Hamilton County Emergency Rental Assistance Helping Residents Through COVID-19 Pandemic

The Hamilton County Township Association (HCTA) released their 2021 Annual Report on the Hamilton County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (HC ERAP) today. It outlines how the program helped stabilize the rental market during 2021. $7,771,772 was awarded in rental/utility assistance to Hamilton County residents.  Specifically, $7,266,070 was awarded in rental assistance and $505,701 in utility…

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IDEM Offers Free Virtual Earth Day Presentations To Hoosier Students

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is offering free virtual presentations to elementary schools across the state to celebrate Earth Day 2022. Every year, IDEM staff meet with students to talk about their careers and share science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) based lessons about air, land, water, and recycling. “IDEM’s annual Earth Day…

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Justin Roberts of Indianapolis Earns Degree from Georgia State University

Justin Roberts of Indianapolis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Speech Communications from Georgia State University during the fall 2021 semester. More than 3,000 students graduated from Georgia State University during the fall 2021 semester at the associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels. Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university,…

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Local Students Graduate From Indiana Connections Academy

More than 100 students recently graduated from Indiana Connections Academy, a tuition-free full-time public virtual school as part of the Class of 2022 – including Isabel Hernandez, Hayden Lee and Kailey Crenshaw from Fishers; and Tarquin Dunn from Noblesville. Indiana Connections Academy provides students with the continuous support of highly-skilled teachers and curriculum that focuses…

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New Study Shows Housing As Key Player In Building Hoosier Economy

An economic impact study conducted by the Indiana Builders Association (IBA) in conjunction with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows that home building and remodeling industries in Indiana are key contributors to the state’s economy. According to the study, the estimated one-year economic impact of building 1,000 single-family homes in Indiana includes $308.3…

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Senators Braun, Burr Lead In Preserving
Independent Contractor Classification

Senator Mike Braun and Senator Richard Burr, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, are leading an amicus brief to the National Labor Relations Board regarding The Atlanta Opera, Inc. 371 NLRB No. 45 (2021), which may upend the established precedent for classifying workers as independent contractors under the National…

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