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PPE Marketplace Available to Support Hoosier Small Businesses

As many Hoosier small businesses prepare to reopen their doors to the public, the state is offering a new online marketplace to help provide access to the personal protective equipment (PPE) small businesses will need to comply with safe workplace guidelines. The Indiana Small Business PPE Marketplace leverages PPE that is being …

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DOR Announces Additional Filing and Payment Extensions

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) announces additional extensions for the filing and payment of certain individual and corporate tax returns to provide further relief during the COVID-19 health crisis. These extensions are in addition to the ones previously announced on March 19, 2020. In conjunction with the …

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Gov. Holcomb Signs Executive Order Extending BMV Deadlines

INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today signed Executive Order 20-27 to further extend Bureau of Motor Vehicles renewal deadlines. Driver’s licenses, identification cards and vehicle registrations that expire prior to June 4 will now be valid through June 4. The executive order also extends the BMV’s deadlines for title …

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Two IMPD officers arrested on separate incidents

INDIANAPOLIS – Two officers of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were arrested on Friday on charges stemming from two separate incidents. A 14-year veteran, Officer Jason Norman, was arrested in Hamilton County on charges of Domestic Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury (L5 felony), Criminal Confinement (L5 felony) and …

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Weekly Construction Update for Marion County and I-70 Projects

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation will continue patching this week in and around Indianapolis and along I-70. This weekly release will detail full closures, lane closures and ramp closures throughout the construction zones in Marion County and along the I-70 corridor from I-465 to the Ohio State Line.  …

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Plainfield DJ Plans a Mobile Dance Party to Collect Canned Food

PLAINFIELD, IN — Jared Wade, of Jared Wade Entertainment, has collaborated with the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Plainfield to host the “Rolling Hope” convoy to bring joy to others, while collecting non-perishable food items for a local food pantry. “Rolling Hope” will travel through the Sugar Grove …

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IMPD investigating fatal accident involving officer

INDIANAPOLIS –  On May 6, 2020, at approximately 9:44 p.m., Southwest District officers responded to S. Harding Street and the eastbound ramp of I465 for a pedestrian struck by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officer.  The officer was reporting to work for his shift at the time of the …

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