Applications for an upcoming vacancy on the state’s highest court are due January 25, 2016 by noon. In November, the Judicial Nominating Commission announced applications for a vacancy being created by the retirement of Justice Brent E. Dickson. Justice Dickson is stepping down from the bench on April 29 after …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) and Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell asking her to terminate a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-led second evaluation of Indiana’s Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0 waiver. …
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INDOT Repaved and Sealed 8,640 Miles in 2015 After nearly a week of winter weather, Indiana is getting a short break from freezing temperatures with rain forecast for much of the state on Friday. Drivers should stay alert as these are prime conditions for potholes to form. How a pothole …
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INDIANAPOLIS (January 14, 2016)—The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) has appointed Pam Knight the new field manager for the Department. In her new role, Knight will have oversight of the DCS Institutional Unit, the pilot Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) Program and will also continue to work with …
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The Indiana Department of Transportation announced today that the agency launched an online, interactive tool that allows Hoosier taxpayers to find quickly what road and bridge projects are planned where they live and all across Indiana with just a couple clicks of a mouse. INDOT’s interactive investment map provides a …
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INDIANAPOLIS- On Friday, Congressman Todd Rokita filed paperwork to officially become a candidate for Congress in Indiana’s Fourth Congressional District. Rokita, a Republican from Indianapolis, has represented the Fourth Congressional District since 2011. “The highest honor of my and my family’s lives has been serving and fighting for Hoosiers so that they …
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A program that allows the public to cut certain downed trees at Turkey Run and Shades state parks for firewood has been extended through Feb. 29. Some trees that have died naturally or have blown down during storms are available to cut and haul away for $5 per pickup truck …
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Indianapolis – First Lady Karen Pence, Indiana’s Bicentennial Ambassador, presented a rug with a whimsical depiction of the state seal to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Photos of the event are included below and a video recap can be found here. First Lady Karen Pence speaks to the Children’s Museum …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) announced that he will support the nomination of Winfield Denton Ong in order to address the pressing judicial emergency in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The White House announced Ong’s nomination earlier today, and it will now be sent …
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced that President Obama has nominated Myra C. Selby to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. This seat was formerly held by Judge John Tinder, who retired last year. Donnelly said, “Myra Selby is an outstanding …
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