Articles tagged as: COVID-19
May 12, 2020
Utilities Seek COVID-19 Relief, Could Result In Higher Energy Bills
The utilities say theyre losing money because building closures have driven down the demand for energy.
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Coronavirus: Utilities Seek COVID-19 Relief, State Says Contact Tracing Process Confidential
The Indiana State Department of Health reported 33 additional confirmed deaths on Tuesday, bringing the state's total to 1,444. The state announced more than 25,000 total confirmed cases, with more than 150,000 Hoosiers tested.
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First Step In Indiana's COVID-19 Job Recovery Plan: Offer Workers Retraining Grants
The Governor's Workforce Cabinet is partnering with a nonprofit to provide workers with information about the state's Workforce Ready grants for job certifications.
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COVID-19 Is Triggering Mental Health Crisis, Experts Say
Dozens of national organizations raised concerns to Congress that the U.S. is unprepared to handle what may be a mental health crisis.
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Hunger Nonprofit Seeks Donations For Meat Processing Costs
Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry in Garrett has an abundance of pigs sent to it from farmers because the meat processing plants it partners with are either closed or slowed down production due to the virus outbreak.
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Indianapolis Airport Expects Long Drop In Passenger Flights
The airport's flight activity has dropped to as low as 5 percent of typical operations since the virus outbreak spread across the U.S. in March, and it recently served only 14 of its 53 destinations
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Indiana Voters Shifting To Mail-In Ballots For Primary
Election officials and state political leaders are encouraging mail-in voting as a way to protect poll workers and voters from possible COVID-19 exposure even as plans still call for opening in-person voting sites on primary day.
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Pandemic Spurs Indiana YMCA Camp To Cancel All Summer Camps
Camp Tecumseh YMCA officials said the 660-acre riverside camp will be vacant this summer for the first time since it opened in 1924 because they didn't believe theyd be able to guarantee campers' safety.
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Concerns About Health Not Enough To Keep Benefits If Called Back To Work
The Department of Workforce Development is advising workers worried about returning to work to talk with their employer about how to do that safely.
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Indiana Officials Say Most Businesses Abiding Reopening Plan
As many restaurants resumed in-person dining and some hair salons began reopening around Indiana on Monday, state officials said most businesses have been following restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus spread.
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