Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers announced Monday he will soon step down after two years leading the states economic development arm.

The Indiana Department of Education says students are not graduating with the skills they need to be successful after high school. To better prepare students to pursue higher learning or enter the workforce after graduating, the IDOE is reimagining real-world experience in schools.

The federal program aims to set up charging stations along interstates and other major highways to encourage EV adoption.

State officials will soon create a registry of direct support professionals or DSPs who provide in-home care to people with mental and developmental disabilities. The goal is to track abuse and neglect. Advocates say the registry only partly addresses systemic issues that harm workers and clients alike. They say "self-directed care" may be a fuller solution.

Native plants arent just good for birds and bees. They also make the land more resilient to the effects of climate change and can even help prevent it. But cities and homeowners associations dont always like the way they look putting them at odds with residents who want to grow native plants in their yards.

The statewide ILEARN test will look different over the next few years as the Indiana Department of Education works to redesign the test. The IDOE says the redesign will improve the tests quality and usefulness to educators by including three new checkpoints, flexible scheduling, and a shortened final assessment at the end of the year.

Indianas revenue situation is beginning to normalize after years of major fluctuations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact.

Curtis Hill joins a crowded Republican gubernatorial primary that includes U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden.

Several state energy and advocacy groups have filed a formal petition to investigate AES Indianas practices and procedures for restoring power after storm outages.

Ethanol producers and corn growers worry a federal rule on tailpipe emissions could leave them out of the transition to cleaner cars. That could have big implications for Indiana one of the top ethanol-producers in the country.