The leaders of Indiana s executive branch were sworn-in Monday for their second, four-year terms during a comparatively toned down ceremony with strictly limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb and Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch each took the oath of office from Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush, who lived in Munster as a child, in a closed-to-the-public auditorium at the Indiana State Museum, just down the street from the Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Rush also swore-in Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Munster native who previously served two terms as Indiana secretary of state from 2002 to 2010, and represented the 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House between 2011 and 2019.
cory, thanks, cory. state superintendent of public instruction, and he is just, i mean, and this is a fantastic person. lc arneson. lc, thank you. thank you, elsie, great job. she has done some job. i have her in about you, your reputation. thank you very much. and your outstanding montana g.o.p. chairwoman, deborah lam. so deborah, how are we doing now compared to election day almost two years ago? can you believe it? how are we doing? better, even? better, good. that is what we are doing in most states. in the states that we won, we
cory. thanks, cory. state superintendent of public instruction, and he is just, i mean, and this is a fantastic person. elsie arntzen. elsie, thank you. thank you, elsie, great job. she has done some job. i have her in about you, your reputation. thank you very much. and your outstanding montana g.o.p. chairwoman, debra lam. so debra, how are we doing now compared to election day almost two years ago? can you believe it? how are we doing? better, even? better, good. that is what we are doing in most states.ev and the states that we won, we
you have probably heard about the controversy of the so-called rubber rooms, places where teachers accused of being trouble makers or misconduct, where they sit while they re being investigated. california is doing something about that. they ve decided to let the teachers, rather than sit in a rubber room, go home and still collect a paycheck. it s true. tuck ran two school systems in california and is a candidate for state superintendent of public instruction and joins us from los angeles. good morning to you. good morning. okay. so they re not going to do the rubber rooms. they re going to let the teachers just go home and collect the paycheck for who knows, maybe years. what do you think about this idea? we got a big problem in our state. the taxpayers are paying money, they expect kids to get an education. not pay people to do nothing. in our state law, it makes it almost impossible to remove a teacher and you have principals and superintendents having to
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