There are lots of items to be on the lookout for this week. Here are a few of the more interesting ones. Expect new legislative maps to be unveiled, possibly as early as later this morning. Both the Indiana House and Senate have put their maps together based on new census data. Expect a new […]
The campaign for Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy has been forced to pull an Internet ad ad attacking incumbent Greg Ballard on job creation because the footage used violated federal copyright law. The campaign used clips from an RTV 6 newscast of reporter Kara Kenny questioning the Mayor on job creation numbers and him walking […]
A Marion County Judge today said a Democratic challenge to Republican Secretary of State Charlie White’s eligibility to serve can go forward, however that challenge must be made with the Indiana Recount Commission. Democrats say since White voted from his ex-wife’s address and did not live there, he was not a legally registered voter when […]
But I told you so. Once again, the proponents of a statewide smoking ban have become the poster children for the saying “we have met the enemy and he is us.” After a decisive loss in the Indiana Senate Public Policy committee by an 8-1 vote Wednesday the Indiana Campaign for Smoke Free Air advocates […]
Politics is a lot like real life, timing is everything. And I couldn’t help but think that just 24 hours before it became public that Indianapolis Public schools were laying off more than 270 teachers due to declining enrollment, a study would come showing a strong majority of Hoosiers opposed “last hired, first fired” practices […]
I have to give Butler credit for making it to the national championship. And although they lost, if it’s any consolation, a championship is temporary, a great education lasts forever.
In 30 days, a very small number of Indiana voters will go to the polls and vote in the municipal primaries. I’ve always maintained municipal primaries are the pee-wee league baseball when it comes to elections, but since it’s your children playing, they are the ones closest to you and the ones you should care […]
There is always a moment in the Indiana General Assembly when someone says something they really shouldn’t. If they have any common sense they apologize as soon as humanly possible. That happened when State Representative Eric Turner said in opposition to an amendment to a restrictive abortion bill that would allow exceptions for rape and […]
If City-County Council Democratic candidates are expecting any financial help from their candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis, it looks like they’re in luck. According to sources inside the Kennedy campaign, she gave them the good news this past weekend during a strategy session. Kennedy reportedly told her fellow Democrats that she was skeptical that incumbent […]
