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Two Likely 2024 Republican Governor Candidates Have Impressive Political Warchest

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Two Likely 2024 Republican Governor Candidates Have Impressive Political  Warchest

(It’s strongly rumored that the third Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana is arch-conservative Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.  It’s also projected that Attorney Todd General Rokita will also be the top fundraiser in the Republican primary race for Governor of Indiana)

FORT WAYNE, Ind.  — Donors are already thinking about the 2024 race for Indiana governor even if most voters aren’t yet.

Two likely Republican gubernatorial candidates report around $1 million in cash on hand in mid-2021 reports posted Thursday on the Indiana Secretary of State’s website.

Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch shows $1,195,473.56 on hand while Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden reports $928,980.64. Doden already has announced he intends to run while Crouch has not but has stepped up her visibility. The Lt. Governor’s office deflected fundraising comments to the campaign office whose phone number is disconnected.

Meanwhile, the Doden camp sent a celebratory press release to WANE 15 to tout the 56 days ‘historic’ effort.

“Maci and I are honored and motivated by this incredible support,” Doden said in the release. “But we are just getting started. We will continue working hard to ensure our campaign is well positioned and resourced to win while embarking on our 92 county Main Street Tour.”

“The historic response we have received from leaders across Indiana has exceeded our high expectations for this campaign,” Doden campaign treasurer Rudy Yakym III said.

The Doden release says their campaign received an additional $4 million in financial commitments in later years for a total raise of $5 million for the 2024 race for governor.

When Governor Eric Holcomb launched his successful run for reelection, he had more than a $6 million war chest. He still has $1,509,965.03 on hand to run for a different office or contribute to a different campaign. He has not announced his next political step after his current term. Indiana law prohibits him from running again for governor.

Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita is widely seen as another possible entry in the governor’s race. He reports $677,000 on hand at the end of 2020.

On the Democratic side, former Senator Joe Donnelly and former Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett have disbanded their campaigns while former Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick has $40,876.94 on hand but did not file a report in 2021.

No Democrats have announced a 2024 run for Indiana governor as of yet.  This is a developing story.

 

Democrat Jon A. Schaefer Announces That He’s Running For Vanderburgh County Prosecuting Attorney

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Democrat Jon A. Schaefer Announces That He’s Running For Vanderburgh County Prosecuting Attorney

Yesterday Vanderburgh County resident, Jon A. Schaefer will file his declaration yesterday that he will seek the office of the Vanderburgh County Prosecuting Attorney

Schaefer has been with the Vanderburgh County Public Defender’s Agency for over 12 years, currently serving as Chief Counsel. He has tried many jury trials in the Vanderburgh County courts over the years.

He serves on the Board of Directors for the Peace Zone, Inc., a local peer-run mental health organization. He also teaches courses in criminology, courts, and legal ethics at the USI and UE.

Jon was born and raised in Haubstadt, Indiana. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from USI, a master’s degree from Indiana State University, and a law degree from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. He is married to a wonderful wife, Jenny, and has two amazing children, Colby and Marley.

Schaefer said: “My father taught me that a person’s reputation, no matter what job they do, is absolutely crucial. The only worthy respect is the kind you earn. I have earned the valuable respect of my colleagues by being a knowledgeable, honest, trusted voice in and out of the courtroom. Vanderburgh County desperately needs someone who can repair the reputation of the Prosecutor’s Office by removing politics, restoring integrity, and leading by example. No one can uphold the law if they believe they are above it.”

STATE SENATOR VANETA BECKER SURVEY RESULTS

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Gov. Holcomb Makes Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions

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INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced several appointments to various state boards and commissions.

Alcohol & Tobacco Commission

The governor made three reappointments to the commission, which will serve until January 31, 2026:

  • Jessica Allen (Indianapolis), who will continue her service as chair of the commission.
  • Dale Grubb (Covington), a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives
  • Marjorie Maginn (Indianapolis), former president and executive director of the Women in Government Foundation

The governor also made two new appointments to the commission, who will serve until January 31, 2026:

  • Jim Payne (Indianapolis), senior advisor with Public Consulting Group
  • Drew Wignall (Carmel), a former deputy prosecutor with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, will serve as prosecutor for the commission.

Board of Trustees of Vincennes University

The governor made three reappointments to the board, who will serve until October 6, 2024:

  • R. Scott Brand (Carmel), executive vice president of Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.
  • Michael Sievers (Vincennes), owner of Sievers & Companies
  • John Stachura (Vincennes), vice president and general manager of Solar Sources Underground, LLC

The governor also made one new appointment to the board, who will serve until October 2, 2022:

  • Dustan Jones (Mt. Carmel, Illinois), Pre-Veterinary major, who will serve as the student trustee

Commission on Ports

The governor made one reappointment to the commission, who will serve until December 31, 2025:

  • Monica Newhouse-Rodriguez (Carmel), managing principal of Newhouse & Associates, LLC

The governor also made one new appointment to the commission, who will serve until December 31, 2025:

  • John F. Whorley, Jr. (Zionsville), executive vice president of Fiserv

Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority

The governor made one new appointment to succeed the retiring Timothy Fesko as chair of the authority:

  • The Honorable Pete Visclosky (Gary), former Congressman, will serve until January 31, 2026.

Graduate Medical Education Board

The governor made five reappointments to the board, who will serve until December 31, 2023:

  • Dr. Paul Haut (Indianapolis), COO of Riley Hospital for Children
  • Dr. Tricia Hern (Zionsville), vice president of improvement and physician leadership development for Community Health Network
  • Dr. Rachel A. Shockley (Carmel), program director for Community South Osteopathic Family Medicine
  • Dr. Curt Ward (Zionsville), director of medical education and designated institutional official at Ascension St. Vincent
  • Beth Wrobel (Valparaiso), CEO of HealthLinc

The governor also made one new appointment to the board, who will serve until December 31, 2023:

  • Rob McLin (Bruceville), CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital

Indiana Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists

The governor made two new appointments to the board, who will serve until December 31, 2025:

  • John Noel (Indianapolis), principal geologist at ATC Group Services LLC
  • Rachel Walker (Indianapolis), senior project geologist at Mundell & Associates, Inc.

Indiana Board of Tax Review

The governor made one new appointment to the full-time board, who will serve until January 1, 2024:

  • Timothy Schultz (Indianapolis), former general counsel of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission

Indiana Civic Education Commission

The governor made seven appointments to the new commission, who will serve at the pleasure of the Governor:

  • Brad Balch (Terre Haute), dean emeritus at Indiana State University
  • Charles Dunlap (Fishers), president and CEO of the Indiana Bar Foundation
  • Adam Ferguson (Plainfield), a teacher at Plainfield High School
  • Greg Gastineau (Fishers), a teacher at Hamilton Southeastern High School
  • Joe Jordan (Fort Wayne), president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne
  • Emily Tracy (Nashville), superintendent of Brown County Schools
  • Phillip VanFossen (West Lafayette), director & James F. Ackerman distinguished professor of social studies education at Purdue University

Indiana Public Defender Commission

The governor made one new appointment to the commission, who will serve until October 31, 2025:

  • Samantha DeWester (Indianapolis), counsel at Beam, Longest and Neff, LLC

Indiana Public Retirement System Board of Trustees

The governor made two reappointments to the board, who will serve until June 30, 2025:

  • David Frick (Indianapolis), retired executive vice president and chief legal and administrative officer of Anthem, Inc.
  • Bret Swanson (Zionsville), president of Entropy Economics LLC

Indiana State Board of Animal Health

The governor made one reappointment to the board, who will serve until March 31, 2025:

  • Kraig Bowers (Lafayette), representing sheep producers

The governor also made two new appointments to the board:

  • David Hardin (Avon), representing swine producers, will serve until March 31, 2024.
  • Ty Harweger (Seymour), representing poultry producers, who will serve until March 31, 2025.

Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council

The governor made four reappointments to the council, who will serve until June 30, 2024:

  • Abagail Fleenor (Greensburg), secretary for the National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
  • Joseph Gunn (Indianapolis), recent MPA graduate of IUPUI
  • Theresa Koleszar (Indianapolis), director of the bureau of rehabilitation services with FSSA
  • Tammy Themel (Greenwood), CEO of accessABILITY

The governor also made seven new appointments to the council, who will serve until June 30, 2024:

  • Mark Harris (Roanoke), president of Harris Harper Counsel, Inc.
  • Raymond Montgomery (Indianapolis), senior marketing activity associate with Bosma Enterprises
  • Gary Olsen (Indianapolis), a longtime advocate and former executive director of the National Association of the Deaf
  • Sarah Renner (Indianapolis), director of the division of aging with FSSA
  • Seena Skelton (Indianapolis), director of the operation of the Region III Equity Assistance Center at IUPUI
  • Emma Sullivan (Indianapolis), owner of ELS Consulting
  • Kacie Weldy (Brownsburg), deaf-blind specialist with the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

The governor made one reappointment to the full-time commission, who will serve until December 31, 2025:

  • Sarah Freeman (Indianapolis)

Integrated Public Safety Commission

The governor made one new appointment to the commission, who will serve at the pleasure of the Governor:

  • Chief Doug Randell (Plainfield), division chief of emergency medical services at Plainfield Fire Territory

Invasive Species Council

The governor made three reappointments to the council, who will serve until January 31, 2025:

  • Rick Haggard (Indianapolis), executive director of the Indiana Nursery & Landscape Association
  • Heather Reynolds (Bloomington), associate professor and director of graduate studies in Biology at Indiana University
  • Mike Warner (North Salem), president of ArborTerra Consulting, Inc.

The governor also made two new appointments to the council, who will serve until January 31, 2025:

  • Phyllis Boyd (Indianapolis), director of Indy Parks & Recreation
  • Joe Schmees (Fishers), executive director of the Indiana Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts

Nonemergency Medical Transportation Commission

The governor made two new appointments to the commission, who will serve until June 30, 2025:

  • Maureen Lindsey (Indianapolis), social work manager for Fresenius Medical Care
  • Fern Mirkin (Carmel), representing Medicaid members

State Board of Massage Therapy

The governor made three reappointments to the board, who will serve until December 31, 2025:

  • Matthew Brannon (Indianapolis), owner of Cloud Generalist LLC
  • Laurie Hardin (Noblesville), certified massage therapist
  • Charles Peebles (Terre Haute), massage therapy coordinator and program instructor at Indiana State University and assistant professor at Ivy Tech Community College

The governor also made two new appointments to the board, who will serve until December 31, 2025:

  • Elizabeth Cain (Carmel), owner of Indy’s Elite Massage
  • Jael Peirce (Brownsburg), owner of TheraKnead, LLC

FEBRAURY 2022 NEW HARMORY GAZETTE

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New Harmony Gazette February 2022

Home- And Community-Based Services Stabilization Grant Open Through Feb. 10

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On Jan. 10, 2022, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced that the Home- and Community-Based Services Stabilization Grant, as described in our HCBS Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Spend Plan. Interested eligible HCBS Medicaid providers have until Feb. 10, 2022, to complete the required grant attestation form.

HCBS providers can visit the Indiana HCBS Enhanced FMAP Spend Plan webpage to obtain more information and access resources including an informational video, FAQ, provider bulletin and attestation form. Topics covered in those resources include general background on the grants, eligible provider groups, process and timing expectations, grant methodology and required provider attestations.

General information 

  • Background: As identified in the IN FSSA HCBS Spend Plan, the HCBS Stabilization Grant has been made available by FSSA to support providers and frontline staff affected by the public health emergency.   
  • Purpose: The purpose of the grant is both to retroactively address COVID-19-related expenses and challenges and to recognize the important work of frontline staff, including costs related to compensation and benefits, COVID-19 testing, personal protective equipment, and other COVID-19 related expenses, to allow providers to stabilize their operations.    
  • Eligibility: Currently active HCBS Medicaid providers who were also active during the COVID-19 public health emergency. This is defined as HCBS Medicaid providers who (1) submitted a claims expenditure in CY2021 and (2) submitted a claims expenditure in CY2019, CY2020, and/or CY2021.  
  • Attestation process and timing: Interested qualifying providers must submit a signed attestation form by Feb. 10, 2022, to be considered. FSSA will also establish an early deadline of Jan. 25, 2022, and attestation forms submitted before then will be reviewed and paid out early.  

For more information, please see the informational video and FAQ. Please direct any questions and/or feedback to hcbs.spendplan@fssa.in.gov. 

JANUARY 2022 BIRTHDAYS

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TYLER KLUEH

IRI TRICE

MIKE LINDSEY

JOYCE FOSTER

ADRAIN BRO0KS

CHIP ALTSTADT

BRUCE BELWOOD

TRICIA CARIE

MARILEE FOWLER

MARILYN COSBY

MARY L.  SMITH

DEE DEE RAMERIZ

DANIELA VIDAL

WENDY MCNAMARA

SHERRY RAMSEY

HOLLY DUNN 

ANDY KELLER

MICHAEL KNAPP

ROBERT MASSEY

KHARA WILLIAMS 

ANGIE KARCHER

JASON COSBY

JOHN GUTHRIE

SHARON HARRIS

KATHY SALES

LISA GASTON

GLEN STOVER

JAY ZIMMER

ANGIE KARCHER

CHUCK FRAY

A C BRAUN

CATHY MULLINS

CAROLYN STUM

NIKKI MCLAUGHLIN

KATHY EMBRY

MICHAEL KNAPP

RICK PEITIER 

ROBERT MASSEY

TIM COSLETT

JEFFREY AHLERS

MARC HOWLETT

WILLIAM PRATHER

KAREN EDWARDS

JUDI FRESON

JUDITH LIBS

SHARON CRAFTON

JIM BRAKER

WILL LUTHER

ANDY MARTIN

KATHY GRIEPENSTROH

JOLINDA HOBBS VANBIBBER

TIM HAMBRIDGE

ADRIAN RAY EVANS, SR.

ALAN BRAUN

DAN SUSAN DEVOR

SHAWN GRANDERSON

NICK STRATMAN

CATHY HART

DOROS HADJISAVVA

TOBY WOLFE

HOLLY DUNN PENDLETON

LEANNE TIZER

ED HIGGINBOTHAM

JOE BECKWITH

MARK KATTERHENDY

JOHN HURLEY

LESLEY KOHLMEYER SMITH

BART WHEAT

BRANDI BECKERLE-POWELL

AMBER JAMES

SARAH WOEHLER HALTER

STACY ROBINSON

MARY ELLEN VAN DYKE

MATTHEW NEVILLE

NICK DILEGGE

CATHY COOK

LETA OSBORNE-GOEDDE

LISA KARGER-SUNNERS

CATHY COOK

GWEN LEWIS

JAY ZIMMER

EVIE SUE

LINDA NERGO

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NEW DIRECTION OF NATIONALLY PRINTED PAPER

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Despite difficult business conditions that have forced newspapers nationwide to pare back operations amid dwindling advertising, Baltimore Sun Media has won two Pulitzer Prizes in recent years — one last year for local reporting for the staff’s work uncovering the “Healthy Holly” book-publishing scheme that led to the resignation and conviction of Mayor Catherine Pugh and the other in 2019 when the Capital Gazette received a special citation in the wake of the 2018 shooting that killed five members of its staff. Baltimore Sun Media newsrooms and staff also have been Pulitzer finalists six times since 2015.

“In these times, local journalism is more important than ever. This news is a win for Sun employees and a more transparent, accountable Baltimore,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement.

We wish the paper great success as it returns to being locally-owned, and continues to carry out the work of the free press.

In recent years, several newspapers have been acquired from chains and operate as nonprofits, including local ownership efforts in Salt Lake City, Philadelphia and the Berkshires in Massachusetts.

Rick Edmonds, a media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, said he thought local ownership could work. Poynter owns newspapers in Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida.

“I think the nonprofit model, and I am biased because Poynter has been pioneers, opens added opportunities by making it much easier for other individuals and donors and foundations to make contributions,” he said. “This can work.”

But even nonprofit-owned newspapers must contend with the challenging conditions facing all news organizations, Edmonds said.

Bainum, 74, could not be reached Tuesday evening for comment.

He is a Takoma Park resident who made his fortune in hotels and nursing homes. He remains chairman of Choice Hotels International, the Rockville-based hospitality franchiser for such marques as Cambria Hotels, Quality Inn and Econo Lodge.

Bainum’s planned purchase of The Sun is not affiliated directly with an effort by a group of Baltimore philanthropists, businesspeople and the union representing Sun journalists to seek local ownership for the publication, said Ted Venetoulis, a spokesman and adviser for that effort.

“Stewart has stepped up to do this,” Venetoulis said. “He’s just a remarkable person, a civic activist who just wants to help the community. … It’s great to have this coming to fruition, and you couldn’t have a better person for the city and really the whole state to be doing this.”

Venetoulis said Bainum is making the purchase through his foundation, and no other partners are involved at this point, although he expects more local philanthropists will be looking to support the newspaper.

Bainum’s Sunlight for All Institute was established Jan. 26 as a tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation in Delaware.“A free and independent press is a critical pillar of our democracy and today’s announcement is wonderful news for the future of journalism across our region and throughout our state,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., a Democrat, said in a statement. “The Baltimore Sun can now continue to brightly shine for years to come.”

 

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