Mitch Daniels

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Governor Mitch Daniels today joined Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky and Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson  in calling an organizational meeting of the Indiana-Kentucky Bi-State Authority, which is tasked with coordinating the efforts to finance and construct two new bridges connecting southeast Indiana with the Louisville metropolitan area.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Governor Mitch Daniels said the Kokomo segment of the U.S. 31 Corridor project has been accelerated and should open to traffic at the end of 2013, two years earlier than scheduled, and all but the southern portion of the U.S. 31 Corridor project will be completed by the end of 2014.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN  - Dow AgroSciences announced last week it will expand its biotechnology research operations here with a new facility providing research space for 100 new biotechnology scientists.

The agriculture-based company has signed a 15-year lease on an 80,000 square-foot building which will accommodate laboratories and offices and will be constructed adjacent to Dow AgroSciences' global headquarters in northwest Indianapolis. 

INDIANA STATEHOUSE - Local officials may now enact ordinances allowing residents to drive golf carts in their communities. Gov. Mitch Daniels signed House Enrolled Act 1483 Tuesday afternoon.

"The ordinance will allow residents to operate golf carts on the municipal streets or private roads, or both,” said Rep. Bill Davis (Portland). “This has been a heavily debated issue in my district, and we have worked to give local governments the control to decide if they want to adopt the ordinance for their community."

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels today announced the state will hire 2,000 young adults to spend this summer and next improving Indiana's parks, trails and natural habitats. The program, called the Young Hoosiers Conservation Corps, will use federal stimulus funds designated for employment and training of people 16 to 24 years old.