Indiana's unemployment rate continued to improve for a fifth straight month, according to new preliminary data. The state's unemployment rate for June stands at 3.6 percent, well below the national rate of 4.1 percent.

Previously closed slots for Indiana's Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Indiana Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13,000 people still on the waitlist for home- and community-based health services.

An Indiana task force will evaluate the state's emergency alert system in the wake of the recent deadly floods in Texas.

Indiana Department of Child Services Director Adam Krupp has served in multiple roles in state government over the past 15 years. And since taking over DCS, he's sought to change some of the ways the department operates.

Indiana has seen a wide range of union action this year — from some workers unionizing their workplace, or successfully negotiating new contracts, to others demonstrating outside of the Statehouse.

Indiana's only comprehensive cancer center could lose its National Cancer Institute designation if the state doesn't invest in cancer research. A new state law establishes a cancer research fund — but Indiana hasn't dedicated any money to it.

The Indiana Department of Child Services recently restructured its organization, eliminating several layers of upper management positions in part to help devote more resources to frontline services.

The Biden administration put out rules last year to help control toxic coal ash in old, unused ponds that hadn't had federal oversight before. But an analysis by the group Earthjustice shows some utilities and landowners might not be following the law.

Indiana government fiscal leaders say the state remains in a solid financial position as they closed the books on the last fiscal year Tuesday.

The state of Indiana will close the books on its previous state budget Tuesday.