Jessica Wray - TheStateHouseFile.com

IndyCar fans and visitors to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are seeing big changes at the Speedway as well as the month of May.

Ivy Tech received a $69,634 grant in 2013 for a new online literacy program, Information Literary Tutorial - or Ivy TILT.

In a conversation Friday with NBC's Chuck Todd of "The Daily Rundown," Todd asked if there was a chance voters could see Pence on the ballot for the 2016 presidential race - and Pence didn't rule it out.

The state would move away from controversial Common Core education standards and replace them with curriculum guides written by Indiana officials under a bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday.

Former Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard argued Tuesday about the importance of keeping campaign money and strategies out of judicial elections.

U.S. Sens. Dan Coats, a Republican, and Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, voted for the deal. So did U.S. Reps. Pete Visclosky, D-1st District; District; Susan Brooks, R-5th District; Andre Carson, D-7th District; and Todd Young, R-9th District. But U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski, R-2nd District; Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd District; Todd Rokita, R-4th; Luke Messer, R-6th District; and Larry Bucshon, R-8th District, voted no.

Democratic leaders are mocking a comment made by U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd District, and saying it's evidence that Republicans are without direction in a battle over the budget and health care that has led to a partial government shutdown.