I did an earleir post about the anniversary of the Supreme Court's notorious Kelo decision and the backlash of eminent domain reforms in its aftermath. New York is one of the states in which officials haven't seen the light yet:
If you own a piece of property in New York State, you won't like today's ruling by the state's high court.
This news from Hoosier Ag Today requires a celebration, I think:
After some very tough years, the beef business in Indiana is coming back. According to Purdue, Indiana has seen a 50% decline in cattle operations in the state over the past 20 years.
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Via The Corner, a warning that the National Popular Vote, the backdoor effort to eliminated the Electoral College, is dangerously close to succeeding:
If each of these states is counted, NPV could have as many as 169 electoral votes in favor of its plan. It needs 270. NPV has come startlingly close to success even as most Americans remain completely unaware that the presidential-election process is so close to being turned on its head.
Continental Structural Plastics is considering leaving Ohio and bringing its 214 jobs to Indiana because of an environmental rule Ohio has that we don't have, one requiring the use of a machine that reduces pollution but costs $500,000 a year to operate.
But the company says the machine is no longer needed to meet Ohio Environmental Protection Agency standards because it has cut production at its paint shop and it has increased use of robotics and air recycling.
Some economists say the recession that started in December 2007 (according to the National Bureau of Economic Research) ended in summer 2009, but the bureau hasn't given its official word yet, so we're left to play the guessing game.
Amid the storms and power outages across the state this week, the Indiana Department of Transportation sends this reminder: Intersections with nonfunctioning traffic signals become four-way stops.
Indiana law says that after stopping, motorists may proceed with caution through those intersections. They also should yield the right of way to traffic within the intersection or so near that it presents an immediate hazard.
An interesting look at the work of five-member Government Efficiency Group within the Indiana Office of Management and Budget, charged with finding ways to save the state money:
Inside a big state agency is a small group of people whose job it is to pinch pennies to save taxpayer dollars.
Juxtaposition of the day: On our home page, this is the top story,
GARY — The childhood hometown of Michael Jackson is planning a tribute Friday at his former house to mark the one-year anniversary of his death, and the mayor says his mother is among the people expected to attend.
and it's followed immediately by this one:
When it was reported a couple of months ago that two Martinsville police officers had been suspended over an incident in which a 10-year-old boy at a day care center was subdued with a stun gun, I did a post that was skeptical of the police actions. But now a special prosecutor and a grand jury have exonerated the officers, and their arguments that the officers acted appropriately are compelling:
I don't have much to say about this. It's just the kind of story you shouldn't let go unnoticed, that's all:
VALPARAISO -- A retired Chicago police officer was arrested at Lake of the Woods Nudist Colony after allegedly pushing a 66-year-old pool attendant to the ground.
