Indiana on Monday May 12, 2008

Archive of Indiana on Monday May 12, 2008

Long Thompson vaults to top of fractured party
By Patrick Guinane, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Indiana Democrats have some healing to do as Jill Long Thompson leads them into a long-awaited November bout with Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.
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Could state turn blue Nov. 4?
By Mary Beth Schneider, The Indianapolis Star
Woodrow Wilson did it. So did Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. All three Democrats bucked the trend and won the hearts and minds of the majority of Hoosiers voting in presidential elections.
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GOP race for AG begins
By Patrick Guinane, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
The battle for the north has begun in the Republican race for Indiana attorney general.
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Legal loophole provides golden parachutes for assessors
By Patrick Guinane, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
More than 100 elected township assessors facing pink slips this summer are entitled to paychecks through year's end, and they also could hit taxpayers for $1,000 bonuses.
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In school sports, who makes the call?
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org Staff Writer

A shot at the buzzer of a high school championship game — was it in time or not? — led the South Carolina Legislature to consider a bill to require referees to watch video replays. It was hardly the first example of armchair quarterbacking by lawmakers.

Ice cream sellers under scrutiny
By Jeff Martin, Rapid City Journal
Rapid City is among the latest in a growing number of communities across the nation moving to prevent sexual predators from becoming ice cream truck drivers.
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Political databases track your views, your address
By Ed Ronco, South Bend Tribune
Kyle Bailey knows who you are. He knows whether you believe in more or less gun control.
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Tax rates for county are in; bills will follow
By Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star
The state approved new property tax rates for Marion County on Friday, providing the final component county officials need to recalculate faulty 2007 tax bills as part of a reassessment.
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Guard accused of beating girl for snoring
By The Associated Press, The Indianapolis Star
NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- A prison guard beat his live-in girlfriend's daughter in the head while she slept because of her loud snoring, police said.
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USI trustees don't vote on same-sex benefits
By The Associated Press, The Indianapolis Star
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- The University of Southern Indiana board of trustees opted not to vote on a proposed resolution that would have granted employee benefits to same-sex domestic partners.
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Thefts rise with copper prices
By Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post (registration)
CHICAGO - Dave Fusselman figures he has seen a lot of different items come through his family's third-generation scrap metal business in Moberly, Mo. But an attempted sale last fall broke new ground.
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Voter ID battle shifts to proof of citizenship
By Ian Urbina, The New York Times
The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.
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WORTH NOTING: Illinois treasurer shows his knowledge of charges
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) endures a bruising charge from Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D). A new Utah law stirs Salt Lake City bartenders to create a new drink. And Louisiana prison guards get outside help to prevent escapes. In case you missed those stories this week, Worth Noting fills you in.
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Neutral govs to remain on sidelines
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer

In the homestretch of an unprecedented presidential primary season, spinning with competing sound-bites and endless rhetoric, voters still heading to the polls in four states can’t look to their governors for any pre-election advice. These governors plan to wait until after their states vote to make their own endorsements.
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Silver Alert helps rescue lost seniors
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org Staff Writer
(Updated 9:30 a.m EST, May 8, 2008)

When an elderly person with dementia is lost, eight states can trigger an alert to let the community know. Proposals in Congress would expand the successful missing persons program to all 50 states.
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At-risk gubernatorial seats increase
By Louis Jacobson, Stateline.org Columnist

After a pair of hard-fought primaries, North Carolina joins Missouri, Washington and Indiana on Out There's list of states where partisan control of the governorship could flip this fall.
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Will states fix 2012 primary process?
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer

While voters in Indiana and North Carolina go to the polls today (May 6) to help Democrats pick Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as their nominee and Republicans rally behind John McCain, party insiders and state election officials are in informal talks to improve the presidential nominating contests for 2012 and beyond.
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Oh say, is that banner made in the U.S.A.?
By Kim Mendelsohn, Special to Stateline.org
Lawmakers in 10 states have taken steps to require that American flags bought with state funds be manufactured in this country. While not all the legislation has passed, one state’s new law even bans the sale of foreign-made American flags in that state.
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