The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Illinois should get a chance to publicly object to a proposed northwest Indiana quarry on the Kankakee River.

Indiana did as good or better than the U.S. average on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the "nation's report card," this year compared to 2013, while many states saw significant drops.

The recalled salads were distributed in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Retired farmer Dick Himsel's Danville property looks like an idyllic Midwestern small farm. Trees line the driveway, leading up to an old-fashioned wooden farmhouse that's surrounded by tall stalks of corn. One thing the property does not have, though, is fresh air.

The ACLU says an Indiana law barring voters from taking pictures of their ballot in the voting booth violates the First Amendment, but the state is countering that the legislature is trying to prevent voter fraud.

A new plan to move people, goods and resources through central Indiana more effectively was presented on Wednesday.

Public health advocates told an Indiana legislative committee there's no scientific consensus on whether electronic cigarettes pose any health risks even as a growing number of youths are trying them.