Indiana Week in Review

The deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. Donnelly takes the oath of office and three new Indiana representatives sworn in. The state Supreme Court takes case involving fines on absent Democrats. Plus the treatment of mentally ill prisoners and Chuck Pagano.

This week in a special edition of Indiana Week in Review the top political stories in Indiana in 2012. That plus a year-end roundtable and more.

Mike Pence on the Newtown massacre. A new Congressman's take on calls for gun control, the state revenue forecast and the tax cut argument, the governor's final trip in RV-1 plus the Chrysler comeback, the electoral college and more.

Opposition to the Pence tax cut. The findings in the WISH-TV / Ball State Hoosier Survey. Support for gay marriage, Tony Bennett to Florida, Dick Lugar says good-bye to the Senate, plus the call for a mercy rule in high school sports and more.

Mike Pence names the first members of his new cabinet. Why do the look familiar? The Pence inaugural plans, Glenda Ritz snubbed Richard Lugar is honored by the President, Creationism plus why Purdue's new football coach is out of the ordinary.

Why two members of Congress from Indiana will consider breaking the tax pledge. Speaker Bosma hires a lobbyist, the state police superintendent talks about legalizing marijuana, a plan to revisit the Amazon deal, Dave and Oprah and more.

A new stretch of I-69 opens. Will it ever be completed? Organization Day in the General Assembly, Luke Messer's leadership post on Capitol Hill, the Indiana voucher law goes to the Supreme Court, changes in the Big Ten plus IndyCar has a new boss.

The new effort to pass a mass transit plan. Have attitudes changed? The new money man in the Indiana House, a petition for secession, the biggest freshman class ever in the General Assembly plus Dick Lugar's future and more.

The election in Indiana. Joe Donnelly wins a Senate seat, Mike Pence wins the governor's office, Tony Bennett taken out, two Republican super majorities in the General Assembly plus winners and losers and more.

Talking mail pieces, Larry Flynt and all that the Indiana Senate race has become. The effort to paint Mike Pence as extreme, why Michael Bloomberg is helping Indiana candidates, grades for schools plus predictions and more.

Richard Mourdock ignites a firestorm when it comes to rape and abortion? Why Mitt Romney appears in a Mourdock ad, the last debate in the race for governor, a legal victory for Planned Parenthood plus Joe Donnelly in the kitchen and more.

John McCain campaigns for Richard Mourdock. What he said to Lugar Republicans. Dick Lugar objects to a mailer, the first Senate debate and the second debate in the governor's race plus the Mitch Daniels portrait, Mike Pence in the kitchen and more.

Bill Clinton in Indianapolis. What he told Indiana Democrats. The first debate in the race for governor, a computer analysis of the candidate expressions, a union attack on Mike Pence plus a new state license plate and more.

John Gregg makes changes. Will outside money lead to a spending record in the Senate race? The Indiana House Republican agenda, state pensions, Ben Bernanke in town plus Andy Horning hates politics and more.

New poll numbers in the Senate race. Can Donnelly hold on? Mike Pence's big lead in the governor's race, scandal in the Department of Child Services, plans to privatize the lottery, plus the State of Education and Richard Mourdock in the kitchen.

Paul Ryan in Indianapolis. Did he help Richard Mourdock? Democrats publish an e-book about Mourdock, John Gregg has a highway plan, strange bedfellows in a state Senate race plus symphony troubles and more.

Help from Washington for Richard Mourdock, the campaign ads that didn't run on 9/11 and the one that did, an ethics complaint against the governor, a controversial get out and vote effort plus John Gregg in the kitchen and more.

Joe Donnelly passes up the Democratic National Convention. John Gregg's new negative ad, Rupert talks issues, Purdue spends 380-thousand in preparation for Mitch Daniels, Robocalls plus André Carson answers the DNC roll call for Indiana and more.

Mitt Romney, from Tampa to Indianapolis and back. Jackie Walorski's GOP Convention speech, health care and nuclear power in the governor's race, the latest attempt to win over Lugar voters plus Eric Holcomb in the roll call of states.

The candidates for governor share a stage. What did voters learn? Evan Bayh campaigns for Joe Donnelly. The Indiana controversy over rape and abortion, Michelle Obama visits, lawmakers call DCS on the carpet plus Carmel wins a national honor.

A legal settlement for State Fair victims falls apart. Who's to blame? A new accident at the fair, the candidates for governor talk jobs the first lady puts Indianapolis back on her travel schedule plus a gold medal winner back in Indiana.

Mitt Romney campaigns in Indiana and a new Presidential poll. Mike Pence's voting record. A look at two Indiana congressional races, a new appeals court judge and a Silver Star is delivered forty years after it was earned.

Mike Pence promises to cut the state income tax. Can we afford it? Missed votes by Pence. What's the damage? A misguided political tracker, Lugar and Mourdock together, big raises in the mayor's office plus the return to school in Henryville.

The power struggle in the House Democratic caucus. How Pat Bauer wore out his welcome. Talk of negative campaigning in the governor's race, Joe Donnelly's new ad, Greg Ballard on Capitol Hill plus why it's good to be mayor in Logansport.

The state vs. IBM. Why neither side won. Pat Bauer under fire from members of his own party, the bid for a second Super Bowl, and the latest in the race for governor. That, plus an Obama punching bag in Muncie and more.