I spoke with Senator Luke Kenley today on the new budget numbers.  Here are his thoughts… Sen. Luke Kenley  

In my never ending effort to help alleviate the problems of this city and state, I’ve come up with another idea to help solve the Capital Improvement Board’s funding crisis.  It not only solves the funding shortfall, but it also takes care of getting out-state Indiana to buy into the solution. I started with City-County […]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels says the budget will be more than $1 billion short based on new actual budget numbers.  Daniels told reporters the state took in $255 million less than projected.  He did not specify which budget cuts to make, but said he still wanted to give lawmakers flexibility to address the shortfall.  Democrats […]

Normally this spaced is reserved for local and state matters, but every once in a while I get a bug in my craw to write about national matters.  Today that bug is the national Republican Party. I recently looked at some polling data and found that 28-percent of the population identifies themselves as Republicans, but 34-percent […]

Although it was a busy week at the Legislature, here are few tidbits of things you might have missed. Former State Rep. Luke Messer pulled in $100,000 Thursday night at his first fund-raiser in the quest to win the primary in the 5th Congressional District. Speaking of money, City-County Councilors Ryan Vaughn and Jose Evans […]

The Indianapolis Colts could conceivably not get reimbursed for their game day expenses if the Capitol Improvement Board runs out of money later this year. CIB President Bob Grand says the Board cannot spend money it does not have and if doesn’t have the money to pay its expenses it won’t make them. At an […]

My apologies to Bill Cosby and Sydney Poitier for today’s blog title.   Now that Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is calling lawmakers back for a special session, they have a decond chance to get the Capital Improvement Board solution right.  As much they can be criticized for what they failed to do, they now get […]

I’m a little tired this morning, so I’ll try to keep this short and to the point.   Now that Indiana lawmakers are coming back for a special session here are some questions to ponder.   Can lawmakers work out a deal? Who is responsible for the meltdown, the Governor, House Democrats, Republicans? What does […]

Indiana lawmakers will be back here sooner than they think.  Lawmakers failed to pass a budget tonight, ensuring a special session will be called.  The budget failed by a vote of 27-71.   The budget plan would have spent $28 billion over the next two years with funds for K-12 education, higher education and higher ed […]

Just got word that the CIB bailout legislation really is dead.  Supporters hoped they could have found a vehicle bill before midnight to put it in but they were unsuccessful.  Now the city of  Indianapolis is really on the hook for $47 million operational shortfall costs.