$300 million mistake
I was traveling, so I did not get a chance to comment on this one yet. Gov. Daniels yesterday announced that his administration had screwed up the state’s book keeping to the tune of $320 million. He...
View ArticleRenn: Kentucky Bridge Deal Worst Transportation Finance Decision Since the...
The Indy Star followed, to some extent, where Aaron Renn led much earlier in examining Indiana’s deal with Kentucky to build a bridge over the Ohio River. The Star article is entitled “Why Indiana is...
View ArticleGov. Daniels to Become Purdue President
Reports are that Governor Daniels is going to replace outgoing Purdue President France Córdova. I have a general policy against talking much about local politics. While I haven’t decided if Purdue’s...
View ArticlePence Wants Federal Government to Handle Indiana’s Health Insurance Exchange
Because he doesn’t like Obamacare, future Governor Mike Pence has recommended something of a passive-aggressive course of action by Indiana in terms of (not) establishing a state-based health insurance...
View ArticleGov. Daniels Issues Pardons, Including One for “Automobile Banditry” (leading...
Gov. Daniels recently issued a number of Executive Orders granting pardons for individuals who committed the following crimes: 1992 battery, 1963 burglary, 1999 battery, 1989 – 1995 Operating While...
View ArticleSB 88 – Loser Pays Legal Fees
Sen. Delph has introduced SB 88 which would amend the statute permitting a court to award legal fees to the prevailing party for frivolous law suits or those litigated in bad faith and replace it with...
View ArticleIndiana: Island of the Uninsured
Jim Shella is reporting on political opposition to Gov. Pence’s view that Indiana should not take part in the Medicaid expansion part of the federal health care reform legislation. The Supreme Court...
View ArticleKrull on Pence
John Krull has a column in the Louisville Courier Journal on the new governor entitled Gov. Mike Pence’s ‘Roadmap’ for Indiana still wandering. Gov. Pence’s legislative history never suggested a love...
View ArticleAaron Carroll on Pence, HIP, and Medicaid Expansion
Aaron Carroll, writing at the Incidental Economist, has a post entitled Arkansas and Indiana, offering some thoughts on Gov. Pence’s apparent refusal to undertake the Medicaid expansion unless the...
View ArticlePence: We have plenty of money for stuff I like
Brian Zimmerman, writing for the Palladium-Item has an article entitled Pence: Tax cut, spend is possible. Gov. Pence made a speech at my old stomping grounds – Forest Hills Country Club. Seriously, I...
View ArticleNo Safety Net for Indiana Medicaid Expansion Negotiations
(Via the Indiana Law Blog) Dan Carden, writing for the Northwest Indiana Times reports that the Pence administration has not been making any contingency plans for the possibility that the federal...
View ArticleDaniels Response to Zinn Brouhaha
I wasn’t especially animated by the initial revelations about then Gov. Daniels’ e-mail exchange about teaching Howard Zinn in the schools. It didn’t exactly come as a shock that Gov. Daniels didn’t...
View ArticlePence Administration’s Message on Obamacare Premiums: Fun with Averages
Late last week, I saw opponents of Obamacare pushing a story out of Indiana that said insurance premiums would spike 72% up to an average premium of $570/month. Not long later, I saw Aaron Carroll at...
View ArticleJames on Pence Response to Request for Police Assistance in Gary
Rich James, writing in the Northwest Indiana Times, has a column about the Pence administration’s recent response to Gary’s request for help from the State Police. After the mayor asked Gov. Mike Pence...
View ArticleHayden on Indiana Health Care
Maureen Hayden had a good column on the state of Indiana Health Care. She notes that the Healthy Indiana Plan, touted by Gov. Pence as an adequate alternative to Medicaid expansion under the Obamacare...
View ArticleIndiana Executive Order 13-21: Center for Education and Career Innovation (CECI)
On August 23, 2013, Governor Pence issued Executive Order 13-21 (pdf) which declared that the “Center for Education and Career Innovation” was created. It has a bunch of “Whereas” clauses, which are –...
View ArticleExecutive Orders Making Guarantees to the NFL and NCAA
Governor Pence has issued Executive Orders 14-04 and 14-05 providing for cooperation with the NFL and the NCAA respectively. The executive order concerning the NFL is in furtherance of efforts to land...
View ArticleIndiana Medicaid No Longer Covers Early Elective Births
Niki Kelly, writing for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, reports that Indiana’s Medicaid program will no longer pay for early elective births. The rationale is that babies born early or small are at...
View ArticleElusive State Money in the News
I noticed some similarities between two stories involving availability of state money both of which are at least superficially peculiar given the State’s recent announcement of a $2 billion surplus....
View ArticleState forgoes $80 million pre-kindergarten grant opportunity
Chalkbeat and Matt Tully have articles reporting that the governor has chosen to drop out of an opportunity to get $80 million in pre-kindergarten education grant funding. Tully reports that the...
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