The numbers are in for Mitch Daniels and Jill Long Thompson.  In the interest of trying to keep this as consistent as possible I’m including what they started with, raised this year, spent and how much is in the bank.   That way you can draw your own conclusions. Daniels $6.7 million at the beginning of […]

I woke up this morning with a few thoughts on my mind, most of them were random but there was one that stuck out with me. I was thinking how nice it would be if as many people in this town got as worked up over the murder rate as they do free tickets to […]

Barack Obama will be back in Indiana on Wednesday.  The Senator and presumptive Democratic nominee for president will be at Purdue University in West Lafayette He will be holding a summit on national security with Evan Bayh and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn. The topics will include bio-terrorism, non-nuclear proliferation and cyber security.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson had some strong words for incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels and his fellow Republicans.  Shortly after speaking to a Veterans group on Saturday, Thompson said Indiana needs to do more for veterans in the areas of education and health care.  She also attacked Governor Mitch Daniels,  saying that during his time […]

Here is an update from IMPD on the condition of Officer Jason Fishburn. Officer Jason Fishburn is showing definite signs of improvement. We are coming close to the end of those initial critical 72 hours and Jason has not shown any signs of getting worse. On the contrary, he has shown signs of reaction to […]

As I observed yesterday’s prayer vigil for IMPD Officer Jason Fishburn, I noticed the elected officials.   I saw the Mayor, City-County Council members Paul Bateman, Susie Day and Ben Hunter.  I even saw State Representative David Orentlichter. I will admit that in the crowd of hundreds I might have missed a few.  But I […]

We’re doing an experiment here at Indiana Barrister.  We get about a couple thousand unique visits a day so we decided to gauge the political disposition of the readers.  So go to our survey located on the left side of the page and let us know which category best fits your politics.  You have several […]

Several hundred residents gathered today in a prayer vigil for IMPD Officer Jason Fishburn, who was shot while trying to apprehend a suspect wanted for murder. A number of pastors, police and local officials offered up words of support for officer Fishburn and other victims of violence. The vigil occurred across from Wishard Hospital near […]

I have two questions for you as Indianapolis deals with a sharp increase in violence and homicides. Have you had enough? What are you going to do to make a difference? Feel free to elaborate on your answers.

IMPD Officer Jason Fishburn is fighting for his life today after being shot in the head.  Fishburn was shot on the Eastiside in the 800 block of Euclid.  He and several other officers were serving a warrant on a man wanted in  the murder of 69-year old Clifford Haddox. Fishburn was also shot in the […]