State News

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today reacted to the latest report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) titled “The IRS is Not Notifying or Providing Sufficient Assistance to Victims of Employment-Related Identity Theft.” “If there was any question …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) this week announced the availability of grant funds from the Recycling Market Development Board. Eligible candidates may seek a grant ranging from $1,000 to $500,000 with a 50 percent required match. Grant requests will be accepted through October 17, 2016. Municipalities, non-profit organizations …

Minority students who plan to teach in Indiana K-12 schools after graduating from high school may be eligible for up to $4,000 in financial aid. Two scholarships—the William A. Crawford Minority Teacher Scholarship and Earline S. Rogers Student Teaching Stipend for Minorities—offer financial aid for minority students who meet academic …

Vigo County—One of the Wabash Valley’s premier summer events will occur this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Vigo County Fairgrounds. The Scheid Diesel Extravaganza is well known among diesel truck enthusiasts and is expected to draw a few thousand spectators and hundreds of diesel pickup trucks. The large influx …

Seymour – Aisin USA Manufacturing, a Japan-owned manufacturer of automotive parts, announced plans today to expand its operations in Jackson County, creating up to 100 new jobs by the end of 2018. “Indiana is home to the largest concentration of manufacturing jobs in the nation because we are a state …

CARMEL, Ind. – Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb joined INDOT officials today to announce that 102 Central Indiana cities, towns, and counties are receiving a combined $47 million to improve local roads and bridges through the State’s Community Crossings matching grant fund. Lt. Governor Holcomb and INDOT officials made the announcement …

INDIANAPOLIS (August 19, 2016) – Indiana’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent for a second-consecutive month and now stands at 4.6 percent for the month of July. A primary cause for this drop is a third-straight month of significant gains in Hoosiers finding employment (11,276 in July) coupled with a substantial …

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 19, 2016) – Today, Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson awarded the first whistleblower award in the state of Indiana. The award of $95,000 was to an informant who provided the office with information on JP Morgan, which ultimately lead to a settlement of $950,000. The whistleblower received …

Vigo County—Around noon today, troopers from the Indiana State Police Putnamville Meth Suppression Unit arrived at 1442 3rd Avenue in Terre Haute to investigate community tips on possible methamphetamine activity. During a search of the residence, troopers found a working meth lab in the home’s basement, trace amounts of methamphetamine, …

INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dan Coats (R-IN), and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) today urged the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to grant a 60-day extension of the comment period for a proposed rule that could affect the way neighboring metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) interact. In …