President Donald Trump was in Indianapolis over the weekend. Trump was speaking to the annual Future Farmer’s of America convention. The nonpartisan organization provides technical and agricultural training for an estimated 600,000 members across the country. The president used the opportunity to condemn a gunman’s attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier on Saturday, which killed 11 people. Indiana Governor Eric …
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President Donald Trump will visit Indianapolis to speak at the annual Future Farmers of America FFA convention, on Saturday. The President is expected to give the keynote address at the 91st FFA Convention, in front of tens of thousands at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The FFA reportedly has over 600,000 members. The non-profit encourages agricultural and technical knowledge and …
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A new report by the Indiana Builders Association finds that new housing prices are increasingly pushing out first time home buyers in the state. We’ll hear from Indiana Builders Association CEO Chris Wajda about that report. Home prices across the state are rising. That’s according to a report released this month by the Indiana Builders Association. CEO Chris Wajda, said …
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies shot and killed a man this morning; As students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation go back to school tomorrow, they’re required to obtain Hepatitis A immunizations; The City of Bloomington Utilities department continues to work on removing mercury and asbestos at the decommissioned Griffy Lake treatment plant; The Utilities Service Board approved a $3 million …
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The looming trade war between China and the United States is causing problems in the international recycling market. In Bloomington and Monroe County, uncertainty over global trade tariffs have caused government entities to consider charging residents for recycling for the first time. In response to the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs, which are set to take effect in early July, China …
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A study by Purdue University is being used by the federal Commerce Department, as the basis for President Trump’s proposed steel tariff plans. Thomas Hertel, of the Global Trade Analysis Project at Purdue, says his study is being misused by the Commerce Department to sell the administration’s 25 percent tax on imported steel. Hertel wrote in a statement that the …
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