State News

Indianapolis – In a letter sent earlier this week to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, Governor Mike Pence requested a secretarial disaster declaration for 53 of Indiana’s 92 counties due to crop damage and losses caused by flooding and excessive rain since May 1 of this year. “Recent …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today supported a bipartisan bill – the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act – that would provide long-term transportation funding and reforms to address key infrastructure needs across the country. The DRIVE Act, which passed the Senate 65 …

Coats Column: Congress Should Reject Iran Deal Senator Dan Coats I have read through the 159 page Iran deal, considered analysis from a wide variety of leading foreign policy experts on the pros and cons of this agreement and reviewed the deal’s classified annexes. The more I read, the more …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today delivered his weekly “Waste of the Week” speech and highlighted errors with payments of the earned income tax credit. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported that $14.5 billion of this tax credit was paid out …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today issued a statement regarding newly released annual revisions from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showing that the American economy grew at a slower rate over the past several years than previously estimated: “Annual revisions reveal …

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, sent a letter today to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack urging USDA to grant a disaster declaration for 53 of Indiana’s 92 counties impacted by excessive rainfall. Donnelly wrote the letter …

Washington, D.C. —U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly voted against the Senate’s six-year Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill because it would not provide Indiana with its fair share of federal highway funding.   Donnelly said, “There are pressing needs to repair Indiana roads and bridges and ensure that transit systems continue to run safely …

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released a video statement in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II. The attack on the USS Indianapolis was commemorated in Indianapolis with a reunion over the weekend.  Donnelly said, “On the 70th anniversary …

The Pence administration is doing it again. Another witch hunt, fueled by the right-wing. This time, the target is Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK). A short time ago, the news broke nationally that a right-wing group had established a clandestine identity, infiltrated certain Planned Parenthood clinics in California …

INDIANAPOLIS– Governor Mike Pence has named Jim Schellinger as president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC). He currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of CSO Architects and is a member of the IEDC Board of Directors. “Since day one, our administration has prioritized establishing Indiana as …