State News

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Banks: Congress Should Pass Permanent Tax Relief

Fort Wayne – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today urged his colleagues to make the individual tax cuts included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent. Banks also announced his support for H.R. 4886, the Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act.  “This week, for the first time since 1986, the …

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Indiana Department of Education Announces Recipients of First-Ever K-6 STEM Acceleration Grants

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced today the recipients of the State’s first-ever K-6 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Acceleration Grants. The awards will be used for important research efforts to provide Indiana leaders with evidence of impact from STEM activities happening in classrooms across the …

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March Indiana Employment Report

INDIANAPOLIS (April 20, 2018) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.2 percent for March and remains lower than the national rate of 4.1 percent. With the exception of one month when it was equal (October 2014), Indiana’s unemployment rate now has been below the U.S. rate for more than four years. The monthly unemployment …

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Three Vehicle Crash in Terre Haute Involves School Bus

Vigo County—Thursday afternoon at approximately 3:25, Indiana State Police and Terre Haute City Police and Fire units responded to a three vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of Fruitridge Avenue near the railroad tracks north of Maple Avenue. Preliminary investigation revealed three Vigo County School Corporation buses were stopped in …

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