Indianapolis is not utilizing state laws that could protect renters from bad landlords, Republican mayoral candidate Jim Merritt said Wednesday. He then called on the city to conduct more ...

A little more than a week after launching his campaign, state Sen. Jim Merritt has emerged as the Marion County Republican Party's clear choice to run against Mayor Joe Hogsett in November.

On Thursday, Republican mayoral candidate Jim Merritt stood before a boarded-up home on the city’s south side, citing it as an example of Mayor Joe Hogsett’s failure to appropriately address ...

Jim Merritt called Hogsett to concede the race. "I am humbled, I am honored and I could not possibly be more excited to serve as the mayor of Indianapolis for another four years," Hogsett ...

Mayor Joe Hogsett and his Republican challenger Sen. Jim Merritt faced off Thursday night in the first debate of the 2019 mayoral race. The debate, at the Indy Chamber's annual HobNob ...

Let’s not go down this path. Don Scott I read Jim Merritt's op-ed piece in the Star with an eye roll. He contends that bills like the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 ...

Mayor Joe Hogsett and his Republican challenger, Sen. Jim Merritt, broke down their strategies for combating homelessness in Marion County Wednesday evening at the Coalition for Homelessness ...

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett had some choice words about his GOP-backed opponent Jim Merritt at the Marion County Democratic Party's slating convention Saturday. In a bit of a departure from ...

Jim Merritt served in the Indiana Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2020. This commentary previously appeared on indianacapitalchronicle.com. Send comments to [email protected].

Michael Bohacek who was arrested back in January on OWI charges. Jim Merritt, who spent 30 years in the state senate with the last 16 of those served as caucus chair, said Bohacek called him a few ...