Ryan Dvorak for State Representative

Back to business

December 2nd, 2005

Well, the wedding is over, and Angie and I are now officially happily married. It was a great time for both of us, and all of our friends and family. We don’t have the pictures yet, but I may put one up when we get them from the photographer.

While I was away, I was happy to receive mention from Doug Kenline at Lawmakers, a blog tracking how many legislators across the country are maintaining public blogs for their constituencies. His review of my site was very generous, and at his suggestion I have added a Sitemeter button at the bottom of the page for added transparency.

Another good listing of state legislative blogs can be found at the National Conference of State Legislators website that tries to keep track of them. Hopefully we will see more from Indiana join that list!

Indiana also has a growing number of political and policy blogs of good quality from across the political spectrum. Below are just a few that I try to read on a regular basis:

Indiana Law Blog – Excellent Indiana news aggregator

Masson’s Blog – Great coverage on Indiana politics

Indiana Parley – Mitch Harper (former Indiana State Representative)

Kemplog – Focusing recently on the CAFO issue

Bigeastern – Indiana environmental issues

Taking Down Words – Commentary from the Democratic perspective

Dogwood Files – Commentary from the Republican perspective

INCourts – Good recent focus on Indiana sentencing law

Indiana Real Estate – Property news from the Indiana Realtors

Indiana Blog Review – Daily roundup of Hoosier blogs

There are many more, and each of the sites above have links to many other great Indiana resources.

This website has been running smoothly, and I plan to continue updating it into the upcoming legislative session. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

Update: My addition of a stat counter has prompted Doug at Lawmakers to bump my blog from “Runner Up” status into the “Best” category, alongside U.S. Representative John Conyers, and Texas State Representative Aaron Pena. Thanks for the honor Doug!

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