NEWS
Sumner signals Whitestown Town Council run
Tanya Sumner (R), the former WRTV-TV Indianapolis and WFIE-TV Evansville reporter (as Tanya Jourdain) who performed a brief stint as press secretary and strategic coordinator for U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R), files for Whitestown Town Council. She spent almost [...]
IDOE launches Indiana GPS updates
The Indiana Department of Education deploys the first round of enhancements to its new Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed Dashboard (Indiana GPS). The most recent enhancements allow users “to drill down into longitudinal and disaggregated data, showing data over [...]
Griffith Town Council delays hearing for GPS contractor
The Griffith Town Council delayed a hearing with Performance Services, a Griffith Public Schools contractor, on allegations that the company failed to obtain town-required permits for work at the public schools and used unlicensed subcontractors on some jobs, the [...]
AG Rokita critical of governor’s education funding push
In a distinct minority at the State House on the issue of increasing state funding for education: Attorney General Todd Rokita (R). He tweets after the Governor’s State of the State address push for more dollars for the classroom: [...]
Ambassador Enterprises CFO is new Hoosiers for Good Government PAC chair
Ambassador Enterprises Chief Financial Officer Ron Turpin of Fort Wayne, who was an unsuccessful Republican primary candidate for the SD 14 seat last year, is the chair of a new state political action committee, Hoosiers for Good Government Political [...]
La Porte man arrested, tried counterfeit bill
A LaPorte man was arrested at Blue Chip Casino January 3 in the overnight hours after allegedly trying to exchange a counterfeit $100 bill at the casino cage, claiming it would not work in a slot machine. When Indiana [...]
Horseshoe Casino Hammond tort case removed
Attorneys for Horseshoe Casino Hammond remove a tort case, Grassano v. Horseshoe Hammond Casino, No. 45D04- 2210-CT-985 from Lake County Superior Court, Civil Division 4 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on diversity grounds, [...]
Bally’s Evansville offers members $3 million in prizes
Bally’s Evansville is offering $3 million up for grabs to all Bally Rewards members. Players earn entries by playing casino games from 6:00 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, December 29 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 1. There will be [...]
Sen. Jon Ford tapped as new NCLGS chair
Sen. Jon Ford (R) of Terre Haute is the new chair of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS). NCLGS will hold its annual winter meeting in Las Vegas December 8-11, and Sen. Ford is set to [...]
IU study finds political issues affect singles’ dating lives
A new study by Match in partnership with Indiana University researchers shows that political issues are increasingly important to singles in the Midwest when it comes to considering potential partners. According to the study, 29% of Midwestern singles consider [...]