Governor Braun Makes Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions

09/04/2025

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INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Mike Braun today announced new appointments to various state boards and commissions.

Appointments:

Board of Podiatric Medicine

Dr. Michael Nirenberg (Friendly Foot Care)
- Appointment: Term Expires 8/31/29
- Lake County

Probate Code Study Committee

Robert Reiling (RTS Law)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Tippecanoe County

Lili Dailey (Lake City Bank)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/29
- Kosciusko County

James Carlberg (Bose McKinney & Evans LLP)
- Reappointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Hamilton County

Brent Embrey (Embrey & Embrey)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Hancock County

John Lewis (Lewis and Wilkins LLP)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/29
- Marion County

Jeffrey Kolb (Kolb Roellgen & Traylor LLP)
- Reappointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Knox County

Thomas Hardin (Shine & Hardin LLP)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/27
- Allen County

Real Estate Commission

Pamela Lumley (Re/Max Ability Plus)
- Reappointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Clark County

John Briscoe (F.C. Tucker)
- Reappointment: term expires 8/31/29
- Vanderburgh County

John DeSouza (Cressy & Everett Real Estate)
- Reappiontment: Term expires 8/31/29
- St. Joseph

Charlie Shook (F.C. Tucker/Shook)
- Reappointment: term expires 8/31/29
- Tippecanoe County

Certified Health Care Professions Commission

Shannon Harris (Shannon Harris Consulting LLC)
- Appointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Clinton County

James Sizemore (Magnolia Health Systems, INC)
- Appointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Grant County

Kelly Parker
- Appointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Delaware County

Janet Terrill (TLC Management Inc)
- Appointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Wabash County

Rebecca Bartle (Compliance Partners)
- Appointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Marion County

Monica Jill Dirbas (Kaiser Healthcare Certifications)
- Appointment: Term expires 8/31/29
- Clark County

Soil Conservation Board

William Christian Lee (Retired-USDA)
- Appointment: Term expires 3/31/29
- Vanderburgh County

Jane Hardisty (Former Indiana State Conservationist)
- Reappointment: Term expires 3/31/28
- Hancock County

Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council

David Schleppenbach (Tactile Engineering)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/28
- Tippecanoe county

Interim Study Committee on Child Services

Adam Krupp (DCS Director)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Boone County

Board of Mines & Mining

John Stachura (Solar Sources Underground, LLC)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/28
- Knox County

Horse Racing Commission

Bob Cherry
- Appointment: Term expires 12/31/27
- Hancock County

Indiana Election Commission

John Westercamp
- Appointment: Term Expires 6/30/26
- Johnson County

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District

Jim Arnold (LaPorte Community Schools Board)
- Reappointment: term expires 5/31/29
- LaPorte County

Indiana Business Law Survey Commission

J. Scott Enright (Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP)
- Appointment: Serves at the pleasure of the Governor
- Hamilton County

Artificial Intelligence Task Force

Philip Lashutka (State of Indiana)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Hamilton County

Daniel Delaurentis (Purdue University)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Tippecanoe County

Cari Lynn Sheehan (Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP)
- Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Hamilton County

Cody Rivers (Reveal Risk)
- Reappointment: Term expires6/30/27
- Boone County

Bryan Harper (Indiana State Police)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Tippecanoe County

Code Revision Committee

Jason Johnson (State of Indiana)
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
- Hendricks County

Board of Registration for Soil Scientists

Ron Wamsley (Retired Teacher)
- Appointment: Term expires 7/31/29
- Jasper County

Ryan Bennett (Well County Health Department)
- Appointment: Term expires 7/31/29
- Wells County

Pesticide Review Board

William Johnson (Purdue University)
- Appointment: Term expires 3/31/29
- Tippecanoe County

Indiana Ireland Trade Commission

Patricia McCrory (Harrison Moberly LLP)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Marion County

Eric Hahn (Eli Lilly)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Boone County

Indiana Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission

Greg Newman (Kemper GPA Group)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Posey County

Don Lehe
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- White County

Clay Andrews (6^th Generation Warren County Farmer)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Warren County

Jeff Papa (State of Indiana)
- Appointment: term expires 6/30/29
- Boone County

Ray McCammon
- Appointment: Term expires 6/30/29
- Sullivan County

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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Vincennes University launches Employer Gateway to streamline hiring, training and work-based learning

09/04/2025

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VINCENNES, Ind., September 2, 2025 – Vincennes University has launched the Employer Gateway, a one‑stop website designed for business and industry partners. The new site makes it easy to connect with resources for hiring VU graduates, training current employees, and engaging in work‑based learning opportunities.

The Employer Gateway is optimized for mobile and desktop, giving employers quick access to the information they need—whether they are recruiting talent, upskilling their teams, or exploring collaborative learning options.

Visit the Employer Gateway at vinu.edu/employer-gateway

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

09/04/2025

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.

Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

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Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

Handgun Discovered By Staff At Delaware School

09/03/2025

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On 9/3/2025 an EPD Juvenile detective was requested to Delaware School after school administrators

learned a 6th grade student brought an unloaded handgun to school. School staff was initially notified that the

student had the handgun in his backpack, which was in his locker. The handgun was located and secured before

EPD detectives arrived. The student involved admitted to bringing the handgun to school but denied any intent

to use it. The student was transported to YCC and faces additional disciplinary action from EVSC.

The swift response by Delaware staff ensured the safety of everyone inside the building. There were no

threats made to any students or staff during this incident.

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09/03/2025

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Robbery Investigation Leads to Two Arrests on Evansville’s East Side

09/03/2025

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Officers were dispatched to the area of 600 N Green River Rd (Plato’s Closet) at just after 7:00 pm on

9/2/2025 for a holdup in progress. Officers were informed that a black male was attempting to rob the store

while armed with a gun. Additional information stated the male fired one shot inside the store before fleeing. As

officers arrived, they received additional calls that the same subject had robbed the nearby Chuck E. Cheese.

The male subject also fired a shot inside the business.

Responding officers located a male subject matching the description nearby, but he fled from officers on

foot to a nearby apartment. Officers surrounded the apartment until one of the occupants, Dwon Collins, exited.

When asked who the male subject who fled was, Collins stated he did not know. A short time later the suspect,

identified as Raquavion Cooper, came outside and was taken into custody.

Through the investigation, it was determined Cooper was the suspect in both robberies. A firearm was

located and seized near the scene.

Dwon Collins was charged with Assisting a Criminal after it was learned that he lived at the apartment

with Cooper. Raquavion Cooper was charged with Robbery, Criminal Recklessness, Pointing a Loaded Firearm

and Resisting law enforcement

Indiana Earns Top Credit Rating from All Three Major Agencies

09/03/2025

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Rating signals Indiana is fiscally well-managed and primed for growth

INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 2, 2025) — Indiana has earned a AAA credit rating from all three major credit-rating agencies: S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings. The AAA credit rating is the highest rating possible, and receiving it from all three major credit agencies demonstrates the State’s leadership in disciplined fiscal management, economic resilience, and long-term financial stability.

“Indiana’s AAA rating is more than a financial milestone,” said Governor Mike Braun. “It’s a signal to taxpayers, investors, and businesses that our state is well-managed, fiscally responsible, and focused on delivering growth for Hoosiers throughout the State.”

Only 14 states in the country have this top rating from all three agencies, with Indiana holding a AAA rating from all three rating agencies since 2010.

Indiana has active budget management, low debt, strong and transparent fiscal policies, and budgetary reserves that provide the foundation for an economy that has benefited from recent economic-development investments, said S&P Global, Moody’s, and Fitch respectively.

“The AAA rating is the gold standard and allows Indiana to borrow at lower interest rates,” said Indiana Secretary of Management and Budget Lisa Hershman. “That saves taxpayer dollars and strengthens the state’s ability to invest in infrastructure, education, and public services. It also strengthens Indiana’s competitive edge in attracting new business and expanding economic opportunity statewide.”

This fiscal responsibility allows the state to protect itself during economic downturns. Indiana stays resilient and continues to invest in Hoosiers. That investment pays off in good economic cycles as the investments prosper and Indiana still has resources to fund opportunities as they arise.

If you think redistricting is crazy now, check out the history books

09/03/2025

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NIKI KELLY, Indiana Capital Chronicle

I’m on my third decade covering the Indiana General Assembly, so I’ve seen a lot. But a mid-cycle redistricting will be a new one.

I say “will” because it seems like an inevitability at this point. So, I researched the history of apportionment and redistricting in Indiana.

What I found is that the partisan fights about gerrymandering are as old as Indiana.

The 1825-26 apportionment “embroiled lawmakers in a bitter struggle even though members had not yet divided into political parties,” according to the Centennial History of the General Assembly, 1816 to 1978.
In 1832, residents of Cass County complained because they were placed in the sixth congressional district, composed of Marion and surrounding counties in the central part of the state, even though Cass was separated from the rest of the district by the Miami Reservation. This made Cass the only county that did not enjoy contiguity with its district.
A Whig newspaper warned early in 1845 that if the opposition won a majority, the state would be “gerrymandered in all unseemly shapes, without, the least regard to equality.”
In 1879, one representative suggested dividing the state into equally populated districts without regard to politics. His motion was tabled.

We should all be glad we don’t live in the early days of statehood, when the population was growing rapidly and new counties were created regularly. Double districts and floterial districts were downright crazy.

The cycle of counting people and drawing boundaries was originally every five years. The Constitution of 1851 changed redistricting and apportionment to every sixth year.

Bolting

Bolting — or leaving the state to break quorum — was a regular feature.

In 1861, Republicans introduced a congressional districting bill and Democrats walked out.

“The bolters typified the cavalier attitude of both parties,” the centennial history book said.

“I saw them pretty nearly all in a batch, and the answer was ‘tell them to go to hell,’” said the Republican doorkeeper who tracked down the absentees. The bill was dropped.

In 1871, Democrats tried to redistrict early, and 34 Republicans resigned to prevent a quorum.

“The most spectacular party bolt” occurred in 1925. Republicans had huge majorities in both chambers, so Senate Democrats took a bus to Ohio.

“For the next two days, U.S. 40 between Indianapolis and Dayton was jammed with process servers and Republican politicos trying to coax, cajole, or coerce the fugitives back to their seats in the Indiana Senate,” the history book shows.

Eventually, the Ku Klux Klan’s Grand Dragon, D.C. Stephenson, went to Ohio to break the deadlock.

Sometimes the redistricting happened after new counts. At other times, the General Assembly skipped it for years, especially if the party in control liked the districts as they were.

Maps were found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court multiple times.

Modern times have been more a little more orderly — but not always neutral. Lawmakers have only redistricted after the decennial census, though Republicans did briefly try a mid-decade maneuver in 1995 before abandoning it.

“The most successful exercise so far in all-out partisanship occurred in Indiana,” The New York Times wrote in 1981.

“Republicans used their majorities in both State Houses, the governorship and the computers of Market Opinion Research, a Detroit company that works for Republican districting efforts, to take maximum advantage of the shrinkage of the Indiana delegation to 10 members from 11,” the paper continued. “As a result, a delegation that now has six Democrats and five Republicans could easily become one with seven Republicans and three Democrats.”

Even when Democrats controlled the Indiana House in 1991 and 2001, Republicans controlled the Senate, so the affair had to be bipartisan. The GOP has had complete control of apportionment and redistricting after the last two census counts in 2011 and 2021.

Nothing is forever

Remember — though the current use of algorithms and computer programs is much harder to overcome — that ultimately, voters still decide.

“The history of state apportionment and congressional redistricting shows clearly that partisanship was the foremost consideration at each session where such laws passed. Gerrymandering by the majority always governed the drawing of district boundaries in the congressional elections between 1890 and 1930 illustrate both the efficacy and danger of the device for party advantage,” the history book said.

In 1892, Democrats elected 12 of 13 congressmen with only 41.1% of the vote due to the Democratic districting act of 1891. But under the same bill in 1894 Republicans elected 11 congressmen.

Under the Republican act of 1901, however, Democrats elected 11 and 12 congressmen respectively in 1908 and 1910. Democrats remained almost totally dominant in 1912 and 1914 under the redistricting act of 1911 but in 1916 Republicans began 14 years of dominance under the same bill.

“So, while both parties succeeded in making districts safe for themselves temporarily, in the long run popular sentiment prevailed, proving that in Indiana, there was no such thing as a gerrymander in perpetuity.”