INDIANAPOLIS –On March 24, 2018, at 8:14 p.m., Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to Meijer grocery store located on the 5300 block of Pike Plaza Road on a report of a person shot. Officers located an unresponsive male later identified as Steven L. Wills with an apparent …
Read More »Following Too Closely Yields Marijuana and Two Arrests
Putnam County—This morning at approximately 10:00, an Indiana State Police Trooper from the Putnamville District, spotted a 2018 Ford Expedition SUV following another vehicle too closely on eastbound Interstate 70 near the 36 mile marker. The SUV was stopped and several indicators of possible criminal activity were noted, including a …
Read More »Donnelly’s Bipartisan Addiction Treatment Workforce Bill, Resources to Combat Opioid Abuse Signed Into Law as Part of Government Funding Legislation
Granger, Ind. – A number of measures that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly has either introduced or supported to combat the opioid abuse epidemic were signed into law by President Trump today as part of the bipartisan government funding bill. The law includes funds to support the addiction treatment workforce through …
Read More »Gov. Holcomb signs bill to encourage Indiana’s growing tech sector
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today signed SEA 257 into law at DemandJump—an Indianapolis-based software as a service company. The bill exempts software as a service from state sales tax, making Indiana one of only four states in the nation to do so. “This was an issue I didn’t …
Read More »INDOT Plans Plow Truck Full Call Out for Weekend Wintry Mix
The Indiana Department of Transportation plans a full call out of plow trucks across east central Indiana to address the wintry mix predicted for the weekend. The National Weather Service is forecasting 3 to 7 inches of snow and some mixing of sleet and freezing rain. INDOT plans to bring …
Read More »February Indiana Employment Report
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 …
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