From the Associated Press:Republican Rep. Mike Pence is dominating the money race for the Indiana governor's office.Campaign finance numbers released Wednesday show Pence raised $5 million last year and has $3.7 million in the bank. Democrat and former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg has raised $1.7 million so far and banked $1.2 million.Pence's strong fundraising puts him well ahead of a pack of candidates running to replace Gov. Mitch Daniels in November. Daniels is term-limited against running for re-election.Fishers businessman Jim Wallace, a Republican, said he raised more $1 million last year and has $800,000 in the bank. Almost all of that came from money he loaned his campaign.Libertarian candidate and ``Survivor'' star Rupert Boneham's campaign manager said he raised $16,000 and has more than $4,000 in the bank.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.