Gov. Eric Holcomb reversed course Friday the executive order establishing a statewide mask mandate will include no criminal penalty.

Attorney General Curtis Hill released a non-binding opinion that said even the broad emergency powers in state law dont authorize the governor to issue a mask mandate or attach a criminal penalty to it.

All Hoosiers will have to wear a mask in public starting Monday, July 27, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday.

Attorney General Curtis Hill, in a non-binding opinion, says Gov. Eric Holcomb doesn't have the authority to mandate Hoosiers wear masks in public or attach a criminal penalty to that order.

Indiana will extend its current capacity limits for restaurants and bars and other restrictions for at least another two weeks because of an increasing number of coronavirus cases across the state, Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday.

Many governors have ordered the release of certain inmates to help with social distancing in prisons. In Indiana, Gov. Eric Holcomb has resisted calls to do that, leaving it to county courts to depopulate prisons. Most of them haven't.

Indiana was set to move into its final phase this weekend. But several COVID-19 metrics -- including higher percentages of positive tests and more hospitalizations -- are trending in the wrong direction.

Some states are using COVID-19 infection rates to decide whether a school should resume classroom teaching or offer remote learning options -- so far Indiana does not.

Indiana State Teachers Association called on Gov. Eric Holcomb to take a more direct role in how, or if, schools reopen for in-person teaching.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Indiana will largely press pause on its reopening plan instead of moving to the final phase this weekend.