All INdiana Politics

An Indiana lawyer who worked in the Reagan White House has endorsed Kamala Harris for President. Peter Rusthoven was an Associate Council to President Ronald Reagan. He’s one of a dozen former Republican White House lawyers backing Harris. He sat down with WISH-TV Government Reporter, Garret Bergquist, to explain.A down-ballot candidate says voter awareness is one of her biggest campaign obstacles. We find out how severe that problem is.Our Political Team talks about Harris’ endorsements and a new lawsuit over IU’s campus expression policy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Garret Bergquist, WISH-TV Government Reporter, sits down with Peter Rusthoven.  After Vice President Kamala Harris was nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention, a dozen Republican former White House lawyers endorsed her. All of them worked in the administration of Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, or George W Bush. Peter Rusthoven was one of them. He was Associate Council to Reagan throughout his first term and was a campaign spokesperson during Reagan’s 1980 campaign.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The 2024 presidential election is now entering the home stretch. Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic nomination for President on Thursday night. The state pays up millions of dollars in water infrastructure for a controversial research park.Our political team unpacks the Democratic National Convention and looks ahead to November.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett still is refusing to answer question about sexual harassment allegations involving his former Chief of Staff. At least on member of his own party wants him to resign.Another candidate for governor releases their tax plan. We take a closer look at Jenifer McCormick’s ideas.Our political team assesses Hogsett’s handling of the Thomas Cook scandal and how the city plans to move forward.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The knives are coming out for Tim Walz. Republicans are attacking Kamala Harris’ running mate over his military career. Walz served 24 years in the National Guard and retired just before his unit deployed to Afghanistan in 2005.It’s been three administrations and 18 years, now I-69 is finally complete. Governor Eric Holcomb and his predecessors, Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence, reflected on their parts in the highway’s completion.Our political team discusses a sexual harassment scandal rocking the Hogsett administration. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transportation Secretary and former South Bend mayor, Pete Buttigieg, is ducking questions about a possible Vice-Presidential bid. He’s on Vice President Kamala Harris’ short list for running mates. WISH-TV Government Reporter, Garrett Bergquist caught up with Buttigieg during a visit to a planned electric vehicle plant in Kokomo.A candidate for Governor floats a property tax plan. How Mike Braun says he wants to cut your tax bill. Our political team assesses Buttigieg’s chances and new rules for protest on IU campuses.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vice President, Kamal Harris, is already making abortion rights and gun violence prevention central to her presidential campaign. Those were central themes to one of her first speeches of the campaign right here in Indianapolis. Harris was the keynote speaker at the anjnual convention of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.Israel’s Prime Minister addresses congress at the war in Gaza nears the ten-month mark. We hear from one of Indiana’s congress members who watched his remarks.And our political team assessed Kamal Harris’ first full week on the presidential campaign trail and a possible Hoosier on her ticket.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One week after barely surviving a would be assassin’s bullet, former President Donald Trump is the official Republican nominee and back on the campaign trail.The attempt on Trumps life immediately turned the spotlight on America’s heated political rhetoric. WISH-TV Government Reporter talked to IU political science professor Stephen Webster, who studies political polarization, about why political rhetoric remains so angry and what can be done to turn down the temperature.Our panel breaks down an extraordinarily consequential week in politics and discusses the mounting campaign to push President Joe Biden off the ticketSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The attempted assignation of former president Donald Trump threw a spotlight on America’s harsh political rhetoric. WISH-TV Government Reporter talked to IU Political Science professor, Steven Webster, who studies political polarization. He says the attempt on Trumps life is an extreme symptom of a long growing problem for which elected officials carry a large part of the blame.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For the only the second time int U.S. history a former president on the campaign trail narrowly survives a would be assassin’s bullet. Former President Donald Trump is recovering after a shooter opened fire on him at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting left a rally goer dead and two more in critical condition. Indiana Democrats have picked their nominees for Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor. Delegates made their choices at Saturday’s state part convention.Indiana will play a key role when the Republican national Convention begins in Milwaukee. Former Indiana Republican Party chair, Anne Hathaway, is leading the committee that is organizing the convention. She spoke with WISH-TV’s Phil Sanchez.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.