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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) spoke on the House floor today to honor Kate’s Kart, an organization that provides free books to thousands of hospitalized children throughout northeast Indiana. Click here to view Congressman Banks’ speech.  Text of the speech follows: “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Kate’s …

Tuesday, January 16th 2018 – The Indiana State Police Bloomington District A.C.E.S. (Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Section) conducted a criminal saturation patrol in Monroe and Greene Counties. As a result of this patrol, three local residents were arrested on drug charges. Just after 6 pm, Trooper Riley Nungester and Sergeant Greg …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today released the following statement in support of legislation the House will consider later this week that would fund the federal government and suspend the medical device tax for two years:  “One of my top legislative priorities is preventing the medical device tax …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly spoke on the floor of the Senate this evening highlighting the need to protect the pensions of tens of thousands of Hoosier retirees, including 22,000 Teamsters and 2,700 mineworkers. These retirees earned their pensions through decades of work, but are now at risk …

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an incident involving a man who fell through the ice on a pond in Martinsville, Indiana. A male was recovered from the water. He was life lined from IU Health Morgan to IU Methodist in critical condition. Upon arrival, the victim was pronounced deceased. The …

INDIANAPOLIS—Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced several new appointments and reappointments to various state boards and commissions.  Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority Board of Directors The governor made one new appointment to the board of directors for the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority: Tim Fesko (Dyer), former member of the Indiana House …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and a group of Senators led by Joe Manchin (D-WV) today sent a letter to President Trump urging him to renew the opioid public health emergency declaration because of little action since its original declaration in October. Donnelly has several times in …

Indianapolis, Ind. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today lauded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its new practice of publicly posting information on the number of opioid prescriptions from VA pharmacies. The VA is the first hospital system in the nation to publicly release this data, which does not …

Indiana, – Recently, Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division troopers, Motor Carrier Inspectors, and MCSAP qualified troopers participated in an enforcement project with our surrounding state commercial vehicle divisions. Formerly known as the Tri-State Commercial Vehicle Initiative, the name has been changed to reflect the addition of Illinois to …

Earlier this week, the Republican Caucus announced our agenda for the 2018 legislative session. Over the next two months, we will work to fight the drug epidemic, improve workforce development, support Indiana schools, reform civil forfeiture laws, and pursue many other important matters. To accomplish these goals, the following bills …