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VAUGHN: Ethics reform is riddled with loopholes

When the Indiana General Assembly reconvened earlier this month, legislators were greeted by a huge cadre of lobbyists all wanting the same thing: their attention and support for whatever issue the lobbyist is pushing.

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.

WINSTON: Focus on kitchen and boardroom tables

Many voters I talked with wanted to send a wakeup call to politicians of both parties that they should heed the words of Jim Carville to then-candidate Bill Clinton in 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.”

HEIN: Hoosier mayors drive U.S., China ties

Wayne Seybold is well-known as an Olympic ice skater. He is also earning a reputation as an innovative two-term mayor of his hometown of Marion. But few Hoosiers are aware of his role as global trade warrior.

MEREDITH: Students achieve more under collective bargaining

Recent reform measures—aimed at blaming teachers’ unions for all that ails public schools—claim that negotiated agreements are a large part of student achievement problems. Yet research shows that Indiana students fare better in school corporations where teachers have the right to collectively bargain.

KETZENBERGER: Daniels will define legacy in key speech

Gov. Mitch Daniels’ upcoming State of the State speech will be the seventh time he has addressed a joint session of the General Assembly, and it’s likely the one that will define his mark on Indiana for years to come.

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.

Brother arrested in Beech Grove murder

Police say they have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a woman at a Beech Grove apartment complex. Braxton Vaughn, 25, the adoptive brother of the victim, turned himself in to police Wednesday morning and told them he killed Rachel Wurster, 25, at the Willow Glen Apartments near 9th Avenue and Thompson Road. He was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder.
 

Crash kills Hamilton County teen

A Hamilton County teen was killed in a single-car crash at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police say the vehicle left the road for unknown reasons and hit a tree near 256th Street and Lacy Road in Cicero. The driver, a male, died on the scene and a male passenger was transported to Methodist Hospital with minor injuries. Friends said the driver, whose name has not been disclosed, was a 19-year-old Purdue University student and 2010 graduate of Hamilton Heights High School.
 

Earthquake hits central Indiana

An earthquake rattled parts of central Indiana Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 3.8 magnitude quake happened at 7:55 a.m. and was centered about five miles south of Greentown in Howard County. That’s about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis. No damage or injuries were reported.