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DANVILLE, IN (July 15, 2015) – Organizations or even individuals needing funding assistance for a project that will enhance tourism or bring visitors to Hendricks County have an opportunity to request as much as $2,500 this summer. Visit Hendricks County recently opened its fall cycle for the Tourism Enhancement Development …

Indianapolis – Today, Governor Pence released the following statement applauding Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to add 2,000 jobs in Indiana.   “Because of Indiana’s low-cost, low-regulation business environment, Amazon is choosing to locate 2,000 of its new jobs right here in the Hoosier state,” said Governor Mike Pence. “As the Crossroads …

Indianapolis – Today, Governor Mike Pence presented 10 outstanding African-American Hoosiers and community leaders from across the state with several different awards during the Indiana Black Expo, Inc. 45th Annual Summer Celebration (IBE) Governor’s Reception. “The men and women we honor today are uniquely Hoosier and fully embody the Hoosier …

Putnam County—This morning at 11:19, Indiana State Police Troopers and Putnam County emergency agencies responded to a tractor-trailer rollover crash on State Road 243 just north of Interstate 70. The roadway was closed for crash investigation and clean-up until approximately 1:22p.m. Preliminary investigation revealed a 2007 International tractor pulling a …

INDIANAPOLIS (July 14, 2015) -IndyGo’s all-electric buses are now on the roads of Indianapolis, operating at a fourth of the cost of a traditional diesel bus.  “Electric buses provide our passengers with a quieter, smoother ride, raising the bar for transit in the central Indiana region” says Mike Terry, president …

July 14, 2015 (INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indy Chamber lauded Monday’s vote of the Indianapolis City-County Council joining the cities of Carmel, Westfield and Greenwood in a new Regional Development Authority (RDA). The alliance of Marion County and communities in Hamilton and Johnson allows the RDA to participate in the state’s …

BROWNSBURG — Brownsburg Town Council gave approval at its July 9 meeting to request a cost estimate from the Census Bureau for a Special Census in FY2016. With a marked increase in single family and multi-unit residential housing as well as the Brownsburg East, Ward and Northfield at Wynne Farms  annexations, …

STATEHOUSE (June 23, 2015) — State Sen. Pete Miller (R-Brownsburg) will serve on three interim study committees during the summer and fall months to help prepare for the 2016 session of the General Assembly: Interim Study Committee on Education Interim Study Committee on Fiscal Policy Interim Study Committee on Corrections …