Indiana has a deficit of nearly 140,000 affordable and available rental homes — one of the worst rates in the Midwest.

Indiana has some of the worst infant and maternal mortality rates in the country. And those numbers are even worse among Black Hoosiers and in rural areas.

Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods or any other weather-related disaster. Advocates said Indiana lawmakers need to do more to protect people from getting their fans and air conditioners shut off in the summer.

Indiana’s unemployment rate has increased more than 1 percent over the last five months. There was also an increase in the number of unemployment insurance claims filed for the third month in a row.

Two recently released political polls show wildly different results for Indiana’s statewide campaigns — from Democrats nearly tied in races for governor and attorney general, to Republicans with huge leads.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick said Indiana needs to prioritize Hoosier citizens and businesses over utility companies’ profits.

Porter County Judge Mary DeBoer is the newest member of the Indiana Court of Appeals.

A federal judge has ordered the Indiana Department of Correction to provide a transgender inmate with gender-affirming surgery.

The DOE said the project would revitalize a community that lost jobs with the decline of the coal industry. But residents said, so far, the federal government has ignored their safety concerns.

A campaign poll released Thursday shows Democrat Destiny Wells and incumbent Republican Todd Rokita in a ‘”statistical tie” for attorney general.