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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, U.S. Senator Todd Young, and U.S. Representative Jim Banks (IN-03) today urged the Department of Defense to consider increasing the military’s basic allowance for housing (BAH) in the Fort Wayne area. BAH is a monthly allowance paid to servicemembers on active duty, including …

Jackson County-Wednesday morning, shortly after 4:30 am, the Indiana State Police responded to a personal injury crash on I-65 Southbound near the 43 mile marker.  As a result of the crash, a hazardous material spill and tractor trailer fire led to lanes of I-65 being closed for nearly seventeen hours. …

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump signed into law U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young’s Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act. Donnelly and Young introduced the bill in the Senate in early April and it passed unanimously in May. U.S. Representatives Susan Brooks (IN-05) and Val Demings (FL-10) …

INDIANAPOLIS – Today, the Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to advance proposed changes to the state’s school accountability rule to a public comment period beginning now and ending in April.   The rule advanced by the board today is available online here. Public comment can be submitted sboe_comment@sboe.in.gov and …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today spoke on the floor of the Senate calling for bipartisan action to address a number of pressing health care issues, including repealing the Medical Device Tax, reauthorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), funding for the Community Health Center Fund, and …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after voting for H. Res. 676, a resolution expressing support for Iran’s citizens and condemning the Iranian government’s use of violence on protesters:  “It’s important for freedom-loving countries around the …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today applauded President Trump’s executive order today directing the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security to develop a plan to ensure servicemembers transitioning out of the military and back into civilian life receive mental health care for a year. All active-duty …

STATEHOUSE (Jan. 9, 2018) – Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch announced changes adopted by the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to increase efficiency. Delivering great government service is a pillar of Governor Holcomb and Crouch’s Next Level Agenda. To meet this objective, OCRA began a thorough review and identified …

Crane, Indiana – U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young, and Congressman Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09) Monday hosted General David Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, at Naval Support Activity Crane in Crane, Indiana. General Goldfein is the highest ranking officer in the Air Force and is a member …

Granger, Ind. — On Friday, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, highlighted what he hopes President Trump will focus on at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention in Nashville on Monday.   Donnelly said, “Hoosier farmers and rural communities are a critical part of Indiana, …