“Indiana” on The Daily Caller

When Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar visits the Hoosier State, he often does it on the taxpayers’ dime. (more)

Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar’s family owns a large farm the Hoosier State, spokesman David Willkie told The Daily Caller. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana became the Rust Belt’s first right-to-work state Wednesday in a move that is sure to embolden advocates seeking to curtail union rights across the country. But whether other states can replicate the conservatives’ success in Indiana is less certain. (more)

Vice President Joe Biden praised electric car battery manufacturer Ener1 — the highest Indiana recipient of federal stimulus money for the development of green automobile technology — for the expansion of its workforce on January 26, 2011. Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, exactly one year later. (more)

Indiana-based electric car battery manufacturer Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday. The battery maker received over a quarter of the federal stimulus money granted to projects in the state of Indiana under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act fo 2009, a state which was the second highest recipient of federal stimulus money. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The next chapter in the Peyton Manning saga could take a decidedly defensive turn. (more)

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a man in Indiana accused of stealing a car threatened to hunt down and eat his arresting officers, their families and police dogs. (more)

Amazon.com will begin to collect Indiana’s 7 percent sales tax from customers in 2014, which could bring an estimated $20 million in revenue to the state’s economy. (more)

When Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin fled their state in February 2011 to hamstring Republicans working to limit the collective-bargaining rights of public-sector unions, their colleagues in Indiana were clearly paying attention. Beginning Wednesday, Hoosier State Democrats have been skipping out of work to prevent Republicans from passing a “right to work” law. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana tea party groups have overwhelmingly endorsed the Republican state treasurer’s bid to unseat six-term U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in next year’s Senate race. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A stage collapsed during a powerful storm at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, sending steel scaffolding into the terrified crowd and killing at least four people awaiting a performance by the country band Sugarland. (more)

Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle is under pressure to resign, just a day after a series of emails was released to The Indianapolis Star suggesting the politician had arranged a sexual rendezvous with an 18-year-old man via Craigslist. (more)

Starting this fall, the Indiana Department of Education will no longer require Indiana’s public schools to teach cursive writing. (more)

The White House on Thursday urged Indiana to back off a new law that would withhold taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood, setting up a clash with the state after formally declaring its policy illegal. (more)

Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. (more)

Mitch Daniels did not announce his candidacy for president Thursday night. (more)

U.S. Rep. Mike Pence is running for the Republican nomination for governor. (more)

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said today he will sign a controversial bill that cuts off government funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. Indiana will become the first state to take such an action. (more)

When legislation to defund Planned Parenthood hit the desk of Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels late Wednesday night, headlines excitedly proclaimed ‘the truce is over,’ referring to Daniels’ remark last year that the next president would need to call a ‘truce on social issues.’ But social conservatives, many of whom were infuriated by Daniels’ comment, are divided on whether signing the bill would absolve Daniels, who is considering a run for president in 2012. While signing the bill could put Daniels on the road to redemption, many leaders in the social conservative community say it will not get him all the way there. (more)

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels spoke to Indianapolis Star reporters yesterday and gave strong indications that he might step into the race, while simultaneously noting his concerns. (more)