Indiana General Assembly still at an impasse
The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate kept working Friday while House Speaker Patrick Bauer adjourned his Democrat-led
chamber until Wednesday.
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Angry at Indiana politicians
An observer says Hoosiers are really honked at incumbents. Except for Daniels.
Indiana lawmakers fail to wrap up session
Lawmakers hoped to adjourn by midnight, days before a March 14 statutory deadline for finishing business, but are still bogged
down on several issues.
Local government reform still sputtering
The second legislative session since the Kernan-Shepard report on local government reform is about to end. Joe Kernan and
Randall Shepard can still say, “We’ve got to stop governing like this.”
Indiana lawmakers still hoping to adjourn Thursday
Lawmakers are close to a compromise on a work-site guns bill, but remain farther apart on several other issues.
Ethics bill gets final legislative approval
The most sweeping bill in years to tighten Indiana ethics and lobbying rules goes to Gov. Mitch Daniels for his likely signature
into law after a 97-0 vote.
Indiana Senate strips jobs provisions from bill
Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate stripped several tax credits and other measures to create jobs from an unrelated
agricultural bill Monday.
A Daniels presidential strategy
Attorney, lobbyist and long-time Republican fundraiser John Hammond thinks Daniels should go to cognoscenti before early states
and tea parties.
Ethics bill clears Senate with unanimous support
The most sweeping Indiana legislation in years to tighten ethics and lobbying rules cleared the state Senate 50-0 Thursday
and appeared headed soon to Gov. Mitch Daniels for his signature.
Mitch Daniels probably won’t run for president, but what if he did?
In a recent interview with Barrons, Daniels gave far more detail about how he’d apply his approach to state government
at the federal level.
Indiana House OKs tax-increase repeal, jobs bill
The Indiana House approved legislation Wednesday that would repeal an unemployment-insurance tax increase and approved a package
of tax credits and other incentives designed to create jobs.
Pondering an Evan Bayh redux
Some observers think Bayh will run for governor again to springboard to the presidency. But to stand out to national, and
possibly even Hoosier, voters, he might be forced outside his cautious comfort zone.
Bayh’s exit may pinch federal funds going to Indiana
Sen. Evan Bayh brought home the bacon—more than
$1.4 billion in federal appropriations and grants in just the last 12 months.
Cultural Trail pork?
The finished trail will be great. But the federal government is on a trajectory toward fiscal oblivion.
Coats says he’s met Indiana’s petition deadline
Former Republican Sen. Dan Coats’ campaign says it has enough petition signatures to put him on Indiana’s May primary ballot
as he seeks the Senate seat Democrat Evan Bayh is leaving.
Puzzling over why Evan Bayh waited until the last minute to retire
Bayh might have been sly as a fox by waiting to the last minute to announce he’s leaving the Senate.
Gun bills on fast track
Want to leave a gun in your car at work? Your employer’s policy may become irrelevant.
Bayh’s vulnerability brings Coats back to politics
Former Senator Dan Coats said he was re-entering politics because he is increasingly alarmed and frustrated about the direction of the country.
Secretary of State Rokita making congressional run
Republican Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita is running for the congressional seat being vacated by longtime Congressman
Steve Buyer.
Obama takes populist tone in fight over jobs
The president’s unemployment strategy is twofold: create jobs, and force Republicans to choose between helping Main Street
and Wall Street.