WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today voted to strengthen and expand sanctions against North Korea. The legislation comes after a North Korean nuclear test last month and a long-range rocket launch by the country over the weekend in the isolated state. “Simply standing by and allowing this regime …
Read More »State Auditor Launches 21st Century Government Transparency Tour
Joining local business leaders at a Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Evansville today, State Auditor Suzanne Crouch launched the21st Century Government Transparency tour. The tour seeks input from the public to improve Indiana’s Transparency Portal, a website administered by the State Auditor’s office that gives Hoosiers the opportunity …
Read More »Governor’s Office Announces Standing Honors, Public Statehouse Memorial Service for Former Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb
Indianapolis – The Office of Governor Mike Pence announced the following details for the standing honors and a memorial service for former Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb. Governor Mike Pence encourages Hoosiers from around the state to pay tribute to former Governor Whitcomb by signing condolence books at memorial events on …
Read More »Coats Releases Report On Definition and Policy Goals of “Full Employment”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today issued a report questioning the traditional measure of “full employment” as an appropriate indicator of overall labor market health in the current economy. “A relatively low unemployment rate of 4.9 percent would seem to indicate that our labor force …
Read More »Indiana Supreme Court organizing single Office of Judicial Administration
The Indiana Supreme Court is improving its internal governance and creating a single Office of Judicial Administration. The internal restructuring plan creates a single administrative office with an administrative team including a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and a Fiscal Officer (FO). Applications for both positions are due April 1, 2016 …
Read More »Governor Pence Pleased by Supreme Court Decision to Halt Anti-coal EPA Rule
Indianapolis – Governor Pence issued the following statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to halt the enforcement of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan while litigation against the rule continues. “Hoosiers know that coal means jobs and low-cost energy for our state, and tonight’s Supreme Court decision to put President Obama’s …
Read More »Coats Statement on Supreme Court’s Stay of Obama Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new and heavy-handed regulations on coal-fired power plants. “The Supreme Court’s stay of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan sends a critical signal that the EPA cannot overreach its …
Read More »Coats: President’s Budget Cements Legacy of Spending, Taxing, Borrowing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year: “President Obama could have used his final budget proposal to finally make efforts to reduce our debt and rein in out-of-control federal spending. Instead, …
Read More »Lanane: Lt. Governor’s Exit a Blow to Diversity, Leadership of State Government
INDIANAPOLIS – Senate Democratic Leader Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) released the following statement after Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann announced her unexpected departure from Governor Mike Pence’s administration. “I’m taken aback by the suddenness of the Lieutenant Governor’s unexpected exit, “In her time at the helm of the Senate she’s been a …
Read More »Governor Pence Announces Intention to Nominate Eric Holcomb as Lieutenant Governor
Thanks Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann for Exceptional Service to the State Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today announced his intention to nominate Eric Holcomb as the next lieutenant governor of Indiana, following current Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann’s announcement that she will resign to pursue the position of president at …
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