INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 10, 2020) —The Indiana State Hemp Plan was formally submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on December 26, 2019. Robert Waltz, Indiana State Chemist & Seed Commissioner, and Bruce Kettler, Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director, were the co-signers of the submitted plan. Below are …
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INDIANAPOLIS (January 8, 2019) — Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson, ahead of the 2020 primaries and general election, joins fellow members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) in the #TrustedInfo2020 education effort to encourage citizens to look to their state and local election officials as the …
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INDIANAPOLIS — Ever wonder how the taxes paid to the State of Indiana are utilized? The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) is embarking on a communications campaign in collaboration with 12 other state agencies throughout 2020 to answer that question. While DOR administers all state taxes, determining where these funds …
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Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle (ORV) accident that claimed the life of the operator. At 8:35 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 7000 block of South River Bottom Road in Hanover, in Jefferson County. Cory Garver, 35, of Madison, was pronounced deceased at the scene by …
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INDIANAPOLIS(January 3, 2020) — Secretary of State Connie Lawson today announced that 23 percent or 645,458 of the 2,851,245 Hoosiers who were eligible to vote in the November 5, 2019 municipal general election cast a ballot. Not all Hoosier voters were eligible to vote in the November 5 municipal elections. …
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INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 20, 2019) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.2 percent for November and remains lower than the national rate of 3.5 percent. The monthly unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of …
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration today announced it is receiving $5.2 million in grant dollars to improve the coordination of clinical care and the integration of other services that are critical for maternal and child health, well-being and sustained recovery. The grant is part of the …
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Vigo County – December 18, 2019, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Trooper Andrew Mattern was patrolling in the area of Poplar and 25th Street, when he stopped a 2005 Ford for exceeding the posted speed limit of 46 mph in a 30 mph zone. The driver was identified as Manuel D. Akers, …
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Vigo County – Wednesday, December 18, at approximately 1:15 p.m., Master Trooper Rich Reynolds from the Putnamville State Police Post, responded to a single vehicle accident at the State Road 641 bypass and McDaniel Road. The preliminary crash investigation by Master Trooper Reynolds revealed that Regina R. Ames, age 59, of …
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Vigo County – This afternoon at approximately 12:25 p.m., officers from the Putnamville State Police Post responded to a two vehicle accident on State Road 46 at the westbound Interstate 70 on-ramp, which sent three to the hospital. The preliminary crash investigation by Trooper Gerald Stump, of the Putnamville Post, revealed …
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