BRIAN HOWEY: Shrewd Doc Bowen on health insurance

Perhaps the most inspiring part of Otis Bowen’s legacy is that between 1946 and 1972 he delivered 3,000 Hoosier babies when he was the small town family physician in Bremen. The future Indiana governor would say that having his hands on so many emerging lives taught him “how to approach emer…

Illinois needs term limits for elected officials

The governor of Illinois has the best of both worlds. He accepts lobbying money and campaign donations from people who want casinos and riverboats and from those who don't.

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Former Indiana Gov. Otis Bowen has died at age 95.

FROM THE FARM: Gov. Otis Bowen and wife Beth were Hoosier famed names

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No Schock: Decision doesn't faze fellow Republicans

SPRINGFIELD | U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’s decision to forgo a run for Illinois governor cut to four the number of Republicans publicly mulling a bid for the state’s top office in 2014.

Gov. appoints new RDA member

Gov. Mike Pence has appointed the top executive at The Community Hospital in Munster to the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority.

BRIAN HOWEY: Legislator turned governor focused on tax cut

The headline fixation in the fledgling administration of Gov. Mike Pence has been his 10 percent income tax cut. It is what Chief of Staff Bill Smith calls, “the shiny object” and one that Senate Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley partially restored on Thursday at 3.3 percent after it didn’…

Pence to act on plan fast-tracking emergency medicine license for veterans

INDIANAPOLIS | Legislation making military veterans with at least two years of recent training and experience in emergency medicine immediately eligible for an Indiana emergency medical service provider license is headed to Gov. Mike Pence.

Local development exceeds pre-recession levels

Jim Staton from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and Frank Termini from Horizon Financial Management look over plans for the company's proposal to expand its operations in Merrillville.

Pence talks education, jobs during Gary visit

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, left, shares a laugh with Gary mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and State Sen. Lonnie Randolph after speaking Friday at the Genesis Convention Center.

Pence talks education, jobs during Gary visit

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks Friday at an event hosted by the Gary Chamber of Commerce at the Genesis Center.

Pence talks education, jobs during Gary visit

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks Friday at an event hosted by the Gary Chamber of Commerce at the Genesis Center.

Pence talks education, jobs during Gary visit

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence chats with Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson before speaking Friday during an event hosted by the Gary Chamber of Commerce at the Genesis Convention Center.

GOP Sen. Brady weighing bid for Illinois governor

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. | The Republican lawmaker who came close to unseating Gov. Pat Quinn in 2010 said he's laying the groundwork for another run for governor.

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Medical billing company to add 216 jobs in Lake County

Jim Staton, of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., left, and Frank Termini, of Horizon Financial Management, look over plans for Horizon's new facility in Merrillville.

Medical billing company to add 216 jobs in Lake County

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, right, joins Frank Termini, managing partner at Horizon Financial Management, on Friday to announce the company's plan to expand its operations in Merrillville. The company wants to invest $1.9 million to lease, renovate and equip 20,000 square feet in the AmeriPlex …

Medical billing company to add 216 jobs in Lake County

An artist's rendering shows the new Horizon Financial Management building planned at the AmeriPlex at the Crossroads complex in Merrillville.

Gov. Pence announcement

MERRILLVILLE | Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, right, joins Frank Termini from Horizon Financial Management to announce the company's plan to expand its operations in Merrillville last week.

BRIAN HOWEY: Pence comes to office with humility, open door

Just minutes after he sat down in my office on Wednesday to talk about his incoming administration, Gov.-elect Mike Pence hit on the very subject I had been thinking about.