This is one of those "only in northwest Indiana" stories:
GARY -- At least three of Gary's declared mayoral candidates have bankruptcy filings in their past, including one front-runner, but each of them says the bankruptcy has no bearing on their ability to manage finances of the cash-strapped city.
The much-maligned, color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System is about to be consigned to the proverbial dustbin of history.
Not that anyone is really paying attention.
We're at the halfway mark of Barack Obama's first term as president. I say "first term" because I'm confident that this isn't his last. Conservatives will not want to hear this, but I've felt all along that Obama will be a two-term president, and nothing I've seen dispels that notion. My thinking is grounded primarily in two sets of data.
This is a conservative Republican?
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today dismissed the “big city” critics of corn-based ethanol and suggested the biofuels industry will be able to “stand on its own” without federal subsidies once all autos are “flexible-fuel” vehicles.
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First, they came for our toilets, and we had to put up with it. Next, they came for our light bulbs, and we were told to suck it up. Now, we're not allowed to have clean dishes, either:
Mike Pence on President Obama's SOTU address: "It appears the president is committed to more spending, more government . . ."
Man, gotta keep an eye on them all the time. A legislator proposes a nifty new "fee," i.e. tax:
A bill has been proposed that would have consumers paying .10 a bag for grocery bags.
If passed, the bill, introduced by northern Indiana State Representative Shelly VanDenburgh, would act as a type of tax.
Well, bless their hearts:
At a time when the state is cutting funding for college and can't find money for preschool education or dental care for the poor, some of Indiana's legislators are proposing the state give back money to taxpayers.
Drop the earphones, scumbag! I said, DROP THE EARPHONES, SCUMBAG! I SAID . . .
It's not uncommon to see runners and pedestrians walking or jogging with headphones on. But here in Arkansas that could soon be against the law.
State lawmakers have proposed a bill that would ban headphones in both ears near streets.
Tim Poole says he's seen the worst of what could happen while running with headphones.
