Governor wants revamped teacher evaluations
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and state schools superintendent Tony Bennett say Indiana needs a more honest look at the job teachers and principals are doing.
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Embattled prosecutor Brizzi plans new business
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he plans a new business in reputation management. He will also work as an attorney from offices in Hamilton County and Indianapolis.
COLLINS: The crying gap between the sexes, parties
I’m sure we’ll get used to having a speaker of the House who weeps a lot. That would be John Boehner, the new guy.
DOUTHAT: Political reality forces return to normalcy
Over the past three years, American politics has been dominated by a liberal fantasy and a conservative freakout.
FRIEDMAN: Americans need to reshape a really big plan
Given where we are, the tax-cut deal with the Republicans was the best President Barack Obama could do since raising taxes in a recession would not have been a good idea and the Republicans had the votes to prevent it.
DOWD: Are we ready for a gay commander in chief?
Former President Jimmy Carter is putting the out in outspokenness.
EARLY: Either sing ‘Kumbaya’ or ‘suck it up, cupcakes’
The real gift in the 2010 election is that the Republican landslide was nationwide and resulted in Republican majorities in legislatures all over the country. Why was this so important? It’s map-drawing time.
SHELLA: Indiana Democrats can blame Obama
Democrats couldn’t get away from Barack Obama during the 2010 election cycle. The national mood fueled by frustration over high unemployment and the continued recession, along with opposition to health care reform, carried their opponents into office.
PARKER: Governors past provide critical lessons for 2012 election
You can’t successfully govern Indiana with a divide-and-conquer approach. We’re nice people, and we don’t like to be yelled at.
CLARK: Bring on another governor with Daniels’ characteristics
The root of Mitch Daniels’ success can be boiled down to an adherence to three simple concepts: lower taxes, a smaller government and more personal freedom.
BOEHM: Electing judges a charade in Marion County
If you voted for any Marion County judges in the last several years, you wasted your time. And the county wasted whatever it costs to put the judicial candidates on the ballot.
EDITORIAL: Consider tapping bank fund to ease budget woes
As reported in a front-page story in last week’s IBJ, the $250 million public deposit insurance fund has not been tapped in nearly 20 years.
FEIGENBAUM: Session to test lawmakers’ views on small government
Many new House and Senate members won election in part on platforms of reducing government regulation and minimizing government in the lives of Hoosiers.
Mayoral contender Kennedy to leave day job
Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy will leave her attorney job at law firm Baker and Daniels on Friday to begin campaigning full-time next month.
State GOP leaders weigh banning required union dues
Bills filed in the Indiana House would ban workers from being required to pay union dues.
2010 NEWSMAKER: Lubbers changes higher-ed funding
Higher education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers ushered in a new era in higher education financing this year. But she’ll need to persuade the General Assembly to stick with it in 2011.
Brizzi controversy colors prosecutor’s race
Two-term Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi drew attention for a series of questionable business deals with a local defense attorney and for his friendship and business ties to financier Tim Durham, who is under federal criminal investigation.
2010 NEWSMAKER: Daniels keeps fans in suspense
Political observers of Gov. Mitch Daniels see plenty of signs that the 61-year-old Republican is eyeing a presidential run in 2012.
Bayh throws Democrats into a tizzy
The political world trembled on Feb. 15, when Indiana’s Democratic U.S. senator, Evan Bayh, announced he would not seek a third term.