Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow says SNAP recipients shouldn't wait until Nov. 1 to prepare to lose their benefits. He suggests keeping current on paperwork, trying to stretch food spending more this week, and reaching out to food pantries.

Indianapolis has hired the first of three attorneys whose jobs will be to prosecute more people on the federal level for violent crimes.

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.