Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement after the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. CARA is bipartisan legislation that would provide states and local communities with tools to prevent and treat drug addiction and support individuals in recovery. Donnelly said, …

In a meeting on Tuesday, the Hendricks County commissioners discussed, among other things, a report on the county’s voting machines. The machines will get a software upgrade to comply with certification standards. Hendricks County Election supervisor Laura Herzog says the machines will be back to the county by March 18. …

INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 10, 2016) – Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, stepped up their efforts to end world hunger by pledging to match money raised from the Indiana FFA Read to Feed project, up to $20,000. The project officially kicks-off on Feb. 22, 2016 and runs through …

Indiana’s 43rd Governor, Edgar Whitcomb, and WWII Veteran, passed away on February 4th.  He will be honored on February 12th with a Memorial Service being held in downtown Indianapolis, in the area of the downtown Circle and on the south side of the State Capitol Building. The Memorial related services …

Washington, D.C. – In the wake of Wednesday’s announcement that Carrier and UTEC will be offshoring jobs from Indiana and moving them to Mexico, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly pressed Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing today on her semi-annual report to Congress on …

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats expressed cautious optimism regarding the proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would more clearly exempt recreational vehicles (RVs) from manufactured housing standards. The current HUD definition was written decades ago, but technological …

Indiana’s environmental rules and regulations should be effective, reasonable and responsible. That is why the Indiana Manufacturers Association strongly supports HB 1082. The bill would require that Indiana mirror federal EPA requirements, while at the same time allow for flexibility for unique situations that may arise in the future. This …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly joined a bipartisan group of Senators this week urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell to evaluate whether certain questions on the hospital patient satisfaction surveys are a contributing factor to the nationwide prescription opioid abuse epidemic. This …

Carrier, a manufacture of furnaces at a facility on W. Morris St. in Indianapolis say they plan to relocate over the next three years in three phases. The heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration system (HVAC) company will begin the process in 2017 and hopes to complete everything by 2019. They …

With Eric Holcomb out of the race for Senate, two GOP candidates are left: Todd Young and Marlin Stutzman. Reportedly, Indiana Democrats plan to file a challenge to Young’s candidacy. They question whether he has enough valid signatures to be on the ballot. They will argue that some of those …