For the most part I have been agnostic about whether Indiana should stay in or opt out of Common Core. For those of you who don’t wear tinfoil hats or are waiting for the black helicopters to come by your house or for that matter just have a life, Common Core is a set of [...]
by Brad Klopfenstein The Legislature is in session, so it’s time once again for the annual discussion on Sunday alcohol sales. I’ll try to frame the issue so that you have the ability to draw your own conclusions prior to giving you mine. On one side, you have the grocery stores, drug stores, and big [...]
As of today, we are 100 days out until Election Day. So I figured what better time to sit down and do a little political pontification and handicap the big political races here in Indiana. Now granted, the caveat in all this is the old adage that a day in politics is a lifetime and [...]
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the President’s health care plan, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the discussions have now moved to how the plan will be implemented. I’m particularly interested in the expansion of Medicaid portion of the legislation. A lot of state lawmakers aren’t crazy about expanding the program, and they [...]
I’ve been posting some interviews over on IndyPolitics.Org regarding the immigration debate following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Arizona law. I’ve decided to repost the interviews here. The only interview I haven’t been able to do yet is with State Senator Mike Delph, the author of Indiana’s illegal immigration law. Delph and I [...]
One of the big questions about Right to Work is would it actually produce any jobs? It sure looks like it. According to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, since RTW was passed 45 companies have told the state that RTW will factor into their decision-making process in choosing where to relocate. Out of those 39, [...]
I’m finishing up some teaching commitments today, but Brian Howey and DePauw University have the latest in the Lugar-Mourdock race. I’ve reprinted their news released with the latest polling data. I’ll have some perspective this weekend. ******** INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar’s iconic career of elected public service appears to be in great [...]
Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma admits that while the Indiana General Assembly has had to deal with some “side issues” he tells the Statehouse press corps he is generally pleased with what lawmakers have done and thinks they can workout their remaining issues like the smoking ban and a Hoosier’s right to resist an unlawful [...]
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that Indiana Unions are making a desperate bid in shops and labor halls across the state to keep their members from bolting. I say, good, and I wish them luck. This stems from the passage of “right to work” which now makes it illegal for an employer to [...]
Smoking bans will get taken up on both ends of Market Street Monday. The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on a proposal that would ban smoking in most public places except casinos and racinos, cigar bars, private clubs, and hookah bars. It would also grant an 18-month exemption to bars and taverns in order [...]
