Articles tagged as: Jim Merritt
January 10, 2019
Republican Senator Jim Merritt Enters Race For Indianapolis Mayor
Merritt’s first speech as a candidate focused primarily on three things – homelessness, crime, and grassroots support.
Read MoreDecember 14, 2018
Merritt Resigns As Chairman Of Marion County GOP
In a statement Merritt says the party needs a leader who can be "laser focused" on winning back the City-County Council and the Mayor’s Office.
Read MoreJuly 24, 2018
Statewide Partnership Aims To Reduce Opioid Addiction
The Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative, RALI Indiana, is a diverse group. It includes nurses, law enforcement, anti-drug coalitions and businesses.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2018
Maryland And Illinois Intersection To Partially Reopen Monday
During a routine inspection Thursday at the intersection, Citizens Energy found a collapsed manhole structure. The company says it could have caused a sinkhole like the one that opened earlier this month.
Read MoreNovember 27, 2017
Indiana Lawmaker Wants All Providers Registered In State's Drug Monitoring Database
Such databases alert providers to patient risk factors, such as seeing several doctors to get multiple prescriptions.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2017
City-County Councilman Jeff Miller Charged With Three Counts Of Child Molestation
According to the prosecutor’s office, there are no plans to request a special prosecutor.
Read MoreOctober 10, 2017
Merritt Pushes Dramatic Increases To Gun, Drug Crime Penalties
Sen. Jim Merritt (R-Indianapolis) says Indiana's criminal justice system has broken down at the court level.
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2016
Indiana's Drug Task Force May Become Permanent
Gov. Mike Pence created the Drug Enforcement, Treatment and Prevention Task Force last summer to respond to the state’s drug crisis. Lawmakers and the governor’s office now want to make the task force permanent with a bill establishing the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse.
Read MoreDecember 30, 2015
Lawmakers To Consider Expanding Indiana's Lifeline Law
The Lifeline law provides drunk minors with immunity from underage drinking charges if they seek medical or police help for any reason. Indianapolis Republican Sen. Jim Merritt wants to expand it further, this time providing immunity from drug charges for people under 21.
Read MoreDecember 29, 2015
Stigma Of Drug Abuse Considered First Hurdle In Race To End State's Crisis
As Indiana government and health officials grapple with the state’s ongoing drug abuse crisis, they say the problem begins and ends, in many ways, with the issue of stigma. And, it’s an issue that can’t be solved through a piece of legislative or administrative policy.
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