State News

In February 2016, Susie’s Place Bloomington will be moving to a new home.  We are moving from 451 S. Parkridge Road to 365 S. Parkridge Road.  Luckily, it is within the same business park as our current center, so we will be in our same neighborhood and still work with …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, delivered his weekly “Waste of the Week” speech and highlighted $864,161 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) paid to two Amtrak employees for information that Amtrak employees were already required to provide to the DEA as part …

By Governor Mike Pence Last week marked the first anniversary of the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0 and today more than 370,000 low-income Hoosiers are enrolled in a program based on personal responsibility and empowering people to take ownership of their healthcare choices. The success of HIP 2.0 is a …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the chairman the Joint Economic Committee, today issued the following statement regarding newly released Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which revealed economic output in the United States slowed to an annual rate of 0.7 percent for the …

Peru – Recently, officers working from the Indiana State Police Peru Post have fielded complaints of motorists disregarding school bus stop arms when bus drivers were picking up or dropping off children. During the early morning and late afternoon hours there will be increased bus traffic and children waiting or …

INDIANAPOLIS – Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at 42 sites in Indiana to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday. The event is set for 2 p.m. (local time), February 21, 2016. The free program assists Indiana students in filing …

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Single-family building permits in Indiana increased 15 percent in December 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 decreased 13 percent in December from the previous month. In December …

INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 28, 2016) – The Indiana House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously Wednesday in support of State Rep. Todd Huston’s (R-Fishers) bill returning $550 million to local governments.   “We understand that local governments face unique challenges in funding much-needed services, particularly in maintaining and improving local roads and …

INDIANAPOLIS — Dr. Jennifer McCormick, a nationally-recognized innovator and leader in education who is currently the superintendent of Yorktown Community Schools, announced today her candidacy for Superintendent of Public Instruction in a press conference at the Indiana Statehouse. “As we teach our students and I teach my son, you can’t …

Shelby County – Today at approximately 1:10 am the Indiana State Police, along with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, responded to reports of a single vehicle roll over crash on I-65 near the 81 mile marker. When police arrived they found a male standing outside the truck in the ditch …