(Indianapolis, IN) – Governor Mike Pence has declared September 11-17, 2016 as Indiana Rail Safety Week.  Indiana Operation Lifesaver along with Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Operation Lifesaver Programs are partnering together for the first Midwest Rail Safety Week. Our hope is to increase public awareness by working together on a …

INDIANAPOLIS– Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Northwest District Narcotics Detectives secured a search warrant which resulted in the confiscation of marijuana, spice, and 2 arrests. On September 8, 2016 shortly after12:00p.m. Northwest District Narcotics detectives along with IMPD SWAT served a search warrant in the 600 block of Udell St.  …

Coats Column: A New Proposal to Address Our Looming Debt Crisis Senator Dan Coats The warning signs are right before our eyes. Out-of-control federal spending is threatening to bankrupt the health and retirement security programs depended on by seniors in Indiana and millions of Americans across the country. The non-partisan …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit the Obama Administration from making future ransom payments to Iran and would ensure that any funds provided to Iran are not used for terrorism. In January, the Obama Administration …

Indianapolis, IN (September 12, 2016) – The JPMorgan Chase Foundation has awarded the Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) a $100,000 grant to bring business coaching, microlending and small business training programs to the new Source River West Entrepreneurship Center on West Michigan Street.  By supporting new business growth, the …

Indianapolis – Sunday at the Indianapolis Colts season opener, Governor Mike Pence and First Lady Karen Pence honored Indiana Olympians who competed in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “We are so proud to have watched our Indiana Olympians compete on the world stage at the 2016 …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald to request that the VA fully reinstate the GI Bill benefits of any veteran who has used their benefits at ITT Technical Institute during the current calendar year, and has not …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, delivered his 49th Waste of the Week speech and highlighted how the Obama Administration turned the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (NEF) into a slush fund to pay for Obamacare. The NEF is a Department of Health and Human …

PLAINFIELD, Ind. (Sept. 9, 2016) – Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) will begin renovations later this year on a new e-commerce distribution center in Indiana, creating up to 300 new full-time jobs by 2018. The company is the latest addition to Indiana’s thriving logistics sector, which today includes approximately 5,700 businesses across …

Residents of Avon and Danville have received calls recently from a Texas marketing firm called New Start Marketing to solicit business and support for local schools. New Start Marketing solicits local businesses to support their local schools through advertising and purchasing of a school sports schedule calendar. However, Tom Downard …