By Jerry Curry, Staff Writer
An election night watch party was held in Seymour at the Jackson Live and Event Center for United States Congresswoman Erin Houchin. It started at 6:30 p.m. and ended at 10 p.m.
The night started off with appetizers and a dinner.
Graham Houchin was the early entertainment, singing and playing the guitar. After his performance, Congresswoman Houchin announced she would be back later and thanked everyone for coming.
A very large television kept indexing the national results, while a small tv kept up with the local results. The incumbent never trailed her opponents, Democrat Timothy Peck and Russel Brookbank from the Libertarian Party.
Just before 8 p.m., Houchin took the stage again and announced that the race had been called in her favor.
Mike Braun was also announced as the winner in his race for Governor of Indiana, defeating Democrat Jennifer McCormick and Donald Rainwater from the Libertarian Party. At that time Houchin had 71% of the votes. Later this was adjusted to 65% of the votes, almost double the votes that her opponent Timothy Peck received.
In her home of Washington County, she received an astonishing 76.3% of the vote. The only county in the Ninth District that Peck won was Monroe County (Bloomington), where he received 60.3 % of the vote. Peck is an emergency physician who lives in New Washington in rural Clark County.
When asked about her aspirations in the future, considering her resounding victory, she replied, “My goal is to serve the people in southeast Indiana.” When asked about where she would be in two years she said probably in the House of Representatives. Her policy stances are similar to those of U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump—strong U.S./Mexico border, strong economy and personal protection, to name a few.
In closing, Houchin mentioned that the hard-working people of Indiana had been forgotten. She also recognized her supporters and family.
Also attending the election watch party was one of the newly-elected Washington County Council Members At-Large, Todd Armstrong. He is the father of Parker Armstrong, who is the press secretary for Houchin.
Staff photos by Jerry Curry
From left: Mason, Todd and Parker Armstrong. Todd was elected Washington County Council Member At-Large Tuesday evening.
AG Rokita sends civil investigative demands (CIDs) to officials, employers and non-profits in Evansville, Logansport and Seymour
As residents and elected officeholders continue reporting concerns about the largescale influx of illegal aliens and “legal migrants” into their cities and towns, Attorney General Todd Rokita is launching investigations into this growing issue in Evansville, Logansport and Seymour.
The entities receiving CIDs are the Cass County Health Department, Logansport Community School Corp., Berry Global Group Inc., Tent Partnership for Refugees, God is Good, and Jackson County Industrial Development Corp.
“Illegal immigration caused by "border czar" Kamala Harris' perversion and misapplication of federal law has made every state a border state and imposed unsustainable costs on Logansport and other cities across the nation,” Attorney General Rokita said. “It has also created serious sex and labor trafficking risks in all communities. I’m creatively trying to use every tool in the law to stop the Left's intentional destruction of Indiana."
Attorney General Rokita is investigating coordinated efforts among international and local nonprofit “refugee resettlement” organizations and employers to bring large numbers of migrants to Indiana communities.
The rapid growth of alien populations in certain communities has caused overcrowding in housing facilities as multiple families and sometimes dozens of individuals reportedly share space in structures intended to be single-family dwellings. It also has raised concerns about potential labor trafficking.
Attorney General Rokita’s office is conducting these investigations pursuant to its authority under Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act and indecent nuisance statute.
“The influx of these illegal aliens, which are coming from over 150 different countries, have strained our schools and the children of taxpayers are suffering as a result. It has caused unneeded stress on law enforcement, local hospitals and healthcare facilities, and our housing and labor markets,” Attorney General Rokita said. It also raises serious questions about how these individuals' arrival in Indiana is being facilitated.
Indiana’s Recycling Market Development Board awarded six organizations with $2 million in grant funding to expand the state’s recycling economy.
The Recycling Market Development Program was established in the early 1990s to better manage solid waste by developing markets for recycled materials. Six organizations received grant funding totaling $2 million to expand recycling in the Hoosier state. The joint effort represents over $4.8 million in expected total investments that will benefit the environment and the economy. These projects will increase the amount of recycling for organic waste, plastic film, and curbside residential recycling including plastic containers and glass. By doing so, an additional 42,000 tons per year of materials will be reused in Indiana’s circular economy.
Grants are administered by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).
Below is a list of recipients and their award amounts:
- Frankfort Plastics Inc., Clinton County – $500,000 to purchase a densifying line and eddy current separator to increase the processing capacity of low-grade plastic films in preparation for chemical recycling. This investment will result in approximately 3,300 additional tons of material diverted from landfills per year.
- Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA), Marion County – $181,538 to purchase new dual-stream recycling and trash receptacles to improve recycling participation at the airport. The IAA anticipates the new receptacles will allow them to achieve a 15% recycling rate resulting in an estimated 273 tons of recycled materials diverted from landfills per year.
- Waste Management of Indiana LLC, Marion County – $500,000 towards the purchase of glass recycling equipment to recover, clean and divert 23,400 tons of glass per year from their single stream recycling operations. With the new equipment, the company should be able to directly supply clean glass material to Indiana-based manufacturers and end markets.
- Purdue University, Tippecanoe County – $69,080 to purchase a tractor and windrow turner that will expand their composting operation capacity by allowing them to include additional organic materials. The new equipment will allow the university to divert an average of 90 additional tons of organic waste from entering landfills per year.
- Richmond Sanitary District, Wayne County – $249,382 towards the purchase of a compactor and baler to expand its list of recyclable materials to include plastic polypropylene containers (#3-#7) and provide additional curbside recycling services to neighboring communities. In addition, the district will use part of the funds towards an education and outreach campaign to market their services to more communities. The city is expected to increase diversion from landfills by an additional 120 tons in the first year.
- Smith Creek, Floyd County – $500,000 towards de-packaging equipment and site improvements that will allow the company to process packaged food waste from grocery store chains and prepare the organic waste for composting. The project would divert an estimated 15,600 tons of food waste from landfills per year and enhance the quality of the soil amendments and compost produced at their facility.
More information about the RMDP grant program, including future grant opportunities, can be found on IDEM's website, idem.IN.gov/recycle/recycling-market-development-program.
About the Recycling Market Development Program: The Recycling Market Development Program (idem.IN.gov/recycle/recycling-market-development-program) operates under the Recycling Market Development Board as established by IC 4-23-5.5. The grant money for the program comes from the Recycling Promotion and Assistance Fund, an account generated by a per-ton fee on solid waste disposed at Indiana landfills. The fund supports source reduction, reuse, recycling and composting to prevent solid waste from permanent disposal.
About IDEM: IDEM (idem.IN.gov) implements federal and state regulations regarding the environment. Through compliance assistance, incentive programs and educational outreach, the agency encourages and aids businesses and citizens in protecting Hoosiers and our environment.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita Warns Consumers About Products Recalled In October
Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers to important consumer protection concerns for products recalled in October. His office is encouraging consumers to take advantage of opportunities available to them to return, fix, dispose, return or replace a purchased recalled item that could be harmful to their families.
“Halloween may be over, but recalled products are still scary for your family,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Don’t get tricked into using a flawed product that could put your family in danger. Stop using recalled items immediately and pursue resolution from the manufacturer.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following consumer products were recalled in October:
If you believe you recently purchased a recalled product, stop using it, and check its recall notice (linked above for all products). Then follow the notice’s instructions, including where to return the product, how to get the product fixed, how to dispose of the product, how to receive a refund for the product, or what steps must be taken to receive a replacement product.
To view recalls issued prior to October visit the Consumer Protection Safety Commission website.
If you bought certain generic prescription drugs in the US from 2010 to 2018, you could be eligible for money
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, as part of a coalition of 46 states and four territories, has secured $49.1 million in settlements to resolve allegations that two companies engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs.
The two companies represent only a fraction of those implicated in such alleged misconduct. Indiana and other states are pressing forward with lawsuits against the remaining companies not participating in the settlements.
“Hoosiers deserve to know that the prices they pay for generic drugs arise from free and fair competition among pharmaceutical companies,” Attorney General Rokita said. “The fight is not over, and we continue to allege that company executives in this case colluded and conspired to keep prices high at their respective companies. We are holding them accountable for their egregious misconduct.”
As part of settlement agreements, the two companies have agreed to cooperate in ongoing multistate litigations against 30 corporate defendants and 25 individual executives. Both companies have further agreed to a series of internal reforms to ensure fair competition and compliance with antitrust laws.
A $10 million settlement with Heritage Pharmaceuticals is being filed Oct. 31 in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in Hartford. A settlement with Apotex for $39.1 million will be finalized and filed in the U.S. District Court in the near future. The State of Connecticut has led the multistate litigation efforts.
Indiana residents’ ultimate share of the money will be determined by how many request refunds. If you purchased a generic prescription drug manufactured by Heritage or Apotex between 2010 and 2018, you may be eligible for compensation. Call 1-866-290-0182 (toll-free), email
A coalition of nearly all states and territories filed three antitrust complaints, starting first in 2016.
The first complaint included Heritage and 17 other corporate defendants, two individual defendants, and 15 generic drugs. Two former executives from Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Jeffery Glazer and Jason Malek, have since entered into settlement agreements and are cooperating.
The second complaint was filed in 2019 against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers. The complaint names 16 individual senior executive defendants.
The third complaint, to be tried first, focuses on 80 topical generic drugs that account for billions of dollars of sales in the United States and names 26 corporate defendants and 10 individual defendants.
Six additional pharmaceutical executives have entered into settlement agreements with the states and have been cooperating to support the states’ claims in all three cases.
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