Eric Holcomb

International Economic Development Council Works To Address Workforce Issues

By Samantha Horton • Oct 15, 2019

The International Economic Development Conference in Indianapolis this week aims to help attendees address workforce issues.

Ask The Mayor: Lafayette's Tony Roswarski On Road Paving Cash, 2020 Platforms

By • Oct 10, 2019
Stan Jastrzebski / WBAA News

The week leading up to our monthly conversation with Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski has been one of political comings and goings.

Gary State Senator Eddie Melton made his run for governor official, as did Lafayette resident Joe Mackey, who’ll seek to represent Indiana's 4th Congressional District in Congress.

This week on WBAA’s Ask The Mayor, we find out what Mayor Roswarski would like to see his party’s nominees run on next year, such that Lafayette would benefit.

Also this week, West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis announced he’s dropping out of his only scheduled debate in this year’s election – less than two weeks before it was to happen. We’ll ask Mayor Roswarski, a longtime friend and former Lafayette Police Department colleague of Mayor Dennis, what he thinks of that move.

Lawsuit Challenges Indiana HIP Work Requirements

By Jill Sheridan • Sep 25, 2019

A new lawsuit is challenging Indiana’s work requirements for the state’s Medicaid expansion program, HIP. 

Holcomb Names New Indiana National Guard Head

By Brandon Smith • Sep 24, 2019

Gov. Eric Holcomb Tuesday named Col. R. Dale Lyles as the new head of the Indiana National Guard.

Josh Owens, First Openly Gay Indiana Governor Candidate, Announces Bid

By Brandon Smith • Sep 16, 2019

Indiana’s first openly gay major party candidate for governor announced his bid Monday.

Indianapolis tech entrepreneur Josh Owens will seek the Democratic nomination.

Carmel Republican Files For Potential Holcomb Challenge

By Brandon Smith • Sep 11, 2019

Gov. Eric Holcomb could get a primary challenge next year.

Brian Roth, a Republican from Carmel, filed paperwork this week to run.

Roth runs a leadership consulting firm in the affluent Indianapolis suburb. He filed paperwork for a gubernatorial run with the Indiana Election Division, though he’s not commenting on his potential bid.

ILEARN Results Are Public. So How Much Lower Were Those Scores?

By Jeanie Lindsay • Sep 4, 2019

Results for the state’s new ILEARN test are now public, and reveal just how much lower achievement rates on the test look compared to previous iterations of the state’s standardized exam. According to state data, less than half of all students reached proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and math, with proficiency rates of 47.9 and 47.8 percent respectively. 

State Targets Youth Vaping As Rates Rise By 300 Percent

By Jill Sheridan • Aug 31, 2019

More Indiana youth are vaping than ever before and the state plans to address the issue. 

State and health leaders joined teens from Fishers High School to announce the new three-part initiative. 

Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos: Coding Program At Indiana Youth Jail Offers Second Chance

By Eric Weddle • Aug 15, 2019
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos listens to a teen read a statement about how coding class The Last Mile impacted him, at Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in Pendleton, Ind. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019.

PENDLETON -- U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility Wednesday to see a “second chance” program aimed at teaching incarcerated youth to become software engineers.

DeVos spoke to nine teens in The Last Mile -- a one-year program that hopes to end recidivism by teaching computer skills that may lead to tech jobs or further education. Indiana was the first state outside of California to adopt the coding program. It’s now in five state correctional facilities.

National Drug Czar Visits Indiana To Talk Opioids

By Carter Barrett • Aug 14, 2019

The head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy visited Indiana this week to talk with state leaders about the opioid crisis. Drug Czar Jim Carroll says that he wants to share with other states and the federal government what led to a recent drop in overdose deaths in Indiana. 

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