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Lawmakers in Indianapolis criticized Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, yesterday. According to the Associated Press, legislators are up in arms over Holcomb’s proposed expenditure of a $1 billion renegotiated toll road lease. The Republican governor announced $1 billion dollars from leasing toll roads in September, which will increase toll fees for commercial truck drivers. Holcomb announced his proposal to allocate some …

Indiana is among the states to receive federal funding to fight the opioid epidemic. The US Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday they’re awarding the state over $25 million. The total allocation by Health and Human Services is estimated at over $1 billion this year for all 50 states. The Associated Press reports the funds will largely go …

Over half of Indiana University fraternities will face a hard-alcohol ban by this time next year. Yesterday, The North American Interfraternity Conference voted to ban hard alcohol at member fraternities, which have until September of 2019 to implement the ban. Unless distributed by a third party, like a caterer or vendor, the ban would apply to all Greek organizations in the …

President Donald Trump will make a trip to Evansville, next week. The President is holding a rally next Thursday, to stump for Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence held a rally for Braun in May, in Elkhart. Braun beat out two Indiana Congressmen for the Republican party’s Senate nomination, in a campaign that garnered national …

The state of Indiana has hired a private law firm to handle public requests for former Governor Mike Pence’s private email records. Governor Eric Holcomb’s office has received over 50 requests for information contained in two private AOL email accounts used by Pence when he was the state’s chief executive. The Associated Press is among several organizations that have filed …