INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education today congratulates the Indiana recipients of the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) Blue Ribbon Schools Award.   “Creating an educational environment founded on a commitment to academic excellence supports success in the classroom,” said Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. “I …

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Bryan Roach announced command staff changes and the creation of a new Performance and Policy Division. An appointment ceremony was held in the Chief’s Conference Room this morning. With these changes, the IMPD Command Staff becomes one of the most diverse in the department’s history. …

U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, announced today that Reagan Elementary has been named a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School. Reagan Elementary is one among 349 public and private schools in the country, and only 7 in Indiana, receiving this honor. Schools are nominated for the award by the state …

INDIANAPOLIS – Student Learning, School Improvement, and Operational Effectiveness highlight the 2019 Indiana Department of Education’s legislative priorities released today by Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Jennifer McCormick.   Part of the process of developing the legislative priorities included a review of the Department’s work since January 2017. The …

Fillmore, IN- Indiana Conservation Officers responded to a call about a crash involving a Polaris Razor near Heritage Lake.  Robert Drake, 27, of Fillmore, was transported to the hospital with complaints of back pain.  Hayden Salapek, 20, of Warren, Pennsylvania was pronounced dead at the scene.The incident took place around …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young led a bipartisan group of Senators in sending a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans encouraging members to now reach a bipartisan agreement that provides legislative recommendations to Congress this …

BOONE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces U.S. 52 will have one lane closed on or after Monday, October 8 for patching work prior to a bridge deck overlay project on both the eastbound and westbound bridges over Goldsberry Creek. The bridges are located in northern …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today released the following statement after voting for the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act: “When I travel across northeast Indiana, I constantly hear about the positive results from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Because of tax reform, Hoosiers are …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced today that he opposes Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court: “I do not view Supreme Court vacancies through a partisan lens, which is why I have used the same thorough process to evaluate nominees regardless of who the president is …

INDIANAPOLIS (September 28, 2018) – Yesterday, an attorney for the Indiana Democratic Party contacted the Secretary of State’s office acknowledging defective absentee ballot applications were mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party. There may be hundreds of thousands of these applications in circulation. Secretary Lawson asked the co-directors of the Indiana …