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As a recent state report shows, the rate of Hoosier high school graduates going to college is at its lowest point in recent history. For some, its the cost keeping them out of classrooms. And a surprisingly high cost is textbooks. But an Indiana initiative is trying to change that, by encouraging college professors to use free open-source textbooks. As IPRs Stephanie Wiechmann reports, its seeing savings for students.

A new rule from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides guidance to employers for implementing federal protections for pregnant workers.

Three former employees of a large northwestern Indiana dairy have been charged with animal cruelty following the release of undercover video showing workers kicking and throwing young calves, officials said Monday.

Parents of children who have died after suddenly collapsing are pressing for a law that offers more protections for kids participating in physically demanding activities at school.

Indiana has been a national leader for more than a decade in sending taxpayer dollars to help fund private school education through its school choice voucher program.

States have created a patchwork of requirements for providing information about COVID-19 outbreaks. Some states tell the public where cases and deaths have occurred. Others, like Indiana, only report the total number of cases and deaths at these facilities, and leave more detailed notification to the companies.

A group of pornography website operators are suing the state of Indiana over a new law that requires stricter age verification for sites that have adult content.

An audit found Indiana Medicaid failed to record death notifications in 2016 and 2017, leading to an estimated $1.1 million in payments to managed care organizations on behalf of dead Hoosiers.

The housing authority for the city of Gary is getting the largest of Indiana's grants at more than $3.5 million, followed by the Indianapolis Housing Agency at roughly $2.6 million.

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