“Indiana” on The Daily Caller

In an interview with Fox News, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels tried put to rest rumors of a potential campaign as Mitt Romney’s running mate. (more)

Indiana’s new Republican candidate Richard Mourdock — who just defeated six-term Sen. Richard Lugar in the GOP primary — told The Daily Caller that he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder “should have been fired a long time ago” for Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta called Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar a “statesman” in “every sense of the word,” adding that it would be a “great legacy for him” if the U.S. could ratify the law of the seas treaty before he leaves Congress. (more)

Richard Lugar, who has been a fixture in Washington, DC since 1976, has been defeated by Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock for the Republican nomination for the US Senate. Mourdock will give gun owners a strong voice on Capitol Hill. (more)

Fresh off his primary victory over incumbent Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, I had a chance to chat with a very sleep-deprived Richard Mourdock Wednesday morning. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar was routed by the right flank of his own Republican Party on Tuesday, and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state’s gay marriage ban. It was a double-barreled show of conservative enthusiasm and strength six months before the nation chooses between Democratic President Barack Obama and GOP rival Mitt Romney. (more)

In a lawsuit against three Indiana government officials, a labor union alleged on Wednesday that its constitutional rights under the Thirteenth Amendment — which outlawed “slavery” and “involuntary servitude” — are violated whenever its members are forced to work alongside nonunion employees. (more)

Talk about a ball buster. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former reality TV star Rupert Boneham said he thinks he has a real shot at becoming Indiana’s next governor after being nominated as a third-party choice Saturday. (more)

CHELSEA, Indiana (AP) — Authorities in Indiana say at least three people have been killed by tornadoes raking the southern portion of the U.S. state. (more)

Next week, Indiana is set to become the second state to repeal its “death tax” in the last 12 months, following Ohio, which repealed its estate tax in July 2011. (more)

Dan Dumezich, a Scherville, Indiana lawyer–lobbyist who chairs the Hoosier State presidential campaign organization of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, also chairs the election board that will decide whether former Senator Rick Santorum will appear on the state’s May primary ballot. (more)

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)