DAYTON, Ohio, March 16 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: As winter heating season comes to an end, CenterPoint Energy would like to remind customers who have received a disconnect notice that they should contact the company at 1-800-227-1376 to make payment arrangements and avoid potential disconnection. "Throughout the winter heating season, we have been communicating with customers who may be experiencing financial hardships on the options available to manage their acc  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, March 16 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: CenterPoint Energy would like to remind customers Indiana's winter regulatory moratorium, which temporarily suspends disconnections of customers who meet low-income guidelines and have received federal and state utility heating assistance, expires today. Customers who have received a disconnect notice should contact the company at 1-800-227-1376 to make payment arrangements and avoid potenti  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 16 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: Duane Morris LLP partner Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. has been named to Crain's Chicago Business Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys List. The list recognizes trial attorneys in the Chicago metro area for their litigation successes over the past year and their ongoing commitment to their clients and communities. Some of Maatman's 2022 accomplishments highlighted include defeating a COVID-19 tuitio  more

HUNTINGTON, Indiana, March 14 (TNSbook) -- Huntington University issued the following news release: Dr. David Lewis, associate professor and head women's soccer coach at Huntington University, is the lead author for a new textbook titled Sports Ministry, which is set to be released in April 2023. The textbook is one of the first on the subject of sports ministry and it is intended, according to the book description, to provide college and university instructors with a dedicated text for "educa  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 17 (TNSper) -- Ice Miller, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ice Miller is pleased to welcome partner Matthew J. Kelly to its Litigation Practice Group. Kelly, based in Chicago, has spent his entire career working with healthcare providers, focused primarily on senior housing and long-term care providers. His clients rely on him to analyze complex healthcare operational matters and develop strategic approaches based on immediate and long-term goals. "  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 15 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news on March 14, 2023: In its final reading, State Rep. Mike Andrade (D-Munster)'s co-sponsored Senate Bill 379 passed out of the House with bipartisan support. The new bill will increase the penalty for dealing a drug that is a fentanyl-containing substance. "Our nation has been flooded with fentanyl, and it has become the leading cause of overdose in the opioid epidemic," Andrade said. "Since 2019, for Ameri  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news: Due to an accounting trick by Indiana House Republicans, Vigo County School Corporation will be on the hook financially for students' textbook costs and saddled with an effective budget cut. State Rep. Tonya Pfaff (D-Terre Haute) is calling attention to the fact that VCSC will lose $1,378,922 in funding during the 2024 fiscal year to cover the cost of textbooks for all students. In his proposed state bie  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news on March 15, 2023: State Rep. Maureen Bauer (D-South Bend) has been selected to attend the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus' 2023 Birkholz Institute as a fellow. This year's institute will focus on "Climate Resiliency in Great Lakes Communities." The Birkholz Institutes bring together a small group of legislators to take a deep dive into an issue on the GLLC's policy agenda and form a task force  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Michael Aylesworth (R-Hebron) and Sharon Negele (R-Attica) to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Aylesworth said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 18 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Baird said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The legislation would also a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Rep. Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville) that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Borders said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The legislation would al  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Bruce Borders (R-Jasonville) and Matt Hostettler (R-Patoka) that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Borders said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and inter  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Kendell Culp (R-Rensselaer) and Sharon Negele (R-Attica) to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Culp said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The legislation  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Kendell Culp (R-Rensselaer) and Jim Pressel (R-Rolling Prairie) to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Culp said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The legi  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Matt Hostettler (R-Patoka) and Cindy Ledbetter (R-Newburgh) that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Hostettler said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and in  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 15 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by Jasper County legislators to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. State Rep. Michael Aylesworth (R-Hebron) said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The legislati  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Cindy Ledbetter (R-Newburgh) and Tim O'Brien (R-Evansville) that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Ledbetter said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and int  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Eastern Hancock High School graduate Duncan Cherry is gaining experience as an intern with the Indiana House of Representatives during the 2023 legislative session. Duncan has a unique family connection to the Statehouse as his great uncle is longtime State Rep. Bob Cherry (R-Greenfield) who represents portions of Hancock and Madison counties. "I'm so proud of Duncan for getting involved in ser  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: State Rep. Doug Miller (R-Elkhart) at the Indiana Statehouse presented members of the Elkhart Cowboys youth flag football team with a House Resolution recognizing their success this season. The Elkhart Cowboys, with eight team members under the age of 10 years old, and led by head coach David Garcia and assistant coach Nick Haggart, play in the Concord NFL FLAG league in Elkhart. They compete in  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by Montgomery County legislators that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 18 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives advanced legislation supported by Northwest Indiana lawmakers that would expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. State Rep. Michael Aylesworth (R-Hebron) said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The legislat  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Evansville Memorial High School graduate Zachary Woods is gaining experience as an intern with State Rep. Tim O'Brien (R-Evansville) and his fellow members of the Indiana House of Representatives during the 2023 legislative session. Woods, a Vanderburgh County resident, is the son of David and Mary Jane Woods. He is currently attending IUPUI and majoring in biology. "This internship has been a   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 15 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Julie Olthoff (R-Crown Point) and Hal Slager (R-Schererville) to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Olthoff said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: The Indiana House of Representatives advanced legislation supported by State Reps. Jim Pressel (R-Rolling Prairie) and Jake Teshka (R-South Bend) to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Pressel said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The le  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: The Indiana House of Representatives advanced legislation supported by Tippecanoe County legislators to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. State Rep. Mark Genda (R-Frankfort) said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The l  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Vigo County legislators recently supported a bill to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. State Rep. Bob Heaton (R-Terre Haute), chair of the House Ways and Means Higher Education Subcommittee, said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career training, apprenticeships, certifications and internships. The le  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 15 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans issued the following news release: A bill co-authored by State Sen. Stacey Donato (R-Logansport) that would ensure the accountability of Indiana landlords passed the General Assembly unanimously and is now headed to the governor for final consideration. Senate Enrolled Act 114 would allow utility companies to ask courts to appoint receivers over certain landlords who have failed to pay the utility bills for their properties. Th  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: A bill authored by State Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) that protects tenants from unscrupulous landlords passed the General Assembly unanimously and is headed to the governor for final consideration. Senate Enrolled Act 114 would allow utility companies to ask courts to appoint receivers over certain landlords who have failed to pay their property's utility bills after collecting  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans issued the following news release: A bill authored by State Sen. Mark Messmer (R-Jasper) that would protect child victims passed the Indiana House of Representatives unanimously Tuesday. Senate Bill 331 would build upon legislation Messmer authored in 2020 that required the presence of a prosecuting attorney during the deposition of child sex abuse victims. Since the implementation of that legislation, however, defense attorney  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- Indiana State Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer, issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * The House Republican proposed two-year state budget plan includes historic funding for education, strong investments in public health and additional support for local economic development efforts - all the while responsibly cutting taxes. As your state representative, I am committed to protecting taxpayers, and supporting a budget that lives within our mean  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- Indiana State Rep. Randy Frye, R-Greensburg, issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * Every two years, state legislators come together to craft Indiana's biennial budget, which is the fiscal blueprint for funding our state government. This session, we've proposed a fiscally responsible state budget that responsibly cuts taxes, maintains critical services and boosts public safety. First and foremost, Hoosiers deserve to keep more of their hard-  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 15 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news: Senate Bill 114 passed unanimously out of the House of Representatives today and now heads to the governor's desk. The bill, which protects tenants from the risk of utility shut-offs if the owner of their residential property fails to pay utility bills, comes less than a year after residents at several Indianapolis apartment complexes nearly had their water and gas services shut off due to outstanding fees  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 (TNSres) -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news: Slavery Past, Present, and Future, the annual global interdisciplinary conference and brainchild of Dean Karen E. Bravo, enters its seventh year in 2023. The first gathering of delegates took place in 2015 at Mansfield College, Oxford. The idea to create a worldwide event involving scholars from a variety of disciplines was born five years earlier in Prague in the Czech Republic  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 14 (TNSper) -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news: Lacy Johnson, J.D. '81, has been appointed by President Joe Biden to serve on the President's Export Council. The council serves as the principal national advisory committee on international trade, whose central focus is to advice the president on export trade matters. "It is a great honor to be selected to serve on the President's Export Council," Johnson said. "The council's w  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news: IU McKinney Professor Jennifer Drobac has given countless interviews on religious, reproductive, and sex-based civil rights. She remains in demand by local, national, and international media for her expertise in these areas of the law. Professor Drobac has been helping media members to translate the law and complex legal issues for the public. The advent of the #MeToo movement a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 (TNSres) -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news: Professor Fran Quigley, J.D. '87, delivered a talk titled "Religious Traditions and the Human Right to Housing" at Manchester University. The presentation took place on March 6. Professor Quigley, who directs the Health and Human Rights Clinic at IU McKinney, talked about housing problems in the United States and how to respond to these challenges by looking at social housing as  more

COLUMBUS, Indiana, March 15 (TNSres) -- Indiana University-Purdue University's Columbus Campus issued the following news release: IUPUC and Mill Race Center will present "Great Decisions: Economic Warfare" on March 23, 2023, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Mill Race Center. Guest speaker Michael De Groot, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, will discuss economic warfare, which includes measures from implementing sanctions to fomenting labor strikes. Since R  more

GARY, Indiana, March 15 (TNSpro) -- The Indiana University Northwest campus issued the following news release: Indiana University Northwest's Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE) offers a variety of non-credit courses and educational programs that aim to assist people of all ages gain skills and enrich their lives as we face today's challenges and prepare for tomorrow's opportunities. CURE offers a variety of learning opportunities for all ages through its Community Garden, Senior U  more

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Faculty Matthew Kelley published an article with Deniz Akpinar '23 from Turkey, Vaughan Bamford '23 from Canada, Sara Martinez '23 from Costa Rica, Tracey Nassuna '23 from Uganda, and Madison Stevens '23 from Indiana. The study, "When Hints Hurt Memory: The Influence of the Number of Part-Set Cues on Free Recall," examines the effects of part-set cues on   more

VINCENNES, Indiana, March 15 (TNSper) -- Vincennes University issued the following news release: The Vincennes University Board of Trustees welcomed its newest member this past month. Brandon Haight was appointed a Trustee by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, and he took his oath of office at the Board's recent retreat. Haight possesses decades of leadership and experience in the automotive industry. He is the general manager of the East Plant at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (TMMI) in Prin  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: As banks such as the recently collapsed SVB Financial Group grapple with bond losses, new research from the University of Notre Dame suggests they will try to limit the effect on earnings and regulatory capital by following accounting rules to the letter. Yet in doing so they will violate a core tenet of standard investment theory by looking backward at investment performance rather than forward,  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: "Most of my life, to my amazement, has been spent studying in, teaching at, writing about, and administering now, Catholic institutions. On an almost daily basis, I get asked, 'How did we get here?' And so I became interested in that long sweep of the 19th-century Catholic revival," said John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost and Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the Unive  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 15 (TNSfund) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news on March 14, 2023: The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame has received a $1 million implementation grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish a three-year program titled Savoring the Mystery: Catholic Preaching in an Age of Disaffiliation. This initiative, based out of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy at the McGrath Institute, proposes a renewal of Roman Catho  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: The University of Notre Dame will install a 46,000-square-foot solar array on the west side of campus, along Indiana 933, as part of an ongoing effort to diversify its energy supply and achieve net zero campus carbon emissions by 2050. The county council voted in favor of the project on Tuesday (March 14), clearing the way for work to begin this summer. Accounting for potential supply chain issues  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 16 (TNSpro) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: For theater lovers, there is a kind of magic to watching a play come to life on stage. Good stage productions transport audience members into the story, making them momentarily forget their lives outside of the theater. But making productions come to life takes a lot of work - set elements, for example, require months of careful planning and construction. Safe and effective set construction is of  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 14 (TNSpar) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue University, the Purdue Research Foundation, the Purdue for Life Foundation and Varcity have reached an agreement to establish a wellness-infused residential development in Discovery Park District at Purdue. Varcity, a McNair Living brand, builds developments directly affiliated with universities through business and social programming. The company collaborates with higher-education institu  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 15 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Interstates throughout U.S. consider Purdue invention to reduce road repairs * * * An increasing number of U.S. interstates are set to try out a Purdue University invention that could save millions of taxpayer dollars and significantly reduce traffic delays. The invention, a sensor that allows concrete to "talk," decreases construction time and how often concrete pavement needs repairs w  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 14 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans issued the following column called Raatz Roundup on March 13, 2023: * * * Last week, the Indiana General Assembly started the second half of the 2023 legislative session. The chambers traded their respective bills, including the budget bill (House Bill 1001), and restarted the legislative process to review legislation before it is considered by the governor. While my bills are being considered by the House of Representatives an  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, March 16 (TNSres) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: In the summer of 2022, Eric Barker, an Oklahoma State University assistant professor of scenic design, found himself with a Research Jumpstart/Accelerator Grant (RJAG) but nowhere to spend it; his original plans to work with the Richmond Shakespeare festival in Richmond, Indiana, had fallen through. The RJAG grant is designed to aid faculty in getting their research up and running following the CO  more

FREDONIA, New York, March 14 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill is lead author on a co-authored article, "Archaeological Investigations of Fulton County, Indiana: Summary Results for a FY17 Historic Preservation Fund Survey," published by Indiana Archaeology, volume 16, number 1. The journal article reports the results of an archaeological survey in Fulton C  more

HUNTINGTON, Indiana, March 16 (TNSper) -- Huntington University issued the following news release: Huntington University is pleased to announce the hiring of Aimee Graves, MS, RVT, as the animal health and veterinary nursing advisor for HU's Haupert Institute for Agricultural Studies. "Growing up in a farming family, I have a deep appreciation of agriculture," said Graves in reference to what drew her to HU. "My experience is that faith and farming go hand in hand, and my passion has always be  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, March 17 (TNSres) -- University of Evansville issued the following news: Elyse Talley, University of Evansville biology, and ethics major, wanted to study the research-implementation gap, particularly as it relates to native plants' importance to conservation efforts. She found there was plenty of research into the importance of native plants for pollinators such as bees, and how increasing the number of native plants and pollinator zones will be immensely helpful in improv  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, March 18 (TNSper) -- The University of Southern Indiana issued the following news release: University of Southern Indiana Historic New Harmony has several announcements in tandem with the return of tours for the spring season. Diane Sanders selected as Assistant Director of Historic New Harmony Diane Sanders has been named Assistant Director of the USI Historic New Harmony program. In this role, she oversees day-to-day operations in New Harmony. Sanders previously wor  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, March 15 (TNSbook) -- The University of Saint Francis issued the following news release: University of Saint Francis Sciences Division Director Dr. Louise "Lou" Weber is featured in the upcoming book, "Love Your Mother: 50 States, 50 Stories, and 50 Women United for Climate Justice," by Mallory McDuff. McDuff's book highlights women from every state, with Weber's story representing Indiana. "Mallory asked if she could include me after hearing the story of how I transforme  more

VALPARAISO, Indiana, March 15 (TNSawa) -- Valparaiso University issued the following news release: David Kohlstedt '65, Ph.D., professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota and graduate of the Valparaiso University physics department, has recently been named a recipient of the 2023 Vetlesen Prize for his work in recreating the conditions of Earth's mantle for experimental investigation of the physical and chemical properties of rocks in a controlled laboratory environment. This internationa  more