That casino Mayor Tom Henry wanted to snag for Fort Wayne? Ain't gonna happen:
A bill that would have allowed one of two Gary riverboat casino licenses to be transferred to northeastern Indiana fizzled in a Senate committee Thursday and is likely dead this session.
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The issue that just won't die:
The long-running debate over which time zones Hoosiers should observe got more complicated Wednesday when an Indiana House committee approved a bill to let voters choose their county's time zone through referendums.
House Bill 1047 would let residents of counties that border the Eastern-Central time zone boundary to put the issue to a vote.
What is it they say -- those who can, do; those who can't, teach?
CLOVERDALE, Ind. -- A Cloverdale Middle School anger-management teacher resigned after he broke a student's finger during what began as horseplay, school officials said.
Scott Porter recently broke an index finger of Jordan Mundy (pictured) as they were wrestling each other during an anger-management class, Jordan and the school's principal said.
This Associated Press story purports to be an objective analysis of the pros and cons of Indiana's "toughest in the nation" voter ID law, now before the Supreme Court. But here's the way it starts:
Money I don't mind the state spending:
Indiana's adoption marketing program has increased the number of adoptions of troubled children by about 40 percent from 2005 to 2007 -- and a new, $4 million effort over the next two years aims to do even more to promote adoptions.
An Indianapolis Star sports columnist is not joining the "Dungy's staying!" fab club:
I am uncomfortable because I simply can't talk myself out of writing the following words, words that will incur the near-universal wrath of a city that has come to revere Tony Dungy, not only as a coach but as a man:
Am I the only one creeped out by long-dead-and-buried Orville Redenbacher still on TV as the pitchman for his popcorn? His company was around Valparaiso in northwestern Indiana, so I got to see him a lot on TV up there when I was in Michigan City from the mid-'70s to early '80s. I feel like I'm in a time warp. Just imagine them bringing back Dave Thomas commercials for Wendy's.
Blogger and former Indianapolis Star columnist Ruth Holladay recalls the visit to Fort Wayne by Martin Luther King in 1963, when she was a junior at Concordia Lutheran High School:
I know it's a musty old joke, but now seems like a good time for it. Why don't Baptists believe in pre-marital sex? Answer: It might lead to dancing:
The first on-campus dance ever allowed at Anderson University attracted several hundred students over the weekend, although they mostly stood around and danced in large groups.
Indiana may not be as ready for a recession as we would like:
Many experts fear the nation may be on the footsteps of a recession.
The country has seen indicators like higher unemployment rates and an economic slow-down for the last few months.
Purdue Ag Economist Larry DeBoer said Indiana expects to have about 1.15 billion dollars in savings by the end of June 2009.
