Legally Speaking / Positively Politics - Every Saturday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Legally Speaking is a 30 minute show hosted by Attorney Charles Braun. The show seeks to answer YOUR legal questions, and does so in a ‘call-in’ format, which allows you to speak directly with Attorney Braun. For 35 years, he has been there to answer questions and offer guidance to listeners in central Indiana.
Positively Politics is a 30 minute show hosted by Dr. Laura Merrifield Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Indianapolis. The show explores current political issues and events by connecting them in a larger academic context to provide new insight and ideas. Positively Politics aims to ask more questions rather than provide all the answers and challenges its listeners to do the same.
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This guide explores Political Science topics relevant to POLS 101, POLS 112, POLS 201, POLS 202, POLS 211, and POLS 220.
The General Assembly, the legislative branch, consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Indiana's fifty State Senators are elected for four-year terms and one hundred State Representatives for two-year terms. In odd-numbered years, the General Assembly meets in a sixty-one day session. In even-numbered years, the Assembly meets for thirty session days.
Indiana's form of government is closely modeled on the federal government with three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The Governor, elected for a four-year term, heads the executive branch.
