State News

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Two CLEAN Team Investigations Result in Five Arrests

Miami/ Fulton Counties –   Two recent narcotic investigations by members of the CLEAN Team resulted in five people being arrested on various drug related charges. Last Monday, an investigation by the CLEAN Team resulted in the arrests of Keyt Austin, 22, and Ciavardoni, Brandon, 21, both from Rochester, IN. Officers …

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Indiana Judges Association website now online

JANUARY 2016 – The Indiana Judges Association (IJA) is pleased to announce the launch of the IJA website at www.indianajudgesassociation.org. The website includes information for judicial officers and the public, as well as recognition of judges who have been honored at the state and national level for work benefitting all …

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Coats Highlights DEA’s Double Payments to Amtrak Employees

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 …

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Governor Pence Praises HIP 2.0 on First Anniversary

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 …

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Coats Statement on Anemic GDP Growth

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 …

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