The Indiana Department of Transportation will host six regional meetings for city, town and county officials to detail new funding opportunities for local roads and bridges through recent legislation. In March 2016, Governor Mike Pence signed into law House Enrolled Act 1001 and Senate Enrolled Act 67, which provide more …
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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced today his support for the Veterans First Act, as part of his ongoing efforts to address issues with the Veterans Choice Program and reduce the long wait times that Hoosier veterans continue to face while trying to access health care services. This bipartisan legislation, supported …
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Indianapolis, IN – May 19, 2016 – AAA projects more than 38 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. That is the second-highest Memorial Day travel volume on record and the most since 2005. Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, approximately 700,000 more people will travel …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today criticized new guidelines recently issued by the Obama Administration regarding bathrooms in public schools. “President Obama promised that he would unite the American people, but he has found yet another way to divide us,” said Coats. “This announcement violates the Constitution and …
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Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today announced that the Department of Workforce Development has paid back the state of Indiana for its advance of roughly $250 million, which was used to eliminate the outstanding federal unemployment loan and the FUTA penalty on employers. The FUTA penalty previously stood as the …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor about the broken promises of the Obamacare law. Coats described how insurance premiums for policies on the Obamacare Marketplace in Indiana have gone up by an average of 14.4 percent …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) today testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on judicial nominations. The Indiana senators spoke in support of Winfield D. Ong, who was nominated to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly offered a series of policy recommendations intended to prevent the further offshoring of Hoosier and American jobs. The proposals would reward companies that invest in the U.S. and penalize those that offshore jobs to countries like Mexico and China. Donnelly’s proposals are …
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The America bison, recently designated the official mammal of the United States, is connected to Indiana in many ways both past and present. Best of all, you don’t have to go to Yellowstone National Park to see them. Bison are right at home in an enclosed 25-acre range at Ouabache …
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The Indiana Supreme Court is creating the Coalition for Court Access. The seventeen-member Coalition will manage all Supreme Court related programs designed to provide civil legal aid to those with limited financial resources. The order creating the Coalition is online. Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush explained, “Courts nationwide recognize the …
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