In its budget-cutting efforts, Indiana is considering both shutting down the Indiana Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Board (ITPC), which could save $1.5 million in overhead and administrative costs; and laying off some of the state’s 52 meat inspectors, the savings from which would depend on how many [...]
he Fort Wayne City Council officially rejected a proposed ordinance last night which would have granted special behavior-based protections to people with gender identity disorders. The ordinance was a defeat for cross dressers, homosexuals and transgender activists seeking governmental endorsement of their chosen identity and actions.
(People are generally [...]
All I know about Jihad Jane, the American recruit of Islamic radicals who is scary because she is blonde and blue-eyed and could be living right next door to any one of us, is what I learned from watching “Good Morning America” before coming to work today. Richard Clarke, [...]
A few weeks ago, we bunnyproofed Kate’s room and started letting Ruby in. She immediately established the spare bed as her favorite chillin’ spot. At first I thought it was for the view from the window, but then it occurred to me: Camouflage.
Nancy Pelosi has her “Hey, hold my beer and watch this!” moment:
“You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other.
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“But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the [...]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard this hour is announcing a nearly $2 billion partnership deal with Citizens Gas over the city’s water and sewer treatment facilities which he says will generate more than $400 million for infrastructure improvements.
If all goes according to plan, Citizens Gas would assume operational control of [...]
By Jim Sack
Sex can be very, very divisive. It certainly was at council last night. Just ask Councilman Tom Smith how it felt to be personally attacked for a rude and insensitive statement he is alleged to have made. Just ask the dozens of young people who showed up to [...]
This Reagan/Obama “debate” video is making the rounds on the righty blogs today. It won’t change any minds; those of us predisposed one way or the other will hear what we want to hear. But it is fascinating.
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Today: Chance of showers this morning, partly cloudy by afternoon. High 67.
[...] Bud Bernitt, who is running for Congress in the Eighth District, issued the following press release yesterday:
Roads bring jobs, and that is why I am challenging my Democratic opponent to sign a pledge to support the extension of Interstate 69 from Evansville to Indianapolis. Voters have made it clear [...]
The Big Debt Bang, ‘Bend-Over’
9.7 Trillion To be added within the Decade
If you were to meet me back in 2004, I was as staunch of a Neo-Con as any other Bush supporter any one of you could think of. Simplified, I drank the kool-aide and [...]
Tony Bennett is disappointed in Arne Duncan’s rejection of the Indiana Race to the Top application. Others are surprised that New York and Kentucky made the first cut. What does New York and Kentucky have that Indiana doesn’t have? An aversion to charter schools.
Hold up! I [...]
Shared Canadians Also Win Gold For Synchronized Peeing [Youreinbusiness].
Shared Ubisoft on DRM snafu: servers attacked, pirates locked out.
At Mutation gpr Flogging Molly’s. Shocking number [...] The annual South By South West conference and festival in Austin, Texas, is one of the biggest and most popular festivals in the nation. It combines film, music and the internet into a sort of interactive geek fest, film festival and rock concert. 
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My Marion County Democratic friends had a news conference today calling on Republicans to join them on township government reform. I’m a little hurt they didn’t send me any notice (although I hear Ed Treacy is afraid to answer any of my questions) because they would have discovered I [...]
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