In his final two year budget, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is targeting two major areas for significant spending increases: health and education. He’s asking lawmakers to spend more on local health departments, and focus on fentanyl, the synthetic opioid responsible for the vast majority of overdose deaths. The Governor also wants schools better funded, including money to end textbook fees for all public school parents. He’s proposing over a billion dollars in new spending on education alone. The new legislative session begins in the coming days.
More drama Wednesday in Washington as House members once again failed to elect a Speaker to lead the chamber and begin legislative business. Republicans have a slim majority, but 20 of them refuse to back California’s Kevin McCarthy to lead them. That’s enough to stalemate the process until somebody gives ground.
The mastermind behind “Operation Varsity Blues” has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison. Prosecutors charged over 50 people in the scheme, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Ringleader Rick Singer was able to get kids into top colleges by helping them cheat on standardized tests and bribing college coaches to take them as athletic recruits, even if they didn’t play the sport in question.
College basketball: Michigan downed Penn State in Ann Arbor, 79-69. Illinois lost at Northwestern, 73-60. Tonight: 15th ranked Indiana is at Iowa, and number one Purdue is at 24th ranked Ohio State.
NBA: the Bulls beat Brooklyn in Chicago, 121-112. The Indiana Pacers lost at Philly, 129-126.
Hockey: the Detroit Redwings lost at home to New Jersey, 5-to-1. The Blackhawks host Arizona tomorrow night at the United Center.
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