WILLIAM NANGLE: Let math, not politics, rule on tax debate

The fray over how to fund government in Lake County has taken a definite political plunge.

Two new Republicans seated on Lake elections board

CROWN POINT | The Lake County elections board will greet two new Republican members Tuesday when it convenes to set up polling places for this spring's school referendum in Munster.

Republican VP nominee Ryan to attend fundraiser in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will visit Indianapolis on Sept. 17 for a fundraiser co-hosted by former state Rep. Dan Dumezich, R-Schererville.

MARK KIESLING: Region comes up short again in state race

Four political figures from Northwest Indiana were on the short list for lieutenant governor on both the Democratic and Republican tickets.

Romney hits up Indiana donors, ignores voters on eve of primary

INDIANAPOLIS | Mitt Romney swooped into Indiana for a private fundraiser Monday night but left the state without holding a single public event, just hours before the polls opened for Republicans to select their presidential candidate.

Former state Rep. Dumezich hospitalized

SCHERERVILLE | Former state representative Daniel Dumezich has been hospitalized for an undisclosed ailment.

Republicans in 10 states vote on Super Tuesday

INDIANAPOLIS | Voters in 10 states will go to the polls Tuesday for what may be the beginning of the end of the Republican presidential nominating contest.

Election panel keeps Santorum on ballot, rejects 'birther' challenge to Obama

INDIANAPOLIS | A last-minute recount of ballot petition signatures has won Republican Rick Santorum a spot on Indiana's presidential primary election ballot.

Republican Jim Wallace kicked off ballot for governor

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Rep. Mike Pence will be the Republican nominee for Indiana governor after the Indiana Election Commission ruled Friday that Jim Wallace did not submit enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.

Ind. Election Commission to decide fate of 13 candidates Friday

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Election Commission will hear challenges Friday to 13 federal and state candidates seeking a spot on the state's ballot.

MARK KIESLING: Let Santorum onto Indiana ballot

Do the right thing. That was not only the name of a pretty decent Spike Lee film but also what I am urging Dan Dumezich to do.

S'ville man can cast big vote in Hoosier GOP primary race

SCHERERVILLE | A prominent local Republican who believes only Mitt Romney can return America to prosperity said Monday he will rule fairly about whether to eliminate one of Romney's conservative rivals from Indiana's May 8 GOP primary.

Money buys Dean White a spot on clout list

News this week of campaign donations and campaign spending brings us back to a familiar axiom in politics: Money is power.

MARK KIESLING: Lake commissioner races finally gets exciting

For years, the race for a seat on the Lake County Board of Commissioners has been anything but a race.

Indiana could matter in Republican presidential primary battle

INDIANAPOLIS | The early presidential caucus and primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina will be the center of the Republican Party's world next month, but Indiana's May 8 primary could prove more important.

Dominguez may sue to stop 'two-map' redistricting

CROWN POINT | Former Lake County Sheriff Roy Dominguez may sue to undo a bipartisan redistricting plan that gives incumbent Commissioner Gerry Scheub a clearer path to re-election next year.

EDITORIAL: Lake's gerrymander for Gerry Scheub

The Lake County Redistricting Commission seems to have lost sight of the aim of redistricting — to serve constituents, not incumbents.

Lake commissioners get double redistricting

INDIANAPOLIS | A literal back-room deal Monday set the new boundaries of Lake County Council and commissioner districts, but in an unusual move, the commissioner districts will change again following the 2012 elections.

MARK KIESLING: Tri-Town House battle brews

The recent Republican-led Indiana House redistricting is going to lead to some very interesting contests and none more interesting locally than the 15th District.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Commission unfairly rejected my redistricting plan

The redistricting process usually is dominated by insiders for the benefit of incumbents. Incumbent politicians are able to redraw their districts, essentially picking their voters.