Gun-rights advocates have contributed more than $585,000 to the campaigns of state and federal political candidates in Indiana since 1989, according to research by the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation.

Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will make his first public speech since leaving office when he appears Feb. 12 at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy in Durham, N.C.

Several Democratic leaders in Indiana are supporting John Zody as the party’s next state chairman.

Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, has used the Rules Committee liberally this year to kill off bad legislation.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, is scheduled to visit four schools in northeast Indiana on Friday.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, was the most conservative member of Indiana’s delegation in the last session of Congress in the eyes of Heritage Action for America.

House legislators and staff donned an array of colorful kicks Monday in support of the "Suits and Sneakers" challenge to promote awareness of the fight against cancer.

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie announced Thursday that former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will join the school as a distinguished scholar and professor of practice at the new School of Global and International Studies.

Freshman Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., has joined other senators in writing a letter to President Obama to urge his approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., didn’t waste any time making good on his pledge to push for reductions in federal spending and the $16.4 trillion national debt.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, announced Tuesday evening that he will be appointed to two subcommittees of the House Financial Services Committee.

Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., vowed Tuesday to press his colleagues to curtail federal spending and reduce the $16.4 trillion national debt.

Indiana University said Tuesday that it will have a “major announcement” Thursday involving Richard Lugar, IU President Michael McRobbie and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, director of IU's Center on Congress.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, said Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s decision in 1973 to legalize abortions was the court’s “worst decision” since it decided in 1857 that blacks could not become U.S. citizens.

A Political Notebook item on Monday described Jason Arp, who seeks election as chairman of the Allen County Republican Party, as a financial planner and a member of Allen County 9-12, a tea party group. Arp said later he is neither.

Steve Shine announced Monday he will seek another four-year term as chairman of the Allen County Republican Party.

The hazing has been limited against Rep. David Ober, R-Albion -- the youngest-serving lawmaker in the Indiana General Assembly right now.

Gov. Mike Pence's new Statehouse desk was mostly empty Monday -- except for some family photos and an intriguing old red rotary-dial telephone.