OPEN ITEM – Rep. Buschon Challenges Security of Healthcare.Gov
Our Hoosier Highlight has been updated with Representative Larry Bucshon (R-Newburg) challenging Obama Administration officials on the security of data on the Healthcare.gov website. Just go to our...
View ArticleOPEN ITEM: Agendas, Campaigns and Polls Make the News
Before we get into the political news of the day, I want to take just a brief moment at the top of our open item to mention what was a tough day for Indiana and an even tougher day for students and...
View ArticleIf only we had a do-nothing bureaucracy
For all of the talk of a “do nothing” Congress in 2013, the federal bureaucracy has certainly been busy. Senator Mike Lee illustrated how government continues to grow in power and influence with one...
View ArticleOPEN ITEM – Messer Holds Down the House, Stands up for Life
As many readers may already know this week marked the 41st anniversary of the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision which made abortion legal in the United States. Each year on the anniversary pro-life...
View ArticleWatch the State of the Union with Hoosier Access!
Many of our readers have been sharing with us that they’re in no mood to watch or listen to the State of the Union this evening. To quote one of our editors, “We’re political geeks, we’re going to...
View ArticleState of the Union: Long on Words, Short on New Ideas
Last night a few intrepid souls charged forward and watched the State of the Union broadcast. We joined them and the most pithy analysis of the event was the same speech from previous years with a...
View ArticleSaving the Full-Time Work Week and Post-Secondary Options
The impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on businesses in Indiana is well documented. Businesses are cutting hours for workers because of the ACA definition stating a full-time worker is one who...
View ArticleOPEN ITEM – Gov. Pence in DC for Governors Associations Meetings
Governor Mike Pence was in Washington, D.C. over the weekend attending the Republican Governors Association and National Governors Association meetings and had the opportunity to hit a number of cable...
View ArticleLife Sciences Does Wonders for Indiana, Medical Device Tax Does Not
I’ve learned it is really easy for public officials to highlight certain statistics on job reports and other work force reports and hide other statistics. Recently, I started paying more attention to...
View ArticleLosing Respect for Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Even though the old Stephen Colbert program was a parody I enjoyed watching it… sometimes parody still exposed hidden truths and sometimes you just have to be able to laugh at yourself or your allies...
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