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I’m on the road in Illinois playing comedian this weekend.  The show went very well and I will try to upload some of the audio when I get back to Indianapolis.  I can tell you one the best lines of the night was when I told the audience that as I crossed the border back […]

I’m making a stop on the way back to Illinois and wanted to share these latest unemployment figures for Indiana by metropolitan area.  The statewide average is 8.1%.  It’s what you would think, the further north you go, the worse it gets. Indianapolis-Carmel – 6.7%. Ft. Wayne – 8.2% Elkhart-Goshen – 15.3%. Kokomo – 9.9 […]

I’m heading out of town to go be a comedian, but here are a few things to ponder while I am away. State officials are privately saying Indiana’s unemployment rate could hit 10% before it’s all said and done. It looks like the Mayor cleared more than $200,000 at his latest fundraiser. It appears a […]

I told you the other day about a possible scandal flying under the radar screen at Indianapolis Public Schools concerning Title I funds. Well there are a few more details starting to creep out.  I’m hearing that apparently over the last few years Title I money has been used for staff lunches and junkets.   […]

More people are waiting in the 7th Congressional District to get their free digital TV coupons than any other place in the continental United States. That number comes from PC Magazine, which reports more than 1.8 million households were not ready to make the switch. Luckily for them the U.S. House has voted to push […]

Here are a couple thoughts before I call it a day. Lawmakers passed government reform (creating county councils with a county executive or manager) out of committee, with exceptions for Lake County. Bill Crawford’s issues with Charter Schools have nothing to do with their performance, but how one of his constituents was treated. If this […]

One of the architects of the original Lucas Oil Stadium financing plan says a ticket tax or user fee might be the way to go to make for the stadium’s nearly $45 million operational shortfall.   Capital Imporvement Board officials reported last week that Lucas Oil would run millions in operational deficits.  However, Republican State […]

I told you yesterday about how the House Ways & Means Committee amended legislation to put a moratorium on charter schools in Indiana and cap their funding so they can’t grow.   This is about two things.  First, political posturing.  Second, the argument that charter schools take money from traditional public schools (I will refer to […]

Are Marion County Democrats softening their opposition to consolidation of the township trustees?  Maybe. From what I’ve been able to gather in conversations with Statehouse lawmakers, they agree there should be some system of poor relief in Marion County, but they are split on exactly how that relief should be delivered.  Some like the current […]