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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Talks About Solving Debt Problems
Story air date: Monday, October 03, 2011
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was in Chicago this week, promoting his new book "Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans." Gov. Daniels writes about the nation’s growing debt problem, especially as it relates to Social Security and Medicare, and he explains how his own policies have helped turn his state’s debts into surpluses. Speaking with Illinois Public Radio’s Michael Puente, Daniels started off by talking about the potential damage of national debt.
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economy • government • elections • Indiana • people • politicsAbortion Debate Rages in Indiana
Story air date: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Indiana is the nation’s first state to bar federal Medicaid funding for abortion providers, and Planned Parenthood was squarely in legislators’ sights. A federal judge this week denied an injunction to keep the law from taking affect. The law has stirred up emotions in the abortion debate. Illinois Public Radio’s Michael Puente went to hear from both sides in the declining industrial city of Gary in Northwest Indiana.
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