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Local News / September 24, 2023
Man dead after Indy SWAT officers shoot two people downtown Friday
Two people were shot by Indianapolis SWAT officers downtown Friday.
Public Affairs / September 24, 2023
'Kokomo stand ready': UAW expands strikes to more non-Indiana GM, Stellantis facilities
The United Auto Workers union added 38 facilities on Friday to the targeted strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis that began last week. UAW workers in Indiana still arent joining the picket lines yet.
Health / September 23, 2023
Allen Court grants preliminary injunction in doctor’s noncompete case — but says new law doesn’t apply
The case was the first known application of recent legislation further restricting noncompete agreements between physicians and their employers — but even as the court declared the doctor’s arguments “convincing,” it declined to apply that law.
Arts & Culture / September 21, 2023
A play about DREAMers, with a real-life touch
Within the past week, a federal judge in Texas declared that DACA - the program that offers deportation relief and work permits to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, was itself illegal. It's a ruling that will be appealed. But the people who benefited from the program - known as DREAMers - are also the focus of a play that's now on the stage of the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. The name of the play itself is a phrase used as a lightning rod by critics of immigrants. The play is called Sanctuary City, and the main characters of the play are portrayed by actors with connections to Indiana – Seni Tekle and Diego Sanchez-Galvan. They spoke with Ray Steele on Morning Edition.
Education / September 22, 2023
Purdue University still without carbon neutral plan
Until this month, neither of Indiana’s two largest colleges had a plan for going carbon neutral. Indiana University announced a new Climate Action Plan Sept. 11, and Purdue University is the holdout.
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