Famed radio talk show host Greg Garrison recently addressed Proposal 622 on his show, leading Advance Indiana to write: Garrison repeatedly lambasted the HRO as the legal recognition of the “homosexual lifestyle” and “acts of sodomy,” ignoring the conclusion reached by every major medical organization in the nation that sexual orientation and gender identity are […]

Yesterday the Indianapolis City-County Council approved Proposal 622, the Human Rights Ordinance which adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of classes, such as race, religion and gender, specifically protected from discrimination in the workplace and housing market. This kind of discrimination is already barred in city and state government hiring, but now […]

Each year like clockwork political pundits predict the demise of Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) and each year they’re proven wrong. Long known as the “Bloody Eighth” for its contentious elections, Hostettler has turned a volatile district into one of the most consistent since electing him in 1994. He’s impressed observers on both sides of the […]

The latest installment in the Indy Star editorial board’s “Left Behind” series on Indiana’s dropout crisis was published today. The piece, titled “Not Just an Urban Problem,” reports, “Some 4,300 students from the original class of 2005 dropped out of Central Indiana’s schools. And not just those of IPS and township districts. A survey of […]

The Indianapolis Star‘s Tammy Webber reports that medical errors will be treated differently after Jan. 1, “when a new Indiana law will require hospitals to report more than two dozen types of mistakes.” The state will make the errors at each hospital available for public review — making Indiana only the second state in the […]

Gov. Mitch Daniels’ decision to turn I-69, the proposed extension between Indianapolis and Evansville, into a toll road was met with skepticism from many of the state’s lawmakers. But when asked about the possibility of keeping the roads free, Daniels suggested in that instance it wouldn’t be built at all: “If for some reason we […]

David Mannweiler of the Indianapolis Star reports that the state is looking for a new slogan to attract tourists. Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman announced Thursday that the state would abandon its “Travel Indiana” catchphrase and replace it with a tagline that is not so “neutral.” The new slogan is expected to be introduced in late […]

The fight over sectarian prayer in the Indiana legislature is gaining steam and it may eventually find its way into the national radar. Earlier this year the Indiana Civil Liberties Union brought a lawsuit on behalf of four citizens to bar the Indiana House from opening its session with specifically Christian prayers. Based largely on […]

The 51st member of the military from Indiana died on Monday in Iraq, according to a short report from the Associated Press. Staff Sgt. Curtis A. Mitchell, 28 . . . was killed when a bomb exploded near his tank during combat operations, the Department of Defense said in a news release. Mitchell was assigned […]

Vanderburgh County’s residents have long believed their air quality could use some work. A newly released report from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency database shows it may be even worse than expected. The reports claims “20 Evansville neighborhoods – about half of the city – rank among the top 5 percent nationally with the highest […]