June 6, 2025
Activists: NIPSCO's seawall repair isn't enough to prevent coal ash 'crisis,' could stir up pollution
For years, activists with Just Transition Northwest Indiana have urged the utility to remove the coal ash on the site — both its coal ash ponds and ash used to fill holes on the plant's property.
Read MoreJune 6, 2025
Rural areas may be hit hard by state, federal policy changes. New group organizes, builds support
Rural communities are forced to grapple with significant policy changes to social service programs at the state and federal levels. An organization in southern Indiana is bringing people together around a shared mission — that they deserve better.
Read MoreJune 5, 2025
Indiana Black Legislative Caucus to host town halls around state this summer
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus will hold a series of town halls around the state over the next four months, events meant to help educate the public and gather feedback.
Read MoreJune 4, 2025
Northeast Indiana's Tri-Share Plus launches program to share child care costs
The Northeast Indiana Early Childhood Coalition received nearly $5 million last year to launch the Tri-Share Plus program. The program splits the cost of child care between the employee, the employer and Tri-Share Plus funding.
Read MoreJune 4, 2025
Head of Indiana State Parks, former DNR Director Dan Bortner retires
Dan Bortner served as director for Indiana State Parks for 15 years until former Gov. Eric Holcomb tapped him to lead the DNR in 2020.
Read MoreJune 4, 2025
Wang moves to join court fight to unseal warrants used to search his homes
Months after IU fired them and the FBI searched their homes, former professor XiaoFeng Wang and his wife Nianli Ma are asking a federal court to unseal the search warrants.
Read MoreJune 3, 2025
Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting
President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.
Read MoreJune 3, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun open to discussion about future of capital punishment in Indiana
Gov. Mike Braun said he's open to a discussion about the future of capital punishment in Indiana.
Read MoreJune 2, 2025
Judge orders Indiana to reopen federal rental assistance program
A county judge is ordering the state to reopen a federal rental assistance program that it abruptly shut down in March.
Read MoreJune 2, 2025
Hoosiers call on Indiana's U.S. senators to vote 'no' on cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare
The U.S. Senate returns this week to discuss the federal reconciliation bill. The legislation includes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to programs that Hoosiers said they depend on to survive. Some Hoosiers are calling for U.S. Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) to vote no on the legislation.
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