CHICAGO, Illinois, April 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Starting early April, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will resume lead-contaminated soil cleanup in residential yards near the former Exide Battery facility at 303 Water Street, Logansport, Indiana. Anticipated to last through the summer, 15 properties will be addressed. The cleanups will be completed at no cost to property owners or residents. Last fall, cleanup of 5 residential yards was   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 2 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Gov. Eric Holcomb recently signed legislation authored by State Rep. Lori Goss-Reaves (R-Marion) into law to help expedite the licensing process for social workers so they can enter the field upon graduation. March marks National Social Work Month and Goss-Reaves said the industry is facing a growing worker shortage, which only exacerbates the current mental health crisis. According to a study fr  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 2 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: March 28, 2024 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisions and   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 2 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 27-State coalition in a brief, urging the United States Supreme Court to reject Illinois's unconstitutional ban on AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles. In 2023, Illinois passed a law that banned the manufacture, importation, sale, and ownership of so-called "assault weapons," including AR-15 rifles and standard-capacity magazines. A recent federal   more

COVINGTON, Kentucky, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release: A Columbus, Ind. man, Raymond Anderson, 40, was sentenced last week, by U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning, to 132 months in prison, for his part in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving over 5,000 fentanyl pills that were pressed to appear as oxycodone pills. According to his plea agreement, between June 5 and June 8, 2023, Raymond Anderson conspired w  more