INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced today the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has formally denied Indiana’s waiver request regarding the inclusion of all Indiana high school diplomas in graduation rate calculations as outlined in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). IDOE is disappointed in this decision, …
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INDIANAPOLIS (April 27, 2018) – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) receives wage reports and new hire data from Hoosier employers documenting who is employed and receiving compensation. The agency’s unemployment insurance fraud investigation taskforce examines claims of individuals who intentionally provide false, misreported or unreported information in order …
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INDIANAPOLIS (April 30, 2018) – Governor Eric J. Holcomb today issued a proclamation declaring April 30 – May 6 as Small Business Week in Indiana, celebrating the nearly 500,000 small businesses in Indiana and the more than 1.2 million hardworking Hoosiers they employ. “This week we recognize all the many ways small …
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Putnam County—Today, Indiana State Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators, along with Putnam County Coroner Dave Brown, returned to the scene near Van Bibber Lake where skeletal human remains were found at 12:46p.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Accompanying ISP and the coroner’s office were Dr. Krista Latham, University of …
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The Indiana Troopers Youth Services (ITYS) is seeking donations to help continue the Indiana State Police’s Youth Summer Camp Program. The summer camps have been a long tradition of the Indiana State Police; dating back to the first camp program in 1970. Youth attending the ISP Youth Summer Camp programs …
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INDIANAPOLIS — Local and state law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with the Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership, will conduct DUI roving patrols/checkpoints during April, 2018. The project DUI Indiana is made possible through a grant received from the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving and is a year-long statewide …
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) is encouraging taxpayers who discover mistakes or omissions on their tax return to speak up. Taxpayers have the option to file an amended return to address a change in filing status, corrected income amount or mistakes made with deductions or credits claimed. …
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Vigo County—At approximately 2:00 Thursday afternoon April 26, investigators with the Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section and the Meth Suppression Section, served a Vigo County Court Division 6 search warrant at 2864 Professional Lane, Terre Haute. Once inside the apartment, officers discovered approximately one pound of suspected Marijuana, $20,000 …
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INDIANAPOLIS –On April 19, 2018, just before 10:00 p.m., officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were dispatched to 1229 Manhattan Avenue on a report of shots fired. When officers arrived they located three individuals who had been shot. All three victims were transported to nearby hospitals. Despite the …
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) has introduced an amendment to legislation the House of Representatives is currently debating that would reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Banks amendment would recognize the hangar at Smith Field in Fort Wayne as the National Airmail Museum. Rep. …
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