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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb officially filed for re-election this morning. Holcomb submitted more than 9,000 signatures to get on the ballot, 4500 is required; 500 from each Congressional District. “Indiana is on a roll and we’re not taking our foot off the gas,” Holcomb said in a statement. “While the names on the ballot will be Suzanne’s […]
With impeachment proceedings set to begin this week, we’re replayings a speech by former Clinton special prosecutor Ken Starr who has joined the White House’s defense team. Starr was in Indianapolis this past summer speaking to the Federalist Society, a group of conservative lawyers. In his address, Starr talked about the special prosecutor law and […]
A new poll out this week by Morning Consult shows positive approval ratings for Governor Eric Holcomb in all major categories. Holcomb’s overall approval rating at the end of 2019 was 51 percent, that’s up from 49 percent at the start of the year. Twenty-three percent disapprove of the job he is doing and 27 percent said they didn’t […]
Republican Eric Holcomb and Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfle led the pack in campaign fundraising for their respective statewide races. Today was the filing deadline for annual campaign reports. Here’s a summary… Governor’s Race Eric Holcomb Raised approximately $4.26 million since the last filing period. Nearly two million of that was in the last two months. He reported $7.2 million […]
Although Indianapolis saw an overall drop in its criminal homicide rate in 2019, the number of juvenile murder victims doubled. That’s just one of several noticeable, and disturbing trends, in this past year’s criminal homicide data. The city saw 152 murders, according to information unveiled by IMPD.* That was one murder every 2.4 days. Last […]
Republican State Senator Victoria Spartz of Noblesville is suspending her campaign to explore a run for Congress in the 5th District. In an e-mail to her supporters, she stated… “As I took a deeper dive in the last few months into a number of issues affecting our state, like education, healthcare, welfare, and business deregulation, I realized […]
The head of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police is asking Indiana lawmakers for help in the city’s fight against rising crime and violence. Rick Synder testified today before the Indiana Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee and on Monday Snyder and members of the Ten Point Coalition met with Governor Eric Holcomb. Snyder says […]
Democratic State Senator Eddie Melton is quitting the race for Governor. In a Facebook message to his supporters, Melton said, “withdrawing from Indiana’s gubernatorial race and running for re-election for my state senate seat. Over the past six months, I have had the privilege of traveling our state and engaging with thousands of Hoosiers.” Melton had the […]
Growing up in Chicago, there was a journalist by the name of Lu Palmer. He was the quintessential activist who was instrumental in getting the city’s first black mayor, Harold Washington, elected back in 1982. In addition to being a journalist, Palmer was also a political organizer, radio show host, and newspaper publisher. And […]
So what was the first day of legalized recreational marijuana like in Illinois? And what could this mean for Indiana? We spoke with my former co-worker Jim leach, talk show host and news, and programming director at WMAY radio in Springfield to find out. Click here for his comments. They run for 11 minutes. Photo: WMAY Radio