DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa posted the following news release: * * * Arizona and Indiana Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison for Nationwide Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Three of the leaders of a nationwide bank fraud and money laundering conspiracy were sentenced to a combined 421 months in federal prison. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Thaddeus Jerome Lee, Latroy L. Currie, a  more

MUNCIE, Indiana, Sept. 5 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: * * * Ball State Professor Awarded NSF Grant for Autism Research; Named Fulbright Specialist Dr. Shireen Kanakri, professor of interior design and graduate program director in Ball State University's Department of Construction Management and Interior Design, has received a $266,028 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a three-year research project focused on the impact of daylight on ch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Sept. 4, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates up in 32 large metro areas, down in 21, over year ended July 2025 Of the 56 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more, 32 large areas had unemployment rate increases from July 2024 to July 2025, 21 had decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest rate increase occurred in Cleveland, Oh  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Reaches Settlement with Homeworks Construction for Lead Paint Violations in South Bend, Indiana * Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice reached a $10,000 settlement with Homeworks Construction Inc. to resolve alleged lead paint renovation violations in South Bend, Indiana. EPA alleged that beginning in 2018, Homeworks Construction performed renovat  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana posted the following news release: * * * Former Vanderburgh County Director of Finance Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Over $125,000 in Public Funds Regene Newman, 59, of Evansville, has been sentenced to 1.5 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Newman has already paid $101,133.55 in restitution to   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 4 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * Indiana American Water Recognizes American Water Charitable Foundation 2025 State Strategic Impact Grantee * Gary, Ind. - September 3, 2025 - The American Water Charitable Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit organization established by American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, recently  more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Sept. 5 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Indiana University Exhibit Features Work on Loan from the Hofstra Museum Jimmy Ernst's "Crystal Night" (1963) is on loan from the permanent collection of the Hofstra University Museum of Art to Indiana University's Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art in Bloomington. The work will be featured in Remembrance and Renewal: American Artists and the Holocaust, 1940-1970, the first exhibition to examine the impact  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Sept. 5 -- Indiana University issued the following news release: * * * IU exceeds $1B in research expenditures for first time, leads state universities in external funding Indiana University is the state's higher education research powerhouse, securing more sponsored awards than any other university in Indiana and reaching more than $1 billion in research and development expenditures for the first time in university history. These investments, made in fiscal year 2025, e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Support Grows for Young, Murphy Legislation to Protect American Workers and Limit the Use of Non-Compete Disclosures * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) noted growing support for the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of non-compete clauses, which negatively impact almost one in every five American workers. The Workforce Mobility A  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Sept. 5 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School issued the following news: * * * Program on Law and Economics Welcomes New Fellows for Academic Year The Program on Law and Economics kicked off the academic year with a dinner with program fellows and faculty members, including Professor Sadie Blanchard, Professor Patrick Corrigan, Professor Maria Macia, and Professor Avishalom Tor who also directs the Program on Law and Economics. Before dinner, Dean G. Marcus Cole welc  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Sept. 5 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * In new research, Roy Scranton explores climate change and the limits of human progress According to Roy Scranton, director of the University of Notre Dame's Environmental Humanities Initiative, the biggest problem we face with climate change isn't excessive carbon emissions or energy usage. And it isn't the fundamental imbalance created by human activities that threatens ecosystems and has pushed the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Yakym Announces September 2025 Staff Mobile Office Hours * Mishawaka, IN - Today, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) announced the following dates, times, and locations that his office will be holding mobile staff office hours in September 2025 throughout Indiana's Second District. Mobile office hours are designed to be respectful one-on-one conversations with the Congressman's team, primarily for federal  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Yakym Announces Service Academy Night on September 23 * MISHAWAKA, IN - Today, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) announced that he will host a Service Academy Night on September 23, 2025 for perspective Service Academy nominees. Service Academy Night will take place on September 23, 2025, from 6:00pm-7:00pm EST at Penn High School, located at 56100 Bittersweet Road in Mishawaka. At Service Academy Nigh  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young Introduces HARPOON Act to Counter China's Maritime Aggression * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced the Helping Allies Respond to Piracy, Overfishing, and Oceanic Negligence (HARPOON) Act to combat the devastating economic, environmental, and geopolitical impact of China's illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing around the world. The legislation would expand U.S. coop  more