One of Indiana’s three regional tech hubs will receive more than $50 million in funding to support the implementation of biotech resources.

The Family and Social Services Administration provided updates on waitlists for home- and community-based services Monday. It also addressed the concerns from the families of medically complex children about its decisions to change how those services can be delivered.

Medicaid members on the Healthy Indiana Plan will not have monthly payments for the foreseeable future. The Family and Social Services Administration made the announcement after a federal judge vacated the 2020 approval of an Indiana Medicaid program over a number of policies that act as barriers to coverage.

The Indiana General Assembly passed 172 laws during this year’s legislative session. And the vast majority of those laws take effect July 1.

The Family and Social Services Administration is implementing a significant change July 1 to an important Medicaid program for medically complex children. Family caregivers said they’ve lost trust in the agency based on how it is handling this process.

The Gary Community School Corporation is preparing to shift from state to local control July 1. The district is no longer financially “distressed”, but residents still will not be able to vote on their local school board for the foreseeable future.

Some Duke Energy customers are fighting against a recent price hike proposal. The electric utility is asking state regulators to approve almost $500 million in new rate increases – which would raise the average customer’s bill by about $27 a month.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition and Prosperity Indiana’s report shows that it takes $22.07 per hour to afford a typical two-bedroom apartment statewide.

Indiana will no longer be able to require monthly payments for one of its Medicaid programs after a 2020 approval was vacated by a federal judge.

Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Donald Rainwater has a proposal that could dramatically reduce many people’s property tax bills — one that involves changing the state constitution.