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Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal — who is term-limited — will run for the Senate District 31 seat in central Indiana.

Indiana to receive $200 million from federal government for rural healthcare. But health experts say those funds are unlikely to offset the estimated $137-billion cut to Medicaid spending in rural areas from Trump's tax and spending bill passed in July.

All three agencies are members of a multi-state law enforcement partnership known as the 6-State Trooper Project.

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 259 additional confirmed deaths over the last week, bringing the state's total to 4,383 -- the largest reported in a single week since early May.

National Guard officials say the soldiers were deployed to Kuwait, where they conducted logistical and support functions.

More than half of the Indiana Supreme Court is on the ballot this fall as voters will decide whether to keep them on the bench.

The state Department of Education announced today that Indiana has received a three-year extension from the U.S. Department of Education for the state's No Child Left Behind waiver. This flexible status exempts the state from various provisions of the federal education law.

Another person in Indiana has been sickened by the coronavirus, increasing the state's number of cases to 12, the Indiana State Department of Health announced Thursday.

Indiana needs more nursing school graduates to meet the states current health care needs, but nursing schools say they don't have enough faculty. A House committee passed a bill that would remove the clinical experience requirement for instructors to help meet those needs.

Legislation before the General Assembly this session sought to make kindergarten mandatory for Hoosier children by lowering the compulsory school age from seven to five. It's an issue that has lawmakers and educators split, even as the state focuses on funding early education initiatives.