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Congressman Frank Mrvan Owns Recession, Gas Prices, and Inflation by Jennifer-Ruth Green |
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Crown Point, IN – Today the Committee to Elect Jennifer-Ruth Green responded to news that the U.S. economy went into recession in the second quarter of 2022, the latest devastating economic news resulting from the reckless spending and failed energy policies of President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Congressman Frank Mrvan: “Frank Mrvan can try to run away from his record of rubber stamping Biden-Pelosi economic policies 100% of the time but the bottom line is we’re entering two-quarters of negative growth, gas and grocery prices are through the roof, the rate of inflation is outpacing wages, and our labor force is shrinking,â€said Kevin Hansberger, Green’s Communications Director. “It’s time for Mrvan to own up to his failed policies and change course. Mrvan should put the best interests of hardworking Hoosier families before his political self-interest and stop doubling down on the failed economic policies of the radical left.†On the point of accountability, it’s time for someone in the media to ask Mrvan some tough questions about his lockstep support for the Biden-Pelosi economic agenda: • With inflation surging and families suffering, was voting for trillions in new borrowing, spending, and special interest giveaways a good idea, and would he do it again? • With gas prices through the roof, would he still support Biden’s efforts to shut down American energy production and energy jobs while begging Saudi oil billionaires for more oil? • Are there any substantive economic policies where he took on Nancy Pelosi, and if not, how can Hoosier workers have any confidence Mrvan will fight Biden when he lifts steel tariffs on China? FOOTNOTE: Jennifer-Ruth Green is a conservative Republican, Air Force Academy graduate, and combat veteran and serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indiana Air National Guard. Learn more at www.Jennifer-RuthGreen.com
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Congressman Frank Mrvan Owns Recession, Gas Prices, and Inflation
Homicide Investigation On Maggie Valley Dr.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to a homicide investigation on Maggie Valley Dr. There a single victim was located.
The Victim of yesterday’s homicide has been identified as James C. McClernon, age 41, of Evansville. An autopsy has completed this date and determined he died of multiple shot wounds to the torso.
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office can provide updates on the investigation as they become available.
Otters have tough night in middle game with Boulders
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -Â The Evansville Otters managed just five hits in an 11-4 loss to the New York Boulders on Wednesday night.
On the other side, the Boulders’ offense went to work early in the game, striking for three runs in the opening inning.
Austin Dennis brought in the opening run on a sacrifice fly to left. Later in the first, Francisco Del Valle and Gabrial Garcia each managed RBI hits of their own.
New York doubled their lead in the third on Chris Kwitzer’s first home run of the night, a three-run shot.
Evansville finally found the run column in the third as Tyler Doanes scored on a throwing error from New York starter Andy Hammond.
Immediately in the fourth, New York returned to their scoring ways. Dennis brought the first run in with his second sacrifice fly RBI of the game. Two batters later, Del Valle grabbed his second RBI base hit of the game, extending the Boulders’ lead to 8-1.
Miles Gordon manufactured a run for the Otters in the fifth, hitting for a double, stealing third and scoring on a wild pitch all with two outs.
For the second time in the evening, New York backed up an Otter run with two of their own, this time on another home run from Kwitzer, a two-run home run.
The Otters grabbed their final two runs in the eighth, beginning with Steven Sensely scoring on a wild pitch. A few pitches later, George Callil earned the only RBI of the night for Evansville with a single.
Yet again, the Boulders added to their advantage right after an Otters’ run. In the top of the ninth, an RBI double for David Vinsky solidified the Boulders’ 11-4 win.
The win went to Hammond, his fourth of the season. Evansville starter Brice Stuteville was handed the loss, dropping him to 0-2 in 2022.
Jake Polancic was impressive and a bright spot out of the bullpen, striking out six of the seven batters he faced in his two innings of work.
The loss sets up a series-deciding rubber match on Thursday night. First pitch for a Thirsty Thursday at Bosse Field is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
Broadcast coverage can be found through FloSports for video streaming, and the audio-only broadcast can be heard on the Otters’ YouTube channel.
Local Legislators Announce $5M In Grant Funding To Expand Mental Health Services In Evansville Area
STATEHOUSE (July 27, 2022) – Local mental health service providers will receive more than $5 million in grant funding to help serve Hoosiers in need, according to area legislators.
State Rep. Cindy Ledbetter (R-Newburgh) said the Community Catalyst Grants totaling $54.8 million will support 37 programs across the state to help enhance the quality of and access to mental health and substance treatment services, including two providers serving local Hoosiers. The total funding amount includes $22.3 million in local and grantee matching dollars, and $32.5 million in state funding.
“Our mental health is just as important as our physical health, and it’s imperative that we continue to invest in specialized care and treatment programs throughout our state,” Ledbetter said. “This major infusion of funds, spread throughout Indiana, should lead to more positive outcomes. From reducing crime to improving children’s grades and test scores, addressing mental health gets to the root of a number of issues.”
Locally, Southwest Behavioral Healthcare serving Vanderburgh, Posey, Gibson and Warrick counties will receive $4,973,831 to implement community-based programming addressing behavioral health and substance use disorder needs. The organization will hire therapists and care coordinators, and also focus on the needs of youth with a dual diagnosis of mental health, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Southwestern Indiana.
The Wellness Council of Indiana serving Delaware, Dubois, Hancock, Hendricks, Kosciusko, Orange, Posey, Spencer and Vigo counties will receive $275,957. This grant will help educate and train its employees on crisis response, and local mental health and substance use resources services.
Ledbetter and State Reps. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville), Matt Hostettler (R-Patoka) and Tim O’Brien (R-Evansville) supported funding the grants in the state’s two-year budget passed in 2021.
“Every community has unique challenges but also unique opportunities,” McNamara said. “These grants can help initiate positive change in Indiana communities through funding programs that are collaborative, innovative and sustainable. We can help multiply the force for good through these public-private partnerships.”
“Whether it’s dealing with trauma, addiction or a mental health disorder, many Hoosiers need help,” Hostettler said. “These investments will help support both existing and new mental health services in order to increase access and quality of care.”
O’Brien said Hoosiers in need of mental health services can now call 988 to connect with a trained crisis specialist from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at any time.
“This isn’t just a launch for the three-digit number,” O’Brien said. “Indiana is revolutionizing how the state responds to those in crisis. We will be able to provide consistent, reliable and effective help to those who need it. The start of this easy-to-remember number and the increased support services will help save lives.”
Gov. Holcomb Issues Statement Following The Senate Passage Of CHIPS Plus Legislation
Gov. Holcomb Issues Statement Following The Senate Passage Of CHIPS Plus Legislation
INDIANAPOLIS- Governor Eric J. Holcomb today released the following statement:
“The U.S. Senate just passed once-in-a-generation legislation that invests in American technology to keep our country safe from any and all of our adversaries. The U.S. House of Representatives should quickly pass the CHIPS Plus legislation to keep America in the fast lane of the technology race and boost our country’s competitiveness globally.
Last week, SkyWater, a major supplier of semiconductors to the Department of Defense, in partnership with Purdue University, announced a 600,000-square-foot semiconductor research and development production facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The company’s ability to make an investment of this magnitude is reliant upon the passage of CHIPS Plus and federal investment to boost this critical industry sector. This exact legislation also invests in research at our great universities, workforce programs and tech-hubs tailor-made for our state.
If the U.S. wants to be a leader in 21stcentury industries, semiconductors must be our first objective. Members of the U.S. House should vote yes and make this investment, which includes comprehensive oversight responsibilities to ensure taxpayer dollars are invested wisely.â€
Liz Cheney’s Frontier Days
Liz Cheney’s Frontier Days
RAWLINS, Wyoming—The folks at Buck’s don’t seem to care much about the lonely battle U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, is waging to save her political career, her political party, and her country.
It’s a Friday night at this popular sports pub in downtown Rawlins. The place is crowded. There are no tables to be had, so I crowd into the bar to grab dinner after a long day on the road.
Cheney dominated the tube the night before, when the Jan. 6 Select Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held a primetime hearing that demolished any notion that former President Donald Trump hadn’t hoped the insurrection wouldn’t succeed so he could continue to hold power illegally and unconstitutionally.
Cheney has been both the face and the voice of the efforts to hold Trump accountable for his assault on American law, but it has cost her.
Once one of the rising stars in the Republican Party, she now faces a primary challenge here at home. The most recent polls have her trailing Harriet Hageman, a Trump-backed lawyer.
I try to talk with a guy at the bar about Cheney’s lonely struggle, but he shrugs his shoulder and says he hasn’t been paying attention to the hearings.
But he adds that he likes Trump because “he kept his promises.†Then he turns away and reaches for the bowl of peanuts sitting on the bar.
In fact, Trump didn’t keep his promises.
He promised to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and have Mexico pay for it. Never happened.
He promised to provide cheaper and better healthcare coverage to all Americans. Didn’t do it.
He promised to bring back jobs for working-class Americans. Once again, didn’t deliver.
But I’ve had variations of this conversation many times and in many places. It always leads nowhere.
So, I take a sip of my beer and wait for my food to arrive.
A guy settles onto the stool to my left. He’s young—in his middle 20s—and he has an honest-to-God mullet. He orders a beer and then tries to chat up the bartender, a petite young blonde woman maybe a little younger than he is.
After some awkward banter, he asks her if she’s going to an upcoming frontier days festival. I don’t know about this one, but I’ve been to similar such events before. They’re romanticized celebrations, more myth than fact.
The bartender says she will be going—with her boyfriend. (That’s a hint, buddy.
The guy persists, either not realizing she’s telling him she’s not interested or ignoring the message. To deflect him—and maybe to alert friends that she could have a problem on her hands—she pulls a couple of guys from the other end of the bar into the conversation.
Soon, much of the bar is talking about the upcoming festival.
As I munch on my dinner, I eavesdrop.
I learn that this is the first year since COVID hit that the festival will be back. Everyone says they didn’t realize how much they missed it—how much they wished things could go back to the way they were.
The way they should be.
This is what Liz Cheney is facing.
So many people prefer an imagined west to a real one.
An imagined world to a real one.
A Donald Trump who “kept his promises†to one who violated his oath of office and attacked the very country he’d pledged with his hand on the Bible to defend.
After I finish my meal, I settle up and thank the bartender. The guy will the mullet still hangs in there, but two older and much bigger guys at the end of the bar have their eye on him.
If there’s a problem, he’ll be the one having it.
I walk out into the gathering evening and stroll the streets of Rawlins.
As is the case with many, even most, small to mid-sized American communities, there are vacant buildings, remnants of businesses and jobs that have collapsed or fled.
Up on a rise, a train sits stationary on the track, the twilight framing the cars in the otherwise wide-open landscape, a powerful locomotive waiting for someone to drive it.
This is the real west.
The real world.
Frontier days, indeed.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The opinions expressed by the author do not represent the views of Franklin College.