Following a meeting Monday, Republicans who control the Indiana House picked a key state budget negotiator on as the next speaker.
State Representative Todd Huston, age 47 of Fishers, won the private vote among GOP House members that was held 13 days after the announcement that longtime House Speaker Brian Bosma announced his retirement following the 2020 legislative session.
Huston was first elected to the Legislature in 2012 representing a Hamilton County district in the fast-growing northern Indianapolis suburbs. Bosma discussed that he will work closely with Huston during the upcoming session that begins in early January and is set to adjourn in mid-March.
Huston will take over GOP caucus leadership heading into the November 2020 election, when all 100 House seats will be on the ballot and Republicans will be seeking to retain their two-thirds super-majority that allows them to take action even without any Democrats present.
Huston is a senior vice president of the College Board, the company that administers the SAT college admissions test and high school advance placement exams. He was the state Republican Party treasurer and was chief of staff for GOP former state schools superintendent Tony Bennett before winning election to the Legislature. Huston was Bennett’s chief of staff in 2009 and 2010 as the state schools superintendent worked with then-Governor Mitch Daniels on education overhaul plans that were met with much criticism, including launch of the nation’s broadest private school voucher program, a merit pay system for teachers and pushing for state takeover of public schools with records of low student scores on standardized exams.
(04-18-2024) Former Branch County Priests Not Allowed To Work With Children
(04-18-2024) Michigan’s March Unemployment Unchanged From February
(04-17-2024) LaGrange Foundation Awards LIFE Grants To Youth Programs
(04-16-2024) Coldwater Man Critically Injures An Orland Man In Accident
(04-16-2024) Sturgis Man Being Held On Rape Charge
(04-15-2024) Bronson City Council To Discuss Recreational Marijuana, Again
(04-12-2024) LaGrange Co. Community Foundation Receives Matching Grant
(04-12-2024) LaGrange Man Arrested On Multiple Charges In Mongo
(04-12-2024) Two People Injured In Three Vehicle Crash In Bronson
(04-11-2024) Ford Recalls 43,000 SUV’s Due To Fuel Injector Leaks
(04-11-2024) County Council Agrees On $1M Engineering Project With NIPSCO
(04-11-2024) Insanity Plea Dismissed For Angola Man Facing Murder Charges
(04-10-2024) Trespassing Suspect Allegedly Attempts To Drown SCSD K9
(04-09-2024) LaGrange Co. Council Approves Road Project Funding Request
(04-09-2024) Two Weekend Crashes In Cass County’s Milton Township
(04-08-2024) Cameron Hospital Accepts $50,000 Donation from F&M Bank
(04-08-2024) Angola Man Arrested On Multiple Child Pornography Charges
(04-06-2024) Victim Identified In Alleged Auburn Murder Case
(04-06-2024) Auburn Man Killed In DeKalb County Crash
(04-05-2024) Angola Chambers 'Meet the Candidates' Recap