Indianapolis – This weekend, Governor Mike Pence hosted a Boy Scout Campout at the Governor’s Residence, the first-ever campout held at the Governor’s Residence in Boy Scout of America’s 106-year history. During one of the program rotations, Scouts toured the Governor’s Residence and interviewed the Governor to meet one of …
Read More »Donnelly and Coats Pleased Senate Judiciary Committee Will Hold Hearing on U.S. District Court Nominee Winfield Ong
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Dan Coats (R-IN) issued the following statements in advance of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holding a hearing Wednesday to take up judicial nominations, including that of Winfield D. Ong. He was nominated to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court …
Read More »Marion County Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud
INDIANAPOLIS (May 13, 2016) – Indianapolis resident Florence McNeil, 44, pled guilty in Marion County Criminal Court One to unemployment insurance fraud, a Class C felony. Through the use of agency records, an Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) employee began an investigation and determined that McNeil was working and receiving …
Read More »Coats Chairs Finance Committee Hearing on Nominations of Social Security and Medicare Trustees
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired a Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday to consider the nomination of Charles P. Blahous III and Robert D. Reischauer as Social Security and Medicare Trustees. Senator Coats chairs a Senate Finance Committee hearing Coats offered …
Read More »Grants available for field trips to state parks, lakes
Educators interested in taking students, grades K-12, on field trips to an Indiana state park or state-managed lake in the 2016-2017 school year can receive financial help through the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation (INRF). The Discovering the Outdoors Field Trip Grant Program is for public, private, parochial or home-school educators, …
Read More »Brownsburg manufacturing company acquires local business
INDIANAPOLIS – Brownsburg-based Fab2Order announced it has acquired Monrovia-based Machine2Order (formerly Winners Circle Engineering), a precision machining company. Fab2Order, a metal fabrication company located in the Brownsburg Eaglepoint Business Park, moved Machine2Order and its current employees to the business park with an expansion that increased Fab2Order’s facility size. “We saw …
Read More »Driver of fleeing vehicle is arrested after fleeing from officers with two children and adult passenger in the car
INDIANAPOLIS – The driver of a fleeing vehicle is arrested for several preliminary charges stemming from his refusal to stop for police who were attempted to make a traffic stop for traffic violations. At about 9:00 p.m. an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department police officer observed a vehicle in the area …
Read More »Jane Rich named Indiana Small Business Development Center State Director
INDIANAPOLIS — Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb announced today Jane Rich has been named the State Director of the Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC), a statewide network within the Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (OSBE) that helps Indiana entrepreneurs and small business develop and grow. “Jane has spent years in Indiana’s small business …
Read More »Coats: NYT Article Confirms Iran Deal Entirely about Obama Legacy
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) , a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the following statement regarding The New York Times Magazine’s recent profile of President Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and the comments Rhodes made about the Obama Administration’s Iran Deal: …
Read More »Governor Pence Outlines Indiana’s Progress in Combatting Drug Abuse in Advance of Congressional Action on Opioid Legislation
Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today sent a letter to the Indiana Congressional Delegation outlining the state of Indiana’s progress in combatting drug abuse in advance of Congressional action on opioid legislation this week. The letter, which can be found attached, includes actions by the Governor’s Task Force on Drug …
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