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Indianapolis has a new digital African American timeline with more than 250 years of the city’s Black history.

Ticks are on the move. Warmer temperatures could create more places where they can thrive in Indiana and give them more time to feed. All of this could lead to more tick-borne illnesses in the future.

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Hoosiers are currently paying almost 75 cents per gallon in state and federal taxes when they get gas. Statehouse Democrats are making a renewed push for Indiana to suspend its gas taxes while prices are the highest they've ever been.

Lawmakers removed most state protections for wetlands in 2021. Now that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling has removed many of the federal protections as well, that leaves Indiana's wetlands largely unprotected.

Some health policy experts argue the information presented by the state on its application to renew its Healthy Indiana Plan actually shows that the program is not working as well as it should.

Indiana’s Democratic Party chair, Karen Tallian, says more democrats are running for office in Indiana than she has seen in decades. We asked her why that might be.

Indianapolis renters face some of the highest eviction rates in the country, not only compared to other cities in Indiana, but to many major metros across the nation.

National Weather Service officials are surveying the damage from Saturdays severe weather. They believe tornadoes may have touched down near Beech Grove, Ellettsville, Freedom and Ridgeport.

Some 53 black Hoosier moms die for every 100,000 live births. That's on par with the maternal death rate in countries like Iraq and Vietnam.