State switching to electronic business registration reminders

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier companies and nonprofit organizations will soon no longer receive a mailed paper reminder from the Indiana secretary of state to renew their state business registrations.

Stockbrokers lose licenses over unpaid child support

INDIANAPOLIS | Two stockbrokers with ties to Northwest Indiana are the first individuals to lose their state securities dealer licenses for failing to pay child support.

New app IDs elected officials

INDIANAPOLIS | Finding out who represents you locally, at the Statehouse or in Washington, D.C., is now just a few finger swipes away thanks to a new application for smart phones and tablet devices from Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson.

Ind. voter turnout was 58 percent, lower than 2008 levels

INDIANAPOLIS | Fifty-eight percent of registered Indiana voters cast a ballot in the Nov. 6 election, according to voter turnout data released Thursday by Secretary of State Connie Lawson.

Ind. stockbrokers owing child support could lose licenses

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier stockbrokers behind on their child support payments may soon find themselves prohibited from working.

Lawson will speak today at North Twp. senior luncheon

HIGHLAND | Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson will speak today at the North Township Senior Luncheon.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Don't think your vote counts? Think again!

A successful American government flows from an informed electorate. We are nearing the end of another historic campaign season. Historic not for any one single event, but historic because every vote we cast connects us to our past.

Election would go on if disaster hit Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS | The images of houses under water in New York and New Jersey because of Superstorm Sandy call to mind the thousands of Northwest Indiana homes flooded in 2008 following a major storm.

Secretary of State visits Jackson Elementary students

Jackson Elementary School fourth-graders listen to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson talk about government Thursday.

Secretary of State visits Jackson Elementary students

Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson speaks to fourth-graders Thursday at Jackson Elementary School.

Secretary of State visits Jackson Elementary students

Jackson Elementary School fourth-graders react to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson talk about government at the school in Jackson Township.

ANDREA NEAL: Why women don't run for political office

One day after Ann Romney’s Republican National Convention speech, the Associated Press devoted an entire article to her “tasteful, conservative and appropriate wardrobe.” Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered an issue-packed endorsement of Mitt Romney, and Wall Street Journal …

State finalizes sale of Schrenker's stunt plane for $264,000

INDIANAPOLIS | State officials have finalized the sale of former money manager Marcus Shrenker's stunt plane, with profits from the sale to be used as restitution to his ponzi scheme victims.

Justice Rucker files for retention

E-Trade to repay misled investors

INDIANAPOLIS | A major online stock brokerage has agreed to repay Hoosier investors misled about the safety of the auction-rate securities market.

Indiana primary election voter turnout just 22 percent

INDIANAPOLIS | Only 22 percent of Indiana's 4.4 million registered voters cast a ballot in the May 8 primary election, according to final election results released Friday by Secretary of State Connie Lawson.

Secretary of State urges wariness on business 'crowd funding'

INDIANAPOLIS | Investors should be skeptical of offers to participate in "crowd funding" new businesses until federal rules take effect in 2013 and must then watch out for scams, Indiana's investment regulator warned Wednesday.

BRIAN HOWEY: Brooks, Walorski take aim at GOP glass ceiling

Susan Brooks’ 5th Congressional District campaign conducted internal polling in mid-April and the news was disheartening. She trailed the front-runner, former U.S. Rep. David McIntosh, by 20 points. Twenty points?

Demands for Supreme Court female won't influence Daniels

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels will not deviate from his criteria of merit, qualifications, principles and temperament in selecting Indiana's next Supreme Court justice — even as pressure grows to appoint a woman to the state's high court.

Female lawmakers becoming few and far between at Statehouse

INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate is regaining its image, whether it wants to or not, as an old boys club, since women now make up less than 20 percent of its membership.