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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Single-family building permits in Indiana increased 37 percent in February compared to the same time last year according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Permits increased 33 percent in February over the previous month. In February …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today vetoed House Enrolled Act 1082, known as the “no more stringent” bill, which would have prevented environmental standards or rules put forth by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management that impose a restriction or requirement more stringent than federal law from going into effect until after …

VIGO COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announce I-70 will be restricted to 12 ft. in both the eastbound and westbound lanes beginning on or after Monday, April 4. The contractor will have the right lane closed in each direction between the six and nine mile marker …

MORGAN COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces a bridge deck overlay project will close Hazelwood Road (C.R. 0), over I-70 on or after Monday, April 4.  The contractor will be overlaying the bridge deck on the bridge over I-70.  The roadway is scheduled to reopen on …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today signed House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1087, which brings consistency and predictability to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ (BMV) procedures and transactions. The Governor signed the bill in a public ceremony at the Greenwood BMV. “I challenged the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to ensure the …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today signed House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1378, which requires the Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) to divest from any business that engages in action to boycott, divest or sanction the state of Israel. The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both the House and …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today signed into law House Enrolled Act 1001 and Senate Enrolled Act 67, which will provide more than $1.2 billion in new funding for road and bridge preservation and funding for the third Regional Cities award.  “I’m pleased to sign these bills that commit more …

Vigo County—Wednesday afternoon at 1:16, Indiana State Police Troopers from the Putnamville District Meth Suppression Team, along with a Vigo County Sheriff’s Office K-9 handler, discovered a large methamphetamine production site in a wooded area near North Fruitridge Avenue and Beech Street in Terre Haute. The area was near a …

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) joined with a bipartisan group of senators to send a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker urging full implementation of the Leveling the Playing Field Act, legislation signed into law in June 2015. The letter presses the Commerce Department …

Greensburg – Governor Mike Pence joined executives from Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) today as the company announced plans to invest $52 million in its Greensburg facility in order to enhance job training and add production of the Honda CR-V. The company will create up to 100 new jobs …