On this Policy and Politics, we sit down with State Senator Jon Ford (R) of Terre Haute. After 9 years, he has decided to give up his Legislative seat.

The Wabash Valley Resources has a proposed Fertilizer plant that will be located north of Terre Haute. Dave Crooks has former Attorney General and current Vice President of External Affairs for Wabash Valley Resources Greg Zoeller and former Union official with the Indiana Building Construction Trades Pete Rimsans.

On this Policy & Politics, Dave tackles topics about the community’s negative response to the proposition, how the community could be impacted by an issue or disaster at the plant, how many jobs the plant will supply, and what the possible misconceptions of the plant could be.

A busy week in Hoosier Politics. Former WTHR Political Reporter Kevin Rader joins Policy & Politics with Dave Crooks to discuss Mike Pence dropping out of the race for POTUS, a new Speaker of the House, Trump endorses Braun for Governor, and the death of former IU Coach Bob Knight.