This is National Works Zone Awareness Week.

I'm a victim of being ran over by a semi-while flagging.

The person wasn't paying attention, and they hit me with their vehicle.

I've seen an accident where we were the first people to walk up, and that picture will never leave my mind.

I've seen the people get hit before.

It's been horrible.

Construction zones on roadways and bridges are more than just cones and equipment.

They're the workplace for thousands of dedicated union laborers. Everybody has a family that they need to get back home to, so please just pay attention to us out here while we're working. We all have family, and I know it's a pain in the ass. We're trying to make the roads better for y'all. We're doing this for everyone. We're hardworking Hoosiers, just like you, and we all want to make it home safely. People would just take a couple seconds to pay attention. Be aware where we're at, where the cone zones are at. We're all in this together, and we're all just trying to be safe. This is Brian Short, business manager for the Indiana Labor's District Council. Everyone deserves a safe place to work. Do your part in the cone zone. Slow down, save a

life. We're all in this together. A message from Labor's International Union of North America and

affiliated locals. If somebody's already under serious misconduct scrutiny, keeping them on a law enforcement board was always going to be a political liability just waiting to happen.

And now Governor Braun has done something about it.

Indiana's governor removed Duboy County Sheriff Tom Kleinhalter from a state law enforcement board.

And that happened after a failed settlement agreement involving his case.

He was on the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board.

It oversees certification, discipline, and standards for police officers in the state.

And he was removed because a proposed settlement would have left him certified even longer, but the board rejected it.

It was a close vote, but they said, no, thank you.

Let's ponder what a slap in the face to Hoosier citizens it is to have this scumbag sitting on a board when he has, you know,

extensive evidence that would suggest he has significantly abused public funds for private

use. He's been making personal purchases. He's taking trips on taxpayer dollars. Doug Carter,

the former state police superintendent,

released a 80-page probable cause affidavit about his misdeeds. Nothing happened because

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