By far the most interesting local race this spring is for the Superior Court 3 judge in Kosciusko County where four Republican candidates – Robert Bishop, Lindsey Grossnickle, Karin McGrath and Chad Miner – are vying to fill the seat of retiring judge Joe Sutton. Unlike other typical races, judicial contests are a little different …read more.

By BRUCE WILLIAMS Director of Media and Public Relations, Indiana State Museum INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Museum will bestow its most prestigious Heritage Keeper Award to Indiana’s four living governors at the annual Tribute event Thursday, April 28, at the Indiana State Museum. The event is presented by one of Indiana’s greatest stories: the …read more.

By BRIAN ZINK Purdue University News Service CAMBRIDGE — The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday, Nov. 4, the formation of The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. Through the next three years, this initiative will examine learning options available to high school graduates. It will study how well the existing system serves today’s students and …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue will seek approval to build a $60 million football performance center on campus.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University’s board of trusteesB9319077208Z.1_20150930161725_000_GAVC3IJLG.1-0 will vote to approve a further two years of President Mitch Daniel’s presidency Friday morning. If approved, Daniels will continue as the head of the University until the middle of 2020.

[weaver_youtube 15aLEDaOMVM rel=0] Purdue University has been ranked 16th in the world among universities granted U.S. patents in 2014, according to a new report by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. The ranking brings them up from 27th the previous year. Purdue had 93 U.S. utility patents issued in 2014. …read more.

Purdue University’s board of trustees has approved plans to freeze tuition for resident, non-resident and international students at the West Lafayette campus for the next two years. The board also endorsed a proposed operating budget which includes a merit pay increase of 3.5 percent for employees in West Lafayette. In addition, the proposal raises entry-level …read more.

Mitch Daniels has been named to Fortune Magazine’s list of 50 greatest world leaders for 2015. The former White House budget director and Indiana governor is included because, the magazine states, he has taken his business sense to academia as the president of Purdue University. Fortune notes that Daniels, number 41 on the list, has …read more.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels called on Congress to join a growing movement to reform higher education, making it more accessible and accountable to students, parents and taxpayers. Testifying on Tuesday, March 17 before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education & Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher Education & Workforce Training, Daniels discussed the challenges …read more.

Amazon held a grand opening today of Amazon@Purdue, the company’s first ever staffed order pickup and drop-off location, housed in the Krach Leadership Center on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. Amazon@Purdue will give students a convenient, money-saving option for receiving textbooks and other supplies from Amazon, as well as a simple way to return text …read more.

In a letter delivered this morning to Teresa Lubbers, commissioner of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE), Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, on behalf of the Purdue Board of Trustees, requested that the Commission change the designation for Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) from “Regional Campus” to “Metropolitan University.” President Daniels also requested …read more.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit ideas for cost-saving measures to a new designated email account. The account is [email protected]. Conversations about cost-saving measures still should happen at the college and unit levels, but faculty and staff may send suggestions and ideas to this account. On March 1, Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced a …read more.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Monday, March 18, announced initial cost-saving measures to help increase college affordability and offset the $40 million financial impact of a two-year tuition freeze at the university’s West Lafayette campus. The university will eliminate merit pay raises over the next two fiscal years for all senior administrators, deans and administrative/professional …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University announced today it is freezing tuition and most fees at current levels for the next two years for students who attend the West Lafayette campus. The last year without a tuition increase was 1976. “I have found a broad consensus among faculty and staff to put the interests of …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels’ team of federal health care overhaul leaders are telling Indiana lawmakers that firm answers on the sweeping new law aren’t available. Daniels has said the biggest issues to be decided by the next governor are whether Indiana should expand Medicaid and whether to establish its own health insurance exchange. …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels says he plans to ask his potential successors whether the state should set up a health care exchange. States have until Nov. 16 to submit a plan to the federal government for a health exchange. Daniels said Tuesday he does not want to make a decision that binds the …read more.

Gov. Mitch Daniels joined executives from Busche Enterprise Division Inc., a computer numerical control (CNC) production machining firm, today to announce the company’s plans to expand its operations here, creating up to 120 new jobs by 2015. The Albion-based company, which is known for the machining and assembly of complex castings and forgings for the …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg says he would promote more adoptions and restore mental health services cut from Indiana’s Department of Child Services if elected in November. Gregg also called for a new office to coordinate responses between state agencies during a news conference Monday. Gov. Mitch Daniels included DCS in a …read more.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said today that a preliminary look at fiscal data shows Indiana will close the 2012 Fiscal Year with reserves of more than $2 billion and a structural surplus, meaning annual revenue in excess of annual expenses of more than $500 million. With reserves totaling at least 14 percent of the state’s …read more.

(AP) Here is a look at where Indiana stands on implementing President Barack Obama’s federal health care overhaul, which the Supreme Court ruled today can go forward: NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 850,000 state residents are uninsured, or about 13.4 percent. WHERE THE STATE STANDS: Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered state agencies to build a framework for …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican Party convention this weekend will mark a broad changing of the guard for the party that holds a firm grip on power at the Statehouse. This will be the final meeting for Gov. Mitch Daniels and U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar. Daniels has led the party for the last eight years …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Retired Lincoln National Corp. chairman and CEO Ian M. Rolland received the state’s highest honor from Gov. Mitch Daniels. The Sachem Award was presented for Rolland’s years of service as a civic and business leader. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller publicly thanked Rolland specifically for his ongoing efforts as a court-appointed receiver to …read more.