State News

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence touted the state’s prudent fiscal management, following the publication of Moody’s annual Investor Service State Debt Medians report. According to the report, while states like Illinois and California are struggling with large amounts of public debt, Indiana’s tax-supported debt ranks among the lowest in the …

White County-Today at proximately 7:10 a.m. on I-65 northbound near the 186 MM (that is two miles south of the 188/SR 18 exit), the Indiana State Police at the Lafayette Post were dispatched to a one vehicle rollover crash with injuries. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Corey DuPuy has revealed that …

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Dan Coats (R-IN) issued the following statements in advance of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holding a hearing Wednesday to take up judicial nominations, including that of Winfield D. Ong. He was nominated to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired a Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday to consider the nomination of Charles P. Blahous III and Robert D. Reischauer as Social Security and Medicare Trustees. Senator Coats chairs a Senate Finance Committee hearing Coats offered …

INDIANAPOLIS — Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb announced today Jane Rich has been named the State Director of the Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC), a statewide network within the Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (OSBE) that helps Indiana entrepreneurs and small business develop and grow. “Jane has spent years in Indiana’s small business …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) , a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the following statement regarding The New York Times Magazine’s recent profile of President Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and the comments Rhodes made about the Obama Administration’s Iran Deal: …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today sent a letter to the Indiana Congressional Delegation outlining the state of Indiana’s progress in combatting drug abuse in advance of Congressional action on opioid legislation this week. The letter, which can be found attached, includes actions by the Governor’s Task Force on Drug …

Vermillion County—This afternoon at 2:25, Vermillion County Sheriff’s Office dispatched an erratic driver northbound on State Road 63 near County Road 250 South. The suspect vehicle was reported as a Silver Dodge Dakota. Trooper Ted Robertson located the vehicle northbound on SR 63 near 250 South and witnessed the vehicle …

Vigo County—This afternoon at 2:15, Indiana State Police and other Vigo County emergency agencies responded to a tractor-trailer rollover crash that began in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 11 mile marker and concluded down over the embankment into the construction zone work area of State Road 46. …

Sullivan County-This morning at 8:41, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a concerned citizen about the homeowner at 2123 North Lakeview Drive, Sullivan. The neighbor indicated to authorities that the resident of 2123 had not been seen lately. Sullivan City Police officers were nearby and entered the …