This week’s topics on Indiana Week in Review:

-The end (or not) of the General Assembly

-Bills that are sure to die

-Legislative Winners and Losers

-Greg Zoeller takes on the GOP over recorded phone calls

-Hoosier Park bankruptcy

-Pierre Garcon at the White House

This week’s topics for the Indiana Week in Review panel:

-Brad Ellsworth’s path to the Senate nomination

-State budget shortfall

-Speaker Bauer pulls the plug on his artificial deadline

-Voter ID in the Supreme Court

-Lawmakers pass ethics bill

-Sachem award

The regular panelists will all be on hand today for Indiana Week in Review as we discuss:

-Mitch Daniels opening the door to a run for President

-Evan Bayh still explaining his decision to retire

-Wellpoint CEO Angela Braly’s grilling on Capitol Hill

-the jobs bill in the General Assembly

-a lawsuit challenging the state school funding formula

-Joe Kernan in Vietnam

John Ketzenberger is off on business today and Lesley Weidenbener is sitting in as we discuss one of the most interesting weeks in Indiana politics in memory.  Scheduled topics:

-Evan Bayh’s decision to forgo re-election

-Efforts to replace Bayh on the ballot

-GOP filings in the Senate Race

-Mike Young and Charlie Henderson get in the 4th District GOP Primary

-Lawmakers question Wellpoint

-Evan Bayh’s legacy

Ann DeLaney is back today and the Week in Review panel will discuss the following:

-Dan Coats for U.S. Senate

-Senate race petitions

-Mitch Daniels joining other governors to urge fair treatment of Toyota by Congress

-Texting while driving bill in jeopardy

-Unemployment insurance delay proposal

-Drew Brees on congratulations from Peyton Manning

John Gregg will be the Democrat panelist on Indiana Week in Review this week as we discuss:

-Dan Coats for U.S. Senate

-Todd Rokita for Congress

-Mark Massa for Marion County Prosecutor

-5th District CD developments

-School Calendar debate

-Super Bowl picks

Topics on Indiana Week in Review today:

-Will Mike Pence run against Evan Bayh?

-State of the State

-Indiana State Teachers Association recommended school cuts

-Indiana Federal Judge nominations

-Maryland Governor won’t fly Indianapolis Colts flag

On Indiana Week in Review this week:

-Carl Brizzi’s decision to forgo re-election

-Mike Sodrel’s candidacy in the 9th CD

-Tax Caps votes

-Township referendum bill approved

-Proposed changes in Sunday beer sales

-Effort to legalize marijuana

The Indiana Week in Review panel will go back over 2009 in Indiana politics on tonight’s program, the top stories, the politicians who mattered, and some who didn’t.

We will have our annual roundtable discussion including our nominations for the Indiana political stories and politicians of the decade.

Today’s topics on Indiana Week in Review: 

-The $1.8 Billion budget shortfall

-School cuts

-Passage of tax caps by the House Ways and Means Committee

-New FSSA welfare plan

-Lugar on health care reform

-Vampire sentenced