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Vi Simpson builds consensus among Delaware County IN partisans
By Rick Yencer
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MUNCIE, IN - Where else would you see Democrats like Mayor Dennis Tyler, Indiana House hopeful Sue Errington, retired state lawmaker Allie Craycraft and even Muncie City Council member Linda Gregory in the same room?
The Right to Work...The Right to Die without benefits
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, IN - Ball State University students got a lesson in money and people during a talk about the recent Right to Work law and how people who already worked their entire life lost their jobs and benefits working in hometown factories.
The exercise was part of the Freshman Common Reader that explores issues facing college students like whether there is even an economy that will support them besides the impact of Right to Work and labor unions will have on their lives..
New laws in Indiana impact everyone
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, IN - New laws in Indiana that went into being Sunday are as different as two lawmakers that represent Delaware County, Muncie and Yorktown.
Indiana Legislature broken, early education the key
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, IN - Muncie lawmakers, facing Muncie Community Schools administrators, had little to say about that 5,000 pound elephant in the room during a legislative wrap up on Friday.
Rep. Mike White, D-Muncie, could not believe that the $500 million accounting error from the Indiana Department of Revenue that cost government and schools was not found by state or local officials for 14 months.
Daniels gives high fives to Indiana lawmakers
By Rick Yencer
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Gov. Mitch Daniels lauded state lawmakers this week for finally funding full-day kindergarten, ensuring taxpayers get a refund, passing Right to Work and enacting a statewide smoking ban.
"There will always be work ahead," said Daniels in his last year as governor. "I hope there will always be something that bothers us, something that excites us about how we can build a bigger state."
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Legislature just about over
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, IN - Delaware County legislators seemed drained of issues on Friday during a local update after that brutal fight over Right to Work that was quickly signed into law by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Rupert speaks out on Right to Work
By Rick Yencer
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The Right to Work fight is over at the Indiana Statehouse, but Libertarian gubernatorial hopeful Rupert Boneham still has something to say about it.
And what he had to say covers about every side of the issue, making the former tie-dyed "Survivor" a viable candidate that could decide the margin between Democrat John Gregg and likely Republican nominee Mike Pence.
Right to Work the law in Indiana
By Rick Yencer
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Right to Work is now the law in Indiana, making it the first Rust-Belt state to pass the measure that prohibits labor contracts requiring workers to pay union dues.
Occupy the Super Bowl with RTW
By Rick Yencer
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Labor unions joined Occupy Indiana and others to take the Right to Work fight to the Super Bowl Village on Saturday.
