Statehouse News
Legislators taking time to investigate
May 22, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlInterim study committees are credited with enabling the Indiana General Assembly to thoughtfully review issues.
MoreRockport on the rocks
May 8, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Legislature leaves the fate of a derided coal gasification plant proposal to justices.
MoreGeneral Assembly votes on expungement and constitutional convention bills
April 23, 2013
IL StaffHoosiers with criminal records might soon be able to erase their past.
MoreRehab, not jail, shows promise in lowering recidivism
April 10, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlAdvocates for alternative programs are asking the Indiana Legislature for funding.
MoreVouchers validated, program scope at issue
April 10, 2013
Dave StaffordThe recent Indiana Supreme Court ruling affirming school choice renews Statehouse fight over vouchers.
MoreGeneral Assembly enters final weeks with full schedule
April 5, 2013
IL StaffIndiana’s biennial budget is eligible to receive a second reading in the Senate Monday as the Indiana General Assembly
enters the final weeks of its regular session.
MoreLawmakers advance bill to aid courthouse restoration, but money is missing
March 27, 2013
Dave StaffordNearly every county seat in Indiana could benefit from a bill promoting historic courthouse renovation and maintenance projects.
Only problem is, when lawmakers passed the legislation through the Senate they stripped out the money for it.
MoreMany efforts arise to address abandoned property, few go forward
March 27, 2013
Dave StaffordState Sen. Jim Merritt wanted to help an eastside Indianapolis church gain possession of some long-abandoned, derelict houses,
tear them down and establish a neighborhood park. But it turned out there wasn’t much the law allowed the church to
do.
MoreIndiana Senate to hold hearings on crime bills
March 22, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlTwo crime bills moving through the Indiana General Assembly are on the agenda for Senate hearings next week.
MoreProblem-solving courts, CHINS legislation return to house of origin
March 20, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Senate passed several House bills Tuesday, including legislation expanding when a person can participate in a
problem-solving court program. The House of Representatives returned bills on children in need of services petitions and prosecutor
pensions back to the Senate.
MoreIndiana Senate president pro tem pushes for Constitutional Convention
March 13, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlIndiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long admits his effort to convene a state-driven Constitutional Convention will be
a struggle.
MoreRefiguring workers' comp in Indiana
March 13, 2013
Dave StaffordA House bill looks to raise worker benefits, causing a tug-of-war over hospital reimbursement.
MoreMedicaid expansion not dead but Legislature still divided
February 28, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlWhen talking about expanding Medicaid under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, both sides of the aisle in the Statehouse
focus on the same point – costs.
MoreLong expects Criminal Code revision will get Senate approval
February 27, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlIndiana’s first major rewrite of the state’s Criminal Code in more than 30 years is now in the hands of the Senate
where the Senate leader believes it will ultimately be approved.
MoreGiving felons a chance to wipe their records clean
February 27, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlThe Indiana General Assembly moving forward with expungement bill.
MoreProblem-solving courts cut recidivism, help defendants
February 13, 2013
Dave StaffordIndiana House Bill 1016 proposes to let court staff provide some rehabilitative services and collect fees for them.
More6 bills in Indiana Statehouse aimed at slowing the manufacture of meth
February 13, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlThe description Rodney Cummings gives of Madison County makes the central Indiana area sound like a war zone. The source of
the problem is the manufacture and abuse of methamphetamine, a volatile mix of medicine and toxins that forms a highly addictive
drug.
MoreEliminating judges’ mandatory retirement to get hearing
February 5, 2013
Dave StaffordA bill to eliminate mandatory retirement at age 75 for Indiana Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges will be
heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
MoreSenate panel advances DCS oversight measure
January 30, 2013
Dave StaffordA proposed commission that grew from a study committee examining problems at the Department of Child Services cleared the
Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
MoreDickson's State of Judiciary highlights interplay of judiciary, Legislature
January 30, 2013
Dave StaffordIndiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson’s first State of the Judiciary address after 27 years on the bench produced a few
collegial chuckles as he offered examples of checks and balances and noted lawmakers had rewritten laws in response to at
least three Supreme Court opinions in the last year.
MoreDebate over health care expansion heating up
January 30, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlSince hospitals are seeing cuts in Medicare, they're asking the Indiana Legislature to enlarge the Medicaid program.
MoreRound 2 for hunting and marriage amendments
January 16, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlAlthough changing the Indiana Constitution is not easy, attempts to amend are common and the 2013 session of the Indiana General
Assembly could see two proposed amendments come to the floor for a second vote. One amendment would protect Hoosiers’
right to hunt while the other would restrict their right to marry.
MoreProtecting students from the worst
January 16, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlAn increased focus on school safety is expected in Indiana Legislature this session.
MoreDemocrats' walkout leads to another 'fines' mess
January 16, 2013
Dave StaffordBefore the Indiana General Assembly convened Jan. 7, some unfinished business was debated in the Statehouse: whether Republican
House leaders went too far in seizing fines from Democrats who walked out of the Legislature in 2011 and 2012.
MorePilot iPad program expanding in Indiana General Assembly
December 19, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlThe process of turning a bill into a law requires thousands of pages of paper. Even the bills that do not become laws consume
stacks and stacks – literally tons – of paper each year. But the tide may be turning. A pilot project in the Indiana
General Assembly is being expanded with the goal of eventually replacing all that paper with electronic copies.
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Qualified immunity, means that if you wear a badge, you are exempt from law and free to do anything you please! The courts will back badge toting individuals, because they think they are above the law as well. They think, they have judicial immunity, they do not.
Deeply, deeply concerned? I'll bet if it was the judge's money that had been swindled we'd see deep concern with actual consequences. First a Ponzi scheme, then a shell game with the assets…c'mon, hasn't Conour abused the judicial system and his clients long enough? I say enough already.
Wow, just wow.
Forcing a defendant to wear a stun belt, in court or otherwise, is a violation of american principles! It is also unconstitutional!
So, if I save $100.00 cash per week, from my $500.00 per week paycheck, for 50 years, at which time, I will have saved $260,000.00, the government can raid my home and take my money, just by saying it is drug money! Shouldn't the government, have some kind of evidence of drugs, rather, than just saying we are the government and we will take anything you own, anytime we choose? Tyranny is upon us! If you don't know your rights, you don't have any!