On October 9, Indiana AG Todd Rokita defended musician Kanye West after the latter made an anti-Semitic tweet and wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt to a fashion show. To be clear, no form of bigotry is “independent thinking”. It is the lowest, most base [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—Today the Indiana Senate passed Senate Bill 1, a near-total ban on abortion with limited exceptions. State Senator Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) offered the following response: “This bill is ugly. It doesn’t matter how you dress it up, how Republicans amend around the corners: anything less [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—On Tuesday, Senate Bill 1 passed out of the Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee with a vote of 7-5. Rules Committee member, State Senator Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) offered this response: “This awful bill shouldn’t have been heard, let alone advanced to the next stage of [...]
Word Count: 713 I thought I had lost the capacity to be shocked and disgusted by Attorney General Todd Rokita's grandstanding in lieu of doing his job, but over the last week, he managed to sink to even lower depths. On July 1, the Indy [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—State Sen. Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) and State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis) today called for Indiana to put a moratorium on the gas sales and gas excise tax through July amid soaring prices. They offered this proposal in an alternative conference committee report to the [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—At the close of Black History Month, State Senator Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) offered two resolutions (SR 52 and SR 53) to honor the exceptional Black men and women that made their mark in Madison and Delaware Counties. Both resolutions passed with unanimous support. Senator Lanane [...]