This may sound odd, but I was actually excited to see my House Democratic friends Monday  when they unveiled their plan to fix Indiana’s roads. The last few plans they put out didn’t really impress all that much.  Their last one was to create a $250 million road fund that locals could borrow from at […]

My Democratic friends have been having a field day going after the Pence administration over the Wildcat Creek Bridge.   As you know the bridge was shut down after workers, who were expanding the bridge, hit an artisan well thus the closure.  INDOT expects the bridge to be open by the middle of September.  However, because […]

If her campaign rollout last week was any indication, Glenda Ritz has a lot of work to do if she wants to be Governor of Indiana. Leading up to the announcement, Ritz and her team played coy about what they were doing, until they made the amateur mistake of releasing their letter of support for […]

Whenever I get into discussions about low voter turnout and the solutions to the “problem”, I always fall back on the title of this blog post. I recently sat on a panel with former Marion County Clerk Beth White and IUPUI Professor Sheila Kennedy for the Indy Chamber about voter participation and why it was […]

We spend a lot of time talking about stagnant wages here in Indiana.   And while this may sound cruel, the individuals most responsible for this are the ones with either no skill set or they let they let skill set fall by the wayside. Allow me to explain.  According to the most recent state revenue […]

As Indiana lawmakers go forward with crafting a budget, I thought it would be fun to present to you some facts about schools and school funding here in Indiana to help keep the debate in perspective. I’m doing this because one thing you’ll hear in the debate is how the Republicans “cut” $300 million from […]

In addition to my eight million other jobs, one thing I do from time to time is help mediate disputes.  I haven’t had to do it in a while, but I think my services might be in order this legislative session, particularly when it comes to Sunday alcohol sales. By now you are quite familiar […]

Republican State Senator Dennis Kruse of Auburn has just hit it out of the ballpark.  He wants to introduce legislation next session that would require Indiana students to take a civics test before they could get their high school diplomas. According to my colleagues over at the Indy Star, the bill would require all public […]

For the most part I have been agnostic about whether Indiana should stay in or opt out of Common Core.  For those of you who don’t wear tinfoil hats or are waiting for the black helicopters to come by your house or for that matter just have a life, Common Core is a set of […]

by Brad Klopfenstein The Legislature is in session, so it’s time once again for the annual discussion on Sunday alcohol sales.  I’ll try to frame the issue so that you have the ability to draw your own conclusions prior to giving you mine. On one side, you have the grocery stores, drug stores, and big […]