interchange at I-465 and I-69, beginning in 2020.

Indiana's Democratic Party Chairman John Zody submitted a formal inquiry to Gov. Mike Pence Monday with questions about an administration staffer's ties to a recent mayoral race in Jasper.

Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann has emerged as a candidate to lead Ivy Tech, and Gov. Mike Pence is encouraging her to seek the position. But, what are the potential effects of such a shift less than a year before the gubernatorial election?

Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann says she's been approached about becoming president of an Indiana community college, and Gov. Mike Pence's spokesman says Pence has encouraged her to seek the job.

Gov. Mike Pence says 323 companies, up from 285 in 2014, pledged to create new jobs over the next few years.

The state is partnering with Community Health Network to develop a neuro-diagnostic institute, which will have 159 beds and the capacity to treat 1,500 patients per year.

The General Assembly allocated $84 million - taken from the Tax Amnesty program - to award $42 million each to two regions in the Regional Cities Initiative. But the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Gov. Mike Pence instead chose three winners, declaring their intent to ask the legislature for more money from tax amnesty to pay the full $42 million to all three regions.

Gov. Mike Pence announced Tuesday that three Indiana regions - North Central, Northeast and Southwest - were chosen from a group of seven to receive funding from the Regional Cities Initiative.

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths will gather with Syrian refugee families Friday night to send the message that they're welcome in the Hoosier State.