State News

Indianapolis, Ind. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved Indiana’s Medicaid waiver extension application. The waiver extends Indiana’s HIP 2.0 through December 2020, and today’s approval from HHS will allow Indiana to enhance HIP 2.0 with …

Washington, D.C. – Following requests by U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Dean Heller (R-NV), Equifax has gone live with a website with tools specifically for servicemembers who may have been impacted by the recent data breach at the company. In September 2017, Donnelly and Heller sent a letter to Equifax …

Indianapolis, Ind.—U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s office will host a series of information sessions around Indiana on February 13–15, for students interested in learning more about the nomination process for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly again called on the House of Representatives to take up and pass his bipartisan ‘Right to Try’ legislation, which passed the Senate last August. Donnelly introduced the legislation with Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) in 2017. During last night’s State of the Union address, …

STATEHOUSE (Jan. 31, 2018) – Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch announced the Stellar Communities Designation Program, through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Development, will now combine communities, creating a region that will emphasize collaboration between neighboring towns, cities and counties “We are all a part of this great state, …

Wednesday morning, January 31, a Bicknell, IN, soldier killed in a U.S. Army helicopter crash earlier this month is being escorted from Indianapolis Airport to Fredrick & Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home in Bicknell for visitation on Friday and his funeral on Saturday. First Lieutenant Clayton R. Cullen, 25, of Bicknell, …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, today announced he is cosponsoring the Homeless Veteran Families Act, bipartisan legislation that aims to assist community agencies with housing costs to help homeless veterans with dependents. “During a town hall meeting in Fort Wayne …

Washington, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly helped introduce and pass in the Senate last fall to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act would require amateur athletics governing bodies to …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced today the list of recipients to receive funding through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Program for Cohort 9. Over $8.4 million will be allocated to 38 out-of-school learning programs, 10 of which are new to the 21st CCLC …

Governor Eric Holcomb said today Indiana has received an extension to continue operation of the state’s Healthy Indiana Plan through Feb. 28. The current HIP program was set to expire Jan. 31.  “We had hoped to receive approval of our expanded HIP program by Wednesday. We’re close but we are …