Indianapolis city officials announced plans to start slowly reopening businesses starting on Friday, May 15.

Some counties have sent out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters in a bid to reduce in-person voting on Election Day.

Teams can conduct classroom instruction and on-field activities through Zoom meetings or similar apps instead of at their facilities, and players can voluntarily wear monitors to track workouts.

The Indiana Department of Education is rejecting the latest guidance from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about how to share emergency school funding with private schools, after it spurred pushback from education leaders at all levels.

Utility companies will soon be allowed to resume disconnections for unpaid bills. The states consumer advocate group is asking the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to continue protections for people unemployed due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI tested 4,611 people around the end of April, randomly sampled to replicate the demographics of the states population. And the prevalence of the disease was around 2.8 percent.

Families who want help with students math, reading, science and social studies assignments during remote learning can now call two new hotlines toll-free.

From WFYI's Arts and Culture Desk, Jill Ditmire spoke with local historian and artist Angelina Fielding about her role in a service that provides free portraits by local artists to families who have lost a loved one to COVID-19.

State Health Commissioner Kris Box says information gathered by the state contact tracing call center remains private.

Farmer sentiment dropped for a second month in a row in April bringing the Ag Economy Barometer down to levels last seen in 2016.