Indiana Week in Review

IWIR

November 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Indiana Week in Review topics for today:

-Sarah Palin in Indiana

-What’s behind the Palin book tour?

-Organization Day leads to early start of 2010 session

-Will lawmakers vote on tax caps in 2010?

-CIB bailout talks

-Bush 41 visit to Indy


IWIR

November 13th, 2009 at 9:21 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Topics prepared for discussion on Indiana Week in Review today include:

-Where Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar stand as the health care debate moves to the Senate

-How Indiana House members voted and what influenced them

-CSpan comments by Mitch Daniels regarding health care reform

-More scrutiny for Steve Buyer’s scholarship fund

-State Senate GOP redistricting plan

-mice in kitchens at Lucas Oil Stadium


IWIR

November 6th, 2009 at 9:21 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

The Indiana Week in Review panel will discuss the following today:

-State Revenue shortfall

-Ohio Casino effects on Indiana

-Brad Ellsworth’s abortion amendment to the health care reform bill

-Wishard Referendum

-Attack on state Rep. Ed DeLaney

-Indiana on Sarah Palin’s book tour


IWIR

October 30th, 2009 at 10:30 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

We will have an interesting poll result today in response to the question with regard to the charitable foundation operated by a Congressman:  ”Has Steve Buyer been criticized unfairly?” 

Other topics:

-The proposed delay in the bailout for Indiana’s unemployment insurance fund

-Speaker Pat Bauer’s ethics reform proposal

-David Plouffe’s book account of Evan Bayh coming within a coin toss of being the VP

-5th District GOP primary maneuvering

-Centaur Gaming financial troubles

-Bloomington tree ordinance


IWIR

October 16th, 2009 at 9:36 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Subjects for discussion on Indiana Week in Review today:

-Governor fires IBM over welfare problems

-Mitch Daniels national profile

-Fundraising in the 5th District GOP Primary

-Sales tax on services

-Nobel Prize winner at IU

-Jim Irsay on Rush Limbaugh


IWIR

October 9th, 2009 at 9:37 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Discussion topics on Indiana Week in Review this week include:

-State Revenue Shortfall

-Brose McVey campaigning for Congress in an RV

-Opposition to the Wishard Referendum

-State response to H1N1

-Governor Daniels doing an ad for the newspaper industry

-David Letterman’s personal problems


IWIR

October 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Today’s topics on Indiana Week in Review:

-Marlin Stutzman for US Senate

-Evan Bayh on Iran nukes

-Dan Burton challenges Congressman who says the Republican health care plan is “die quickly”

-FSSA welfare problems

-School start time debate

-Future of the Indiana Fever

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IWIR

September 25th, 2009 at 9:58 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Discussion topics on Indiana Week in Review today include:

-The MoveOn.org protest at Wellpoint

-Dick Lugar’s belief that there may be no health care reform vote this year

-Nuclear power debate beginning at the Statehouse

-Irwin Union Bank failure

-The College Football Hall of Fame leaving South Bend

-Hoosier Lottery profits fall


IWIR

September 18th, 2009 at 9:27 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Topics for discussion on Indiana Week in Review today at 6pm on 90.1 fm and 8pm on WFYI-TV –

-Indiana voter ID law struck down

-Eli Lilly cutbacks

-CIB layoffs

-Sunday liquor sales

-ISTEP results

-The deaths of Mel Simon and Myles Brand


IWIR

September 11th, 2009 at 12:07 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog

Topics on Indiana Weewk in Review today:

-Todd Rokita’s redistricting plan

-How schools handled the Obama education speech

-Richard Behney for U.S. Senate

-Governor’s trade mission

-State Senator Luke Kenley’s tuition rebate agreement with Purdue U.

-Peyton Manning’s new book