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Paul McCartney Tour Leads Strong Ticket Sales at Upcoming Classic Rock Shows
Classic Rock acts including former Beatles star Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones out sold younger groups in the concert ticket market last week
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MUNCIE, IN - Flashback to the late 1960's and early 1970's: Kids tune their AM radios to hear the Beatles, The Rolling Stones or maybe some Motown tunes. Today few people listen to music via AM, 8 Track, Cassette or CD, opting instead for more modern technology such as satellite radio or MP3. Yet with all those years and changes in between, the hottest concerts so far this year appear to be the Paul McCartney Tour tickets and The Rolling Stones Tickets for the Over 50 Tour. On Broadway Motown The Musical tickets stand as a top performer.
James Rhoads of Connersville Receives WorkOne Achievement Award
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - James Rhoads of Connersville was presented with the WorkOne Achievement Award last week for overcoming several employment barriers and pursuing a better life for himself. He received the award this week in a ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse.
Rhoads was an unemployed installation technician who went to school for his Associate’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance. He came to WorkOne looking for job search assistance after he completed his degree.
Rhoads was able to utilize the many services WorkOne has available for veterans while also taking advantage of other WorkOne services, such as workshops, free online training and WorkKeys skills assessment testing. All of this help gave him a competitive advantage in looking for a job.
Secretary of State Connie Lawson Collected over 150 Suits for Dress for Success
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson collected over 150 women’s suits for Dress for Success’ Send One Suit drive. Secretary Lawson encouraged participants to donate one suit, one blouse and one monetary gift.
“Giving Hoosier women the ability to approach a job interview in a professional manner empowers them to move toward economic independence,” said Secretary Lawson. “These contributions to Dress for Success Indianapolis are crucial to the aim of providing professional development to women. I am thankful to all who supported our Send One Suit effort, and I’m thankful that Dress for Success is hard at work putting these contributions to their best and highest purpose.”
Secretary Lawson invited other statewide offices and the Indiana General Assembly to participate. Secretary Lawson collected donations in her Statehouse office along with setting collection pick up spots around the Statehouse.
New post at IU Bloomington to focus on student diversity
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BLOOMINGTON, IN - Martin McCrory, an award-winning teacher on the faculty of the Kelley School of Business and chair of its Undergraduate Honors Program, has been appointed associate vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs and vice provost for educational inclusion and diversity at Indiana University Bloomington.
Edwin C. Marshall, vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs, and Lauren Robel, provost and executive vice president, announced the appointment today.
Errington: Hardest Hit Fund Expands Foreclosure Prevention Assitance
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Rep. Sue Errington (D-Muncie) is pleased to announce to her community that the Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) will provide foreclosure prevention assistance to more Hoosiers under the program’s new expansion.
Grede Foundry of New Castle Receives WorkOne Achievement Award
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Grede Foundry, located in New Castle, received a WorkOne Achievement Award last week for partnering with WorkOne to create employment opportunities for local Hoosiers. The award was presented in a ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse.
Routine Truck Inspection on Ind. 1 Finds Spoiled Food
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Mike Pence: Legislator turned Governor focused on his tax cut
By Brian Howey
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INDIANAPOLIS – The headline fixation in the fledgling administration of Gov. Mike Pence has been his 10-percent income tax cut. It is, what Chief of Staff Bill Smith observes, “the shiny object” and one that Senate Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley partially restored on Thursday at 3.3% after it didn’t make the House Republican budget.
The narrative after 80 days is an administration that has groped for a voice and a gravitas on the issues. Gov. Pence said at one point, “We have to do a better job of getting our message out.”
But after spending several days deep in the gubernatorial warrens on the Statehouse second floor, what emerges is an array of numbers that when pieced together in what is now an incomplete jigsaw puzzle, a different story line emerges.
Gov. Pence’s nine agenda bills are, for the most part, progressing. There was a staff review of some 2,200 bills that emerged prior to this long session, one that the Pence team had just seven weeks to prepare. According to Senior Policy Director Marilee J. Springer, there have been 95 meetings on individual pieces of legislation over eight weeks. There have been 138 meetings between the new governor and legislators.
Statement from Congressman Luke Messer on the 2013 House Budget Resolution
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Luke Messer, a member of the House Budget Committee, gave the following statement on the 2013 House Budget Resolution:
“For far too long Washington has refused to make the tough choices necessary to control spending so taxpayers can keep more of their hard-earned money to use for their needs instead of the government’s wants.
We cannot keep spending money we do not have. Washington’s answer previously has been to borrow and tax more. But our government does not tax too little—it spends too much.
The President’s budget is routinely turned in late and does not balance. The Senate has not passed a budget in more than 1400 days. The proposal they are currently discussing raises taxes and will not balance.
It is time that we balance the budget in Washington just like families across America do. A balanced budget will create a stable environment for job creation and protect families from tax increases. I am proud to support this proposal and will fight to balance our budget.”
IU Middle East scholar invited to join the Council on Foreign Relations
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BLOOMINGTON, IN - Feisal Amin Rasoul Istrabadi, director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and a University Scholar in international law and diplomacy at Indiana University Bloomington, has been invited to join the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank and publisher with nearly 4,700 members dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders. It strives to help citizens better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.
Istrabadi served as Iraq's ambassador and deputy permanent representative to the United Nations from 2004 until 2007, when he became a faculty member of the IU Maurer School of Law. He joins two professors in the new School of Global and International Studies at the prestigious policy organization.
