INDIANAPOLIS (March 23, 2018) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.2 percent for February and remains lower than the national rate of 4.1 percent. With the exception of one month when it was equal (October 2014), Indiana’s unemployment rate now has been below the U.S. rate for more than four years. The monthly unemployment …
Read More »IMPD urges residents to prepare for Winter Storm
INDIANAPOLIS – In the Indianapolis area there is a Winter Storm Watch in effect through Saturday. The National Weather Service is predicting that rain will start late Friday night and eventually will change to snow sometime between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM and change to all snow after 3:00 AM. …
Read More »Donnelly’s Bipartisan Addiction Treatment Workforce Bill, Resources to Combat Opioid Abuse Included in Government Funding Legislation
Washington, D.C. – A number of measures that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly has either introduced or supported to combat the opioid abuse epidemic were included in the bipartisan government funding bill that the Senate is expected to consider as early as tonight. The bill includes funds to support the addiction …
Read More »Donnelly, Young Praise Passage of Bipartisan Bill Establishing Kennedy-King Park in Indianapolis as National Commemorative Site
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Todd Young (R-IN) praised the passage of the bipartisan Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site (H.R.4851), which recognizes the Kennedy-King Park in Indianapolis as a National Commemorative Site and includes the park as part of the African American Civil Rights Network. The bill …
Read More »Gov. Holcomb signs bill to create sexual harassment training for Indiana lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS – At a bill signing for legislation that creates sexual harassment prevention policies for the Indiana General Assembly, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and Chief Justice Loretta Rush shared changes to sexual harassment training policies for the state’s executive and judicial branches. “In light of the many recent, high-profile …
Read More »Trash Bash! Ushers in Spring Clean-up
The Indiana Department of Transportation today announced that the agency’s annual Trash Bash! will take place Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15. Trash Bash! brings INDOT crews together with volunteers to beautify the state’s roadside areas by cleaning trash and debris. On average, INDOT invests about $4.3 million and …
Read More »One dead after fatal accident on Indianapolis’ north side
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Accident investigators were called out for a serious accident that claimed the life of a woman (19). Just before 7 a.m. on 03/22/2018, officers were in the area and heard a large crash. Officers then observed that a white Volvo had struck an …
Read More »Banks Supports Bill to Rebuild Military, Fund Federal Government
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after voting for an omnibus appropriations bill that funds the federal government through September 30, 2018: “Today’s vote fulfills the commitment I made to rebuild our military and address our …
Read More »Project will resurface I-74 and overlay several Bridges
HENDRICKS, BOONE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a construction project on I-74 will begin on or after Monday, April 2 spanning three counties. This project will resurface I-74 from approximately five miles east of State Road 32 or the 44 mile marker to just …
Read More »Know Before You Donate, Fraudsters Target Taxpayers
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) continues to partner with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to share the top tax filing season concerns referred to as the “IRS Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2018. The fifth scam in the 12-part series is fake charities. Fake charities are groups …
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