When you first hear the proposal to let motorcycles but not cars sometimes ignore red lights, it seems like a really bad idea. But there's a reasonable rationale being offered:
A lawmaker who’s a motorcycle enthusiast wants to give motorcyclists the right to go through red lights after stopping at Indiana intersections in some situations.
Say, isn't it wonderful that both the Indiana House and Senate have Republican supermajorities and we can get through an entire legislative session without a big fight? Oh, wait . . .
Legislative Republicans‘ budget differences with Governor Pence go well beyond his tax-cut plan. Speaker Brian Bosma says the Republican House will propose more school funding than the one-percent increases offered by the new governor.
I'll let you decide whether this is something to be proud of or angry about:
Indiana is one of the most pro-life states in the country, according to a new study from the pro-life group "Americans United For Life."
The study says Louisiana is the most pro-life state in the union. From the Tri-State, Indiana is ranked 7th, kentucky 17th and Illinois was 36th. Washington was ranked last.
Not sure, but I think this may be a solution in search of a problem:
A Senate committee Tuesday voted 9-0 for Senate Bill 181, legalizing the sale and possession of spring-loaded knives, also known as switchblades.
Say you want to be a sperm donor but not on the hook for anything? It's a roll of the dice, pal. Here's the Indiana case:
MUNCIE, Ind. -- An appeals court ruled Tuesday that a man whose then-wife conceived two children using the sperm of a family friend must provide financial support for the youngsters.
President Obama has not been able to prepare a budget--despite having an entire Office of Management and Budget devoted to the task, and despite knowing the annual deadline.
Sadly, it was probably the right thing do do:
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is putting a deputy in Washington to monitor proposed bills and regulations that could affect Indiana.
Zoeller, a Republican, said the position is needed because of a growth in federal activity that affects states.
That darn Mike Pence is bringing up tort reform even though he didn't say a single thing about it during the campaign. No fair, no fair!
You won’t find tort reform in Gov.-elect Mike Pence’s “road map,” the agenda he laid out in his campaign.
Texas is getting a lot of attention for it's $8.8 billion surplus, created mostly by a boom in salex tax revenue (people spend more in a healthy economy) as well as taxes on oil and natural gas revenues. Mary Katharine Ham at Hot Air points out that Texas isn't the only state with a sunny fiscal outlook:
We certainly go our own way, don't we?
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — While some national lawmakers eye new limits on access to guns in the wake of last month's school shooting in Connecticut, two Republican state senators are trying to expand who can carry guns and where in Indiana.
