by Mike Pence As the federal government shutdown enters its second week, Hoosiers should know that Indiana will be able to mitigate the impact and continue to meet our obligations to those who support our National Guard and to our most vulnerable citizens. At midnight on Tuesday, October 1, federal funding for many critical programs […]

It is customary at the end of the legislative session to do a postmortem  and talk about how lawmakers did, or in some cases, didn’t do.  So as I join the list of political prognosticators, allow me to offer my opinion.  In this case, everyone won big, ironically by losing a little.  Let’s walk down […]

In response to pressure by the Governor’s office to push a 10-percent income tax cut, House Speaker Brian Bosma penned a letter last month to all 92 Republican County Chairmen in Indiana explaining his hesitancy to adopt the measure.   A copy of the letter is below. Bosma letter to county chairman from Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

I think it’s interesting the political class in the great Hoosier state is all abuzz over the “budget battle” between Governor Mike Pence and Indiana House Republicans over the fact that the House Rs did not include Pence’s 10-percent income tax in their initial budget. Of course it’s news when the Governor and House Republican […]

I never thought I would live to see the day that I would have to reference an Ice Cube film in order to make my point that folks need to chill out when it comes to criticism that Governor Mike Pence isn’t moving fast enough. For those of you over 40 and melanin-challenged, Ice Cube […]

  You can hear reaction from Indiana Lawmakers here.

On Tuesday, Mike Pence will formerly take his budget plan to Indiana lawmakers, who can be described as skeptic at best about his proposed 10-percent reduction in income taxes.  Below is Pence’s white paper released during the campaign on how the state can afford to cut taxes while meeting its other priorities.   Pence 10 […]

Unless Indiana Governor-elect Mike Pence has a change of heart, expect him to include his proposed 10-percent income tax cut in the first budget he submits to the General Assembly. The tax cut was one of the cornerstones of Pence’s campaign promises.  However some Indiana lawmakers have expressed concerns that such a tax cut might […]

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is using a quote from Mike Pence to attack comments by Richard Mourdock who is running against Joe Donnelly who is on the same ticket as John Gregg who is attacking Mike Pence accusing him of being too close to Richard Mourdock who is running against Joe Donnelly. Did you […]

In attempt to argue that they are “closing the gap” the John Gregg campaign has released an internal poll showing them down only by six points against Republican Mike Pence.  The poll of 701 likely voters has Pence leading Gregg 44 to 38.  Libertarian Rupert Boneham is at 6, 12% are undecided.  It has a […]