Gov. Eric Holcomb said hes holding out hope that the federal government wont shut down as a funding deadline looms this week, even as the state braces for it.

The Indiana Hospital Association said hospitals are at a financial breaking point as state lawmakers begin a deep dive into Medicaid funding.

Indiana's Ford, General Motors and Stellantis employees still have not been called to join the United Auto Workers strikes yet. But the state's workers are still being impacted as UAW strikes at facilities in other states lead to reduced production and temporary layoffs across the auto supply chain. Workers at an axle supplier in Fort Wayne are among the latest to feel those effects.

A judge sentenced a central Indiana man to 195 years in prison Tuesday on his convictions of three counts of murder in the 2021 execution-style slayings of three people.

The Indiana Supreme Court said state law bans corporate contributions to independent political action committees, or super PACs even as the state acknowledges such a ban would be unconstitutional.

Its been about seven years since the Environmental Protection Agency found a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment and spices was a lot more harmful than the agency originally thought. But the agency still hasnt finalized a rule limiting the chemical at commercial sterilizers like Cook Group Inc. in Ellettsville.

For more than two months, Hoosier voters attempting to apply for an absentee ballot online were met with a block of bright red text informing them that the function was down while the state complied with new — and controversial — voter identification requirements.

State lawmakers unanimously backed the plan to divest from investments controlled by the Chinese government or companies that do military or intelligence work for that country.

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.

Stellantis is set to temporarily lay off about 300 workers at two parts manufacturing plants in Kokomo. In the face of that, a large group of United Auto Workers members and supporters gathered Sunday to practice picketing in front of one of Stellantis plants.