South Bend Ind. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly and U.S. Representative Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09) today urged the White House to utilize the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to track all federally funded initiatives aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic. The proposal was previously included in the report issued …
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INDIANAPOLIS (March 27, 2018) – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced that he will appoint Lesley Crane to lead the Indiana Department of Administration (IDOA) effective April 2. Current IDOA Commissioner Jessica Robertson has announced she will leave that post to take on a new opportunity at Purdue University. “Lesley …
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Granger, Ind. – A number of measures that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly has either introduced or supported to combat the opioid abuse epidemic were signed into law by President Trump today as part of the bipartisan government funding bill. The law includes funds to support the addiction treatment workforce through …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today signed SEA 257 into law at DemandJump—an Indianapolis-based software as a service company. The bill exempts software as a service from state sales tax, making Indiana one of only four states in the nation to do so. “This was an issue I didn’t …
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INDIANAPOLIS (March 23, 2018) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.2 percent for February 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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Washington, D.C. – A number of measures that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly has either introduced or supported to combat the opioid abuse epidemic were included in the bipartisan government funding bill that the Senate is expected to consider as early as tonight. The bill includes funds to support the addiction …
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after voting for an omnibus appropriations bill that funds the federal government through September 30, 2018: “Today’s vote fulfills the commitment I made to rebuild our military and address our …
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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today reintroduced the bipartisan Investing in Neighborhood-focused, Vital, Evidence-based Strategies and Trust (INVEST) to Prevent Crime Act of 2018. The legislation would authorize grants to communities to support bringing local law enforcement, community leaders, stakeholders, and residents together …
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Washington, D.C. – A companion to U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s ‘Right to Try’ legislation passed the House of Representatives today on a bipartisan 267-149 vote. In late January, Donnelly called on the House to take action. The House bill is an amended version of the legislation that Donnelly introduced with …
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INDIANAPOLIS—Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced several new appointments to various state boards and commissions. Alcohol & Tobacco Commission The governor made one new appointment to the Alcohol & Tobacco Commission: Joshua D. Harrison (Indianapolis), former director of the Indiana State Board of Nursing and Indiana Psychology Board with the …
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