Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora speaks out against the state's performance-based funding formula, which has led to a recommendation that would mean BSU gets the largest funding drop of any institution in the state:
Appearing before the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee in Indianapolis, Gora criticized the Indiana Commission for Higher Education's formula, which includes graduation rates.
Not quite totally smoke-free:
Some Indiana lawmakers are pursuing a statewide public smoking ban again this year, but it appears they will have to make an exception at least for casinos if the measure is going to win the votes of a budget-minded legislature.
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States from New Jersey to California are slashing budgets in response to their fiscal crises, but Illinois is trying a different way, adopting a whopping 67 percent hike in the income tax. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has the appropriate response.
CHICAGO (WLS) - As Illinois prepares to raise income taxes, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels tells Don and Roma he's trying to keep from laughing at our plight.
WASHINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Police say an Ohio man accused of having sex with a corpse told investigators he didn't at first realize the woman was dead.
Because the State Fair is a "family oriented event," should children there still be shielded from demon rum?
Visitors to the Indiana State Fair will be able to drink a cold beer or sip Indiana wine as they chow down on fried food if one lawmaker gets his way.
Rep. Robert Cherry, R-Greenfield, has filed a bill to lift a longtime ban on alcohol at the annual fair.
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One piece of "this gun violence sprang from the climate of hate, so conservatives should shut up now" drivel sounds pretty much like another, so let's quote former Mayor Paul Helmke of the Brady campaign just to give a nod to a hometown boy trying to make his mark:
We also are deeply concerned about the heated political rhetoric that escalates debates and controversies, and sometimes makes it seem as if violence is an acceptable response to honest disagreements.
Sunday car sales aren't just proscribed by state legislation, they're criminalized. It's a Class B misdemeanor to buy or sell a car on Sunday:
State Sen. Phil Boots, R-Crawfordsville, is pushing legislation to eliminate the regulation, which he considers antiquated. Boots is also sponsoring a bill that would lift the ban on Sunday alcohol sales.
Big Brother is alive and well, and he will be surveiling in Lafayette:
By month's end, small, dome-covered cameras mounted on light posts could begin monitoring activity along three blocks of Second Street in downtown Lafayette.
Purdue University pharmacology professor David Nichols makes chemicals similar to ecstasy and LSD so he can study how parts of the brain function. He publishes the works for other scientits, hoping the work will one day lead to treatments for things like depression and Parkinson's disease. And he has an ethical dilemma:
Because of Sen. Richard Lugar's votes on such issues as New START and the DREAM Act, his support for earmarks and his votes to confirm Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, he's certain to face a Tea Party challenge in the primary next year:
Hoping to head off a primary challenge from the right, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, sat down with Tea Party leaders last month but did little to persuade them of his conservative credentials.
