State News

INDIANAPOLIS (January 23, 2018) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.4 percent for December 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 …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) and Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) announced today that teams from six Indiana communities will be participating in the 2018 Indiana Supportive Housing Institute. Communities include: Bloomington, Johnson County, Kokomo, Lebanon, New Albany and two groups in Indianapolis. “The Institute continues to be an extraordinary opportunity for these …

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Todd Rokita released the following statement after the House voted to re-open the government. “Despite House Republicans doing our job and voting to keep the government open, Senate Democrats voted to shut down the government,” said Congressman Todd Rokita. “They decided to put amnesty for illegal immigrants over …

Washington D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today sent a letter requesting to suspend his pay until an appropriations agreement has been reached and the government shutdown is concluded.  The signed letter can be found here and the text is below.  Dear Mr. Kiko,   I have been informed that …

It is with very heavy heart that the DNR Law Enforcement Division Director, Lloyd Arnold, his staff, and all Indiana Conservation Officers, report the untimely passing of our brother, Major Michael Portteus. “Our agency is shocked from the loss of one of our leaders, today.   I thank all of …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today joined a group of 65 members of Congress in sending a letter to Rep. Devin Nunes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, urging for the immediate release of a four-page classified memo regarding FISA surveillance in 2016.    “After …

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development, awarded two Distance Learning and Telemedicine program grants totaling nearly $1 million, to the Indiana Small and Rural Schools Association and the East Central Education Service Center, in support of their …

INDIANAPOLIS – On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 the Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care (BoSCoC) and the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) will conduct the 2018 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count in Indiana. Under the direction of these agencies, and local coordinators, hundreds of volunteers from around the state will conduct the count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) recently joined Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of bipartisan Senators to introduce the Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018, bipartisan legislation that would protect veterans from targeted predatory home loan practices. The legislation would require lenders to …

Indiana- On January 4, 2010 President Obama issued a proclamation naming January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This followed a 2007 Senate resolution naming January 11th as Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers (CVEOs) and Motor Carrier Inspectors (MCIs) are teaming up …