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Rep. (D-Bloomington) Matt Pierce was on Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code, which was directed to look into passing hate crimes legislation. Gov. Holcomb is expected to push Indiana’s Republican-dominated legislature to pass a hate crimes bill, during tonight’s State of the State address. Rep. Pierce speaks with News Director Wes Martin about Gov. Holcomb’s …

On tonight’s show, we re-air a show from September 24th, 2018. This show features an anonymous Dreamer and Christine Popp of Popp & Bullman Attorneys-At-Law. She is an expert on immigration issues. This is a lead-up to a live interview that we are planning for next Monday to talk with her about her recent trip to Tijuana, Mexico. CREDITS Our …

Medical marijuana is likely to be brought up again before the Indiana legislature, this coming session. State Senator (D-Bloomington) Mark Stoops is the Indiana said Democrats in the State Senate are likely to push for a medical marijuana bill in January, when the state legislature reconvenes. With just 10 Democrats in the senate, any push to legalize medical use of …

Indiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. Telemarketers and fraudulent scammers are using advances in technology to skirt federal and state telemarketing laws in Indiana. The Associated Press reports some telemarketers are now using “spoof” numbers to make it appear as if a call is coming from a local area code. Spoofing and …

Midterm elections earlier this month left Democrats in the state with just 10 of 50 seats in the State Senate. Democrats control 33 seats in the 100 member State House of Representatives, leaving Republicans with another super-majority in Indiana, until 2020. Despite their super-majority, Senate Democrat Mark Stoops said Republicans will need to reach across the aisle to advance at …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has written an opinion piece, calling for civility and unity in politics, and in day to day life. The state’s highest ranking law enforcement official is releasing the editorial in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Kennedy was slain in Dallas in 1963, on live television by Lee Harvey Oswald. …

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race. After voting closed on November 6th, an error was discovered in the program that reads the data collected from ballot scanners. The program was reading the race as under-voted. Republican board member William Ellis explained voters are meant to cast one vote in the …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was elected by his peers this weekend as the vice chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association. The election comes as the embattled Attorney General faces repeated calls from state lawmakers and fellow Republicans to resign. Hill is accused by four women of sexual harassment and sexual battery, after he allegedly groped them at a …

Indiana Senator Todd Young is campaigning to lead the National Senate Republicans’ Campaign, in 2020. The Associated Press reports this Wednesday, Young is likely to be confirmed by fellow Republicans to lead their campaign during the presidential election year. So far the first-term Republican Senator does not face any opponents, and has received the endorsement of Senate Majority Leader Mitch …

Progressive organizations are calling on supporters to turn out in the streets this afternoon. Common Dreams and MoveOn.org are advocating for supporters to protest the forced resignation of US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions is a Republican, and has been no friend to progressive and left-leaning organizations. But MoveOn.org and Common Dreams are protesting his ouster, after Trump announced his …