News Releases

Koch: Communities in Senate District 44 receive nearly $4.5 million in road-funding grants

STATEHOUSE (April 20, 2022) — Communities in Senate District 44 will receive nearly $4.5 million to improve roads and bridges through the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program (CCMG), said State Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford). more »

State Sen. Eric Koch to co-host Cybersecurity Conversation for Brown and Monroe counties

STATEHOUSE (April 20, 2022) — State Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) will host a cybersecurity conversation on May 4 for Brown and Monroe counties with area legislators and the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT). more »

Koch: Local farms honored at the Statehouse

STATEHOUSE (April 5, 2022) – Area legislators today announced the latest recipients of the Hoosier Homestead Award, which recognizes farms that have been owned and maintained by the same family for 100 years or more. more »

Making sure your voice is heard

By State Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) It is my belief that Democracy works best where open lines of communication exist with active engagement. more »

Putting money back in Hoosiers' pockets

By State Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) Unlike Washington, D.C., my colleagues and I in the General Assembly have and continue to make sound fiscal decisions at the state level to return Hoosiers' money back to them. more »

Huston, Bray statements on insurers, nonprofit hospitals response to need for lower health care costs

Note to the press: House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) released the following statements today after Indiana's insurers and nonprofit hospitals responded to their call to work together to lower the out-of-control costs of health care. more »

Garten: Local farms honored at the Statehouse

STATEHOUSE (April 5, 2022) – Area legislators today announced the latest recipients of the Hoosier Homestead Award, which recognizes farms that have been owned and maintained by the same family for 100 years or more. more »

State Sen. Eric Koch recognized by Alliance of Indiana Rural Water

STATEHOUSE (March 23, 2022) — Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW) presented State Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) with the Commitment to Rural Water Excellence award for his work to improve utilities in rural Indiana at their 2022 Spring Conference in French Lick. more »

Preventing Coerced Abortions

By State Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) No one has the right to coerce a woman to receive an abortion and end the life of her unborn child. more »

Raatz welcomes local student to Statehouse

STATEHOUSE (March 16, 2022) – State Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) welcomed Francis Baldridge, from Farmland, and Quinn Burdette, from Sunman, to the Statehouse to serve as a Senate page in February. more »