A great tool to use to confirm or dispel some of the information you hear in the media. It is a great political fact checking site created by the St. Petersburg Times and is a 2009 Pulitizer Prize winner.

www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

Guests:

State Sen. Jon Broden

Dist. 10, South Bend {D}

Website: www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s10/

Rep. David A. Wolkins

District 18 {R}

Website: www.in.gov/R18/

Rep. William Ruppel

Dist. 22, Indianapolis {R}

Website: www.in.gov/h22/

Guests:

Sen. Carlin Yoder

Middlebury, Dist. 12 [R]

Website: http://www.in.gov/s12/

Rep. Ryan Dvorak

South Bend, Dist. 8 {D}

Website: http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/dvorak_index.html

Rep. Ed Soliday

Valparaiso, Dist. 4 {R}

Website: http://www.in.gov/h4/

Guests:

State Sen. Jon Broden

Dist. 10, South Bend {D}

Website: www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s10/

State Rep. Nancy Dembowski

Dist. 17, Knox {D}

Website: www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/dembowski_index.html

State Rep. Tim Neese

Dist. 48, Elkhart {R}

Website: www.in.gov/h48/

Topic: Indiana General Assembly

Guests:

State Sen. Ed Charbonneau

Dist. 5, Valparaiso {R}

Website: www.in.gov/S5

State Rep. William Friend

Dist. 23, Macy {R}

Website: www.in.gov/h23/meet.html

State Rep. David Yarde

Dist. 52 Garrett. {R}

Website: www.in.gov/R52/

Topic: The new session in the Indiana General Assembly including property taxes

Guests:

Rep. Pat Bauer

Website: www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/bauer_index.html

Jack Colwell

South Bend Tribune columnist

Topic: A one on one conversation with Congressman Joe Donnelly

Guests:

Congressman Joe Donnelly

Website: http://donnelly.house.gov/

Topic: The upcoming legislative session and its impact on city government.

Guests:

Steve Luecke
Mayor of South Bend

Jeff Rea
Mayor of Mishawaka

Dick Moore
Mayor of Elkhart

Allan Kauffman
Mayor of Goshen

Topic: Indiana Blue Laws

Guests:

Jerry Corliss, owner
Chalet Party Shoppe
Website: www.Chaletwines.com

Greg Halling, Managing Editor
The Elkhart Truth
Website: www.eTruth.com

Matt Norris, Director
Hoosiers for Beverage Choices
Website: www.beveragechoices.com/

Brad Rider, Chairman
Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers (IABR)
Website: www.IndianaAlcoholSales.com

Topic: Transportation District

Guests:

Senator John Broden
IN Senate Dist. 10 {D}
Website: www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s10/index.htm

Rep. Ryan Dvorak
IN House Dist. 8 {D}
Website: www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/dvorak_index.html

John Schalliol
Executive Director, South Bend Regional Airport
Website: www.sbnair.com
Website: www.nictd.com

Topic: The Michigan Budget

Guests:

Rep. John Proos (R), St. Joseph
Website: www.gophouse.com

Christine Sagar, news reporter/anchor, WSJM
Website: www.wsjm.com

Guests:

Steve Luecke, South Bend mayor

Pat McMahon, Project Future

Marco Mariani, Downtown South Bend

Topic: President Obama and his Initiatives

Guests:

Jack Colwell

David Kitchell

Robert Schmuhl

Topic: Indiana General Assembly

Guests:

Sen. Jim Arnold
Dist. 8 {D} Michigan City

Rep. Tom Dermody
Dist. 20 {R} LaPorte

Rep. Jackie Walorski
Dist. 21 [R] Jimtown

Topic: Indiana General Assembly

Guests:

Senator Carlin Yoder
Dist. 12 [R] Middlebury

Rep. Craig Fry
Dist. 5 (D) Mishawaka

Rep. Wes Culver
Dist. 49 {R} Goshen

Topic: A review of this week at the Indiana General Assembly and an update of bills and pending legislation.

Guests:

Senator Ed Charbonneau
Dist. 5 {R} Valparaiso
800.382.9467
http://www.in.gov/S5/

Rep. Ryan Dvorak
Dist. 8 {D} South Bend
800.382.9842
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/dvorak_index.html

Rep. Bill Ruppel
Dist. 22 {R} North Manchester
800.382.9841
http://www.in.gov/R22/

Topic: A review of this week at the Indiana General Assembly and an update of bills and pending legislation.

Guests:

Senator John Broden, Dist. 10, South Bend {D}

Rep. Craig Fry, IN House Dist. 5, Mishawaka (D)

Rep. David Wolkins, IN House Dist. 18, Winona Lake {R}

Topic: Indiana Attorney General race

Guests:

Greg Zoeller (R)

Linda Pence (D)

This week on Politcally Speaking, host Jim Wensits will be speaking with Greg Zoeller and Linda Pence, candidates for Indiana Attorney General, about the Indiana Attorney General race.

Topic: The Elections

For this special edition of Politcally Speaking, host Jim Wensits will be discussing the Presidential, Congressional, and State Elections.

Guests:

Presidential and Congressional Elections

Dave Kitchell, Ball State University and contributor to Howey Political Report

Jack Colwell, South Bend Tribune columnist

Kaitlynn Riely, a Notre Dame senior. She is the associate news editor of The Observer

Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame, American Studies

State Elections

Stephanie Gattman, Senior Reporter/Columnist (she is also member of editorial board)

Ed Ronco, South Bend Tribune

Nadia Crow or news anchor from Fox 28 News

Bob Montgomery , WSBT News Director

Topic: Presidential Election

This week on Politcally Speaking, host Jim Wensits will be speaking with Jack Colwell, Robert Schmuhl (political expert from Notre Dame), Chris Riley (St. Joseph County Republican Chairman) and Shaw Friedman (former general counsel for the Democratic party) about the Presidential election.

Topic: Energy Policy

This week on Politcally Speaking, host Jim Wensits will be speaking with Congressman Joe Donnelly, State Representative Ryan Dvorak, and University of Notre Dame Professor George S. Howard, about the upcoming Energy Policy legislation (both at the state and national level) and what may happen if alternative forms of energy are not created.

This weeks guests are Congressman Joe Donnelly, State Representative Ryan Dvorak and University of Notre Dame Professor George S. Howard (author of Stanford Ovshinsky and the Hydrogen Economy).

Topic:This week, host Jim Wensits welcomes the mayoral candidates for South Bend and for Warsaw.  Stay in touch with your community during this live, uninterrupted, one-hour program.

The first segment of this episode will feature South Bend Mayoral candidates.
The second segment will focus on the candidates in Warsaw.
Host, Jim Wensits will serve as moderator for both segments with questions being asked by local reporters.

Topic:This week, host Jim Wensits welcomes the mayoral candidates for Mishawaka and for Goshen.  Stay in touch with your community during this live, uninterrupted, one-hour program.

The first segment of this episode will feature Mishawaka Mayoral candidates.
The second segment will focus on the candidates in Goshen.
Host, Jim Wensits will serve as moderator for both segments with questions being asked by local reporters.

Topic:This week, host Jim Wensits welcomes the mayoral candidates for Elkhart and for Plymouth.  Stay in touch with your community during this live, uninterrupted, one-hour program.

The first segment of this episode will feature Elkhart Mayoral candidates.
The second segment will focus on the candidates in Plymouth.
Host, Jim Wensits will serve as moderator for both segments with questions being asked by local reporters.

Topic: The State of Government in Michigan

Guests:

• Sen. Ron Jelinek
  R - Three Oaks
  21st Senate District
  
  
• Rep. John Proos
  R - St. Joseph
  House District 79
  
  
• Jim Dalgleish
  City editor
  Herald Palladium
  
  
• Lou Mumford
  Staff writer
  South Bend Tribune
  

Topic: Presidential Election

We examine the Presidential election, voter fatigue, emerging candidates and the significance of the upcoming 2008 election cycle.

Guests:

• Bob Schmuhl, Ph.D.
  American Studies
  University of Notre Dame
  
  
• Jack Colwell
  Political Columnist
  South Bend Tribune
  

Topic: Alternative Energy

Guests:

• Rep. Joe Donnelly, 2nd Dist. IN
  
  
• Tom Kanczuzewski
  President, Inovateus Development
  574-968-4408
  Website: http://www.inovateus.com/
  
  
• Luke Gascho, Ph.D.
  Executive Director, Merry Lea Environmental Center
  260-799-5869
  Website: http://www.goshen.edu/merrylea/
  
  
• Robert Kramer, Ph.D.
  Director, Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center
  Purdue University Calumet
  219-989-2147
  Website: http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/energycenter/
  
  
• George Howard, Ph.D.
  Department of Psychology
  University of Notre Dame
  574-631-5423
  Website: http://al.nd.edu/resources-for/faculty-and-staff/faculty-list/bio/ghoward/

Topic: Local Government Reorganization

Guests:

• Bill Hojnacki, prof emeritus, IUSB
• Mark Dobson, St Joseph County Commissioner
• Jeff Dean, Penn Township Trustee

Topic: Property Tax Reform

Guests:

• Mark Dobson, St. Joseph County Commissioner
• Kevin Overmyer, Marshall County Commissioner
• Mike Yoder, Vice President, Elkhart County Board of Commissioners
• Rep. David Niedzgodski, IN House Dist. 7 {D}