Last year,  I did an interview with a local community activist who has an Internet-based television show.   We taped at a studio at 38th and High School Road. If you’ve ever been there, and odds are if you’re reading this you haven’t,  the studio was located in a strip mall that was full of […]

How’s this for irony?   On the same day a State Senate panel overwhelmingly voted to keep the prohibition against the sale of cold beer in grocery and liquor stores, a House panel unanimously voted to create a summer study committee to look at legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes.  And this all happened within a few hours of each other. […]

Here’s a quick early rundown on what’s we’re keeping an eye on this week in Indiana government and politics… Monday, January 15 MLK Day, Government closed Tuesday, January 16 Senate Corrections and Criminal Law hearing on CBD Oil (9:30 a.m.) House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee on Township Government Reform (10:30 a.m.) Hate Crime advocates […]

Although it’s the political equivalent of winning a pre-season fantasy football game, more than 350 Republican activists gathered in Indianapolis to give Congressman Luke Messer a victory in the party’s first straw poll. Messer won with 147 votes or 45 percent of the vote. Todd Rokita was second with 82 votes, and former State Representative and businessman Mike […]

Here’s a quick rundown of some important events scheduled to take place over at the Indiana General Assembly this week. January 8 – Senate Republicans Unveil Legislative Agenda.  (10:30 a.m.) January 9 – Governor State of the State address.  (7 p.m.) January 10 – Senate Public Policy Committee hears Sunday retail alcohol sales bill.  (Upon adjournment […]

Well, it’s that time of year again; it’s time for my top 10 state and local stories of 2017.   Yes, we know there were a lot of national events taking place, but we focus on local and politics here. Number 10 –   A Road to Somewhere – Who would have thought that Indiana lawmakers would be […]

Allow me to be brutally honest here; I am elated Roy Moore lost the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. While there are plenty of reasons that, just like a school playground, Roy Moore should have never been allowed near an elected office, my primary one is that I have this thing about accused child molesters, […]

While nearly half the participants in our latest Indy Politics informal survey this week said Democrat Joe Donnelly should not be re-elected to the U.S. Senate, a plurality wanted someone other the current three frontrunners. More than 650 of our  readers responded to the Indy Politics Political Pulse (made possible in part with underwriting from Winner’s Circle, the Institute for Quality […]

We’re doing an informal political survey on my other website, Indy Politics. If you get a few seconds, give it a try.  We’d love your opinions. CLICK HERE.  

Although Thanksgiving has come and gone and we are in the shopping phase of the holiday season, I couldn’t let too much time go by without jotting down a few thoughts on being thankful. First and foremost, if you can read this, you should be thankful, that means you’re literate. You are likely reading this […]