May 13, 2025
Activists, NWI residents ask Indiana to reduce water pollution coming from BP's Whiting Refinery
The facility's permit is up for renewal. Activists say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management needs to do more to protect people who get their drinking water from Lake Michigan and visit its beaches.
Read MoreMay 13, 2025
Scam emails that seem to come from Indiana government linked to hack of former vendor
Anyone signed up to receive emails and notices from Indiana state agencies and offices was sent phishing scam emails overnight after the state said the private company that used to manage the state government's email subscription services was hacked.
Read MoreMay 12, 2025
Making climate-friendly cement is hard. Federal grant to do so in Indiana could be axed
The Trump administration is considering cutting a federal grant program that aims to decarbonize heavy industry. That includes more than $700 million for three projects in Indiana.
Read MoreMay 12, 2025
Indiana disability rights advocates urge clemency for death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie
Disability rights advocates said Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie's "profound brain damage" should spare him from execution.
Read MoreMay 12, 2025
Indiana halts Digital Opportunity Grants after Trump administration orders suspension
Indiana is halting its Digital Opportunity Grant program after it said the Trump administration told it to suspend the grant.
Read MoreMay 8, 2025
Advocacy groups, college student sue Indiana over new law banning student IDs at polling places
Two voter and civic advocacy groups and an Indiana University student are suing the state over a new law that bans the use of student IDs for voting.
Read MoreMay 8, 2025
Trump administration gives layoff notices to environmental justice staff at regional EPA
All 18 environmental justice employees at the regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Chicago have received layoff notices. It's part of the Trump administration's efforts to close EPA environmental justice offices around the country.
Read MoreMay 7, 2025
Advocate: Legislative changes to services for Deaf children reveals lack of community engagement
Lawmakers made several changes this session to how the state delivers services to deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Advocates said they weren't included throughout the process, leading to a bill they say favors oral and spoken language education.
Read MoreMay 7, 2025
Federal funding for Indiana water, sewer upgrades cut under Trump's proposed budget
President Donald Trump's proposed budget would cut more than half of the Environmental Protection Agency's funding.
Read MoreMay 6, 2025
States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts
A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump's executive order dismantling the IMLS "disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government."
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