State News

AAA ratings with all three agencies, Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, since April of 2010. The AAA rating is the highest possible rating of the state’s finances. It signals to families and businesses already in Indiana or thinking of moving here that Indiana is a strong and stable …

The President’s June 2014 call to action to create a strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators generated a great deal of “buzz” among state agencies, private sector businesses, nonprofit groups and communities across the country. The strategy called for a substantial increase in habitat acreage nationwide, …

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, was in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) to review U.S. efforts to strengthen cooperation among Arab Gulf states on missile defense. Donnelly, who is leading a congressional delegation in the Middle East …

Indianapolis (March 31, 2016) – The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) today named 20 organizations from 18 different Indiana counties recipients of the Early Education Matching Grant (EEMG). These grants will help recipients provide quality early education for low-income children in Indiana. Twelve previous grant winners will renew …

Jerusalem, Israel — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is leading a congressional delegation overseas in the Middle East this week and was in Israel on the first stop of the trip. He and the delegation met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today joined representatives from the Indiana National Guard and the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center to dedicate a new medical clinic, called the Wakeman VA Clinic, at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Indiana. The Wakeman VA Clinic is the first of its kind in Indiana, …

By Assistant Democratic Leader Jean D. Breaux (D-Indianapolis) In Indiana state government, men know best. That’s the message conveyed by actions taken and priorities considered at the Statehouse. Until Governor Pence and the male-dominated legislature view the issues facing our state through the lens of women and working families, women …

More Hoosier college students with financial need are enrolling in and completing at least 30 college credits per year, staying on track to graduate from college on time. Two years after the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation creating credit completion requirements for state financial aid, the number of 21st Century …

Carroll County-At approximately 9:01 a.m. today, Trooper Brock Russell was traveling northbound on US 421 near County Road 950 north when he came upon a two vehicle crash that had occurred at the intersection. Trooper Russell’s investigation has revealed that a red 1994 GMC Sierra driven by Donald E. Patterson, …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today named Michael Kubacki to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) Board of Directors. “Michael Kubacki is a leader in Hoosier business,” said Governor Mike Pence. “Michael is a longtime Hoosier and his work as Lake City Bank’s CEO and now as its chairman exemplifies …