Hoosier lore

With everything else going on, I almost missed this one:

Indiana lawmakers have rolled back a much-disparaged law requiring everyone, regardless of age, to be carded when buying alcohol, but some retailers say they may keep up the practice anyway.

A fearless city government bravely takes a tough stand:

Members of the La Porte City Council were unanimous in their opposition to the 7.9 percent rate increase NIPSCO is requesting from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) — and voted to send out a resolution, after only a first reading, to voice it to the governing body in charge.

Good grief:

A thief swiped a $4,300 designer handbag that was to be auctioned for charity at Butler University's Clowes Memorial Hall.

The Louis Vuitton monogrammed canvas bag with a leopard pattern on sheared calfskin and water-snake handles was stolen Monday from a table between 4:45 and 5 p.m., said Butler Police Chief Ben Hunter.

Today's Journal Gazette editorial is one of their typical hysterical anti-gun editorials in which lawmkers are chastised for giving in to those evil "paid gun lobbyists" from the National Rifle Association instead of serving the interests of the public:

A group that wants Donald Trump removed as this year's Indianapolis 500 pace car driver has a Facebook page "liked" by thousands of people:

The page says the pace car driver honor is typically bestowed on people involved in motor sports or people considered national heroes. The page contends Trump is neither.

I dunno. That'll be a few minutes at least when he won't be able to spout nonsense.

Well, all right then:

The taxpayer refund was among the few sticking points between the House and Senate version of the budgets. House Republicans supported the governor's idea, but Republican Senate leaders said it was more responsible to use any excess money to pay down unfunded pension liabilities.

The compromise budget proposal announced Thursday would meld the two ideas together.

Is Mitch Daniels this political season's Jimmy Carter?

Kathy Richardson is right -- the proposal would change the rules in the middle of the game:

The Indiana House is balking at a Senate plan to let Gov. Mitch Daniels appoint a replacement if Secretary of State Charlie White is found ineligible to be elected.

The Indianapolis Tea Party wanted the city to waive $450 in fees for bagging parking meters during an event. The Indianapolis Board of Public Works said no:

Man, this is one determined rapist:

MUNCIE -- A man who forced his way into a woman's apartment near The Village raped the woman even after she stabbed him four times, according to police reports.

The victim told police that the man was using a T-shirt to soak up blood from his wounds as he continued to carry out the attack early Easter morning.