INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2016) — Hoosier voters are beginning to receive postcards in the mail from the Secretary of State’s office. The card reminds Hoosiers that Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2016 and to visit www.indianavoters.com for election information. The office is mailing these post cards as part of …
Read More »Traffic Alert: South Green Street & County Road 300N to Close for 60 days due to roundabout contruction
Motorists are advised to plan ahead for a 60-day closure of the S. Green Street and County Road 300N intersection beginning on or after Tuesday, May 24. The Town of Brownsburg will close the intersection for construction of a $1.4 million roundabout. COLOR EXHIBIT>> Signs are in place to alert motorists …
Read More »Indy Chamber receives Presidential Award for Export Service
INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker this week presented the Indy Chamber with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service at a ceremony in Washington, DC. The President’s “E” Award is the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of …
Read More »Coats, Donnelly Express Support for U.S. District Court Nominee Winfield Ong During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) today testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on judicial nominations. The Indiana senators spoke in support of Winfield D. Ong, who was nominated to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
Read More »Donnelly Offers Proposal to Stop Offshoring of Hoosier, American Jobs
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly offered a series of policy recommendations intended to prevent the further offshoring of Hoosier and American jobs. The proposals would reward companies that invest in the U.S. and penalize those that offshore jobs to countries like Mexico and China. Donnelly’s proposals are …
Read More »It’s official: Ouabache State Park bison are America’s mammal
The America bison, recently designated the official mammal of the United States, is connected to Indiana in many ways both past and present. Best of all, you don’t have to go to Yellowstone National Park to see them. Bison are right at home in an enclosed 25-acre range at Ouabache …
Read More »Coalition for Court Access to work on civil legal aid
The Indiana Supreme Court is creating the Coalition for Court Access. The seventeen-member Coalition will manage all Supreme Court related programs designed to provide civil legal aid to those with limited financial resources. The order creating the Coalition is online. Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush explained, “Courts nationwide recognize the …
Read More »Regional Cities Initiative Implementation Underway in Northeast Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (May 17, 2016) – The Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) announced plans today to allocate $2.8 million in state funding from the Indiana Regional Cities Initiative to help fund the Skyline Tower in Fort Wayne. This is the first project to receive state funding through the Regional Cities Initiative, …
Read More »IMPD, Gleaners continue partnership to feed Indy’s hungry for second summer
INDIANAPOLIS – The partnership between the City of Indianapolis’ public safety agencies and Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana to help feed Indianapolis’ most needy residents will continue this summer beginning June 6. Last year, the inaugural program – which ran for a 13 week period – served more than 62,000 …
Read More »Indiana State Police veteran funds largest endowed scholarship in history of SPEA at IUPUI
INDIANAPOLIS — A 29-year veteran of the Indiana State Police has committed to fund the largest endowed scholarship in the history of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. Marv Smalley, a 1980 SPEA graduate, made the commitment through a bequest that will fund two renewable full-tuition scholarships …
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