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The state adopted an emergency rule last month to lower the threshold for when public health agencies have to address elevated blood lead levels in children -- and will consider making the change permanent.

In Bloomington’s Exclusive Smoke and Vape, shoppers can find all sorts of marijuana accessories and legal alternatives. But no marijuana.

Prescription painkiller abuse sparked an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana. Kelly McEvers takes NPR's new podcast, Embedded, inside the home where IV drug users meet.

Indiana had more water quality "success stories" than any other state last fiscal year. The Environmental Protection Agency designates a river, lake or stream a "success story" if the water significantly improves after once being too polluted for things like swimming, fishing or hosting aquatic life.

The Johnson-Bey family was awarded the Hoosier Homestead Farm Centennial Award during the 166th Annual Indiana State Fair.

Not all welding work requires a certification. Nationally, nearly 50 percent of welders are not required to have any minimum education. But, a new state law will require certifications for welders working on public construction projects.

Indiana’s universities are raising the alarm of the state’s overhaul of high school diplomas, with some warning students won't be prepared for higher education or other post-graduate options.

Two candidates are running to represent Indiana Senate District 31, which includes portions of Marion and Hamilton counties: incumbent Republican State Sen. Kyle Walker (R-Fishers) and Democrat Jocelyn Vare.

Many of Indiana's most popular colleges and universities are working to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. But how — and how quickly — varies from one institution to the next. Indiana Public Broadcasting looked at what climate progress has taken place at Purdue and IU this past year.

Indiana substantially expanded programs that pay for child care for low-income families with the help of federal pandemic aid.