Cheer up, you sick puppy, at least we don't live in Lousiana:
Indiana has never been considered a leader in public health. We were late to the no-public-smoking party. Soda-size limits, ala New York City, would not fly here. No mountains or seashores compel us to exercise.
On this day in 1816, President James Madison signed an act of Congress admitting Indiana to the Union as the 19th state. Its accession culminated a process that took nearly two decades. In 1800, Congress had carved out the Indiana Territory from the organic Northwest Territory, the first new subregion to be so designated.
Gov. Daniels on staying true to federalism even if it hurts:
Hey, anybody up for reopening the debate over the toll road lease?
Gov. Daniels is getting some props for the "simple, elegant and classy" way he apologized for remarks he made recently. At the opening of the I-69 Evansville extension, he had said that the world was divided into two groups, "builders and bellachers." That upset some people who thought the governor was being dismissive of legitimate concerns the highway. Some of them complained in letters to the Indianapolis Star. So the governor sent his own letter to the newspaper:
This is the first time I've seen Gov. Daniels as anything less than supremely confident:
How communities can make a ton of money without raising taxes: 1. Install red-light cameras. 2. Shorten the yello-light time below the federally mandated three seconds. 3. Rake in the dough.
Brian Hughes paid a $50 fine after a camera caught him running a light in Manhattan in 2010.
Boy, does this ever sound like a nightmare in the making:
The chairman of the State Senate Education Committee says he will not try again to have creationism be taught in Indiana's public schools during the upcoming legislative session.
A case of "my house, my rules":
BLOOMINGTON, IND.(AP) - A Bloomington shelter for the homeless is implementing a new code of conduct for residents that bars them from asking strangers for money.
Granted, this isn't as momentous as the gay-marriage debate, but it's interesting in its own way:
An organization that promotes secular humanism as a moral alternative to belief in God was dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge declined to expand the definition of who is qualified to perform marriage ceremonies.
