NEWS
Town of Vernon elects first new mayor in two decades
The Town of Vernon elects its first new mayor in two decades, with voters choosing Wayne Zamora to succeed the retiring Dan Wright who had won 10 consecutive two-year terms (Vernon is the sole municipality to hold elections in [...]
Mid-States Corridor Project adds three variations
The long-delayed Mid-States Corridor Project examining an improved highway connection in Southern Indiana (beginning at S.R. 66 near the William H. Natcher Bridge crossing the Ohio River at Rockport, and continuing generally through the Huntingburg and Jasper area and [...]
White House: Indiana near bottom of states with adult diabetes
Only 11 states have a higher percentage of adults 18 or older with diagnosed diabetes than Indiana’s 11.2%, according to White House data released Thursday. That makes Eli Lilly and Company’s decision to lower the cost of insulin by [...]
Oregon-Davis staff trains on new security system
Oregon-Davis School Corporation staff begins training on the new Raptor Security Systems that have been installed within the school premises. The Raptor Security System is a visitor management system that bolsters security by reading drivers licenses and other approved [...]
Rep. Smith sees bullying bill clear House
Rep. Vernon Smith (R) of Gary joked he was nervous to present his HB 1483 on Third Reading, the first time he had done so in approximately 15 years, he said. After House Committee on Education Chair Bob Behning [...]
USDA: Fewer Indiana farms in 2022
The number of farms in Indiana in 2022 was 54,800, according to the Indiana Field Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service That figure is down by 300 (- 0.54% ) from 55,100 one year [...]
Govs. Holcomb, Cox call for greater state role in nation’s immigration policy
Governor Eric Holcomb (R) teams up with Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) – who is widely viewed as perhaps the most moderate of sitting GOP governors – on a controversial Tuesday Washington Post op-ed urging “Congress to end its two-decade [...]
Former Indiana senator sees days knocked off incarceration
Former Sen. Brent Waltz (R) of Greenwood, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal criminal charges related to illegal conduit contributions from gaming interests, has 41 days knocked off his incarceration at FCI Ashland, a low security federal correctional [...]
Indy’s Lucas Oil Products secures rights for Oklahoma casino and resort
Indianapolis-based Lucas Oil Products secures the naming rights for the new 6,500-seat events arena in Oklahoma at WinStar World Casino and Resort on the Texas/Oklahoma state line along I-35. Lucas Oil Live will debut later this year with live [...]
Rokita joins Republican attorneys general in abortion drug lawsuit
Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) is among 22 Republican state attorneys general supporting a lawsuit to end access to the use of mifepristone for drug-induced abortions. All. for Hippocratic Med. v. Food and Drug Admin., No. 2:22-cv-00223-ZThe GOP AGs [...]