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Indiana State Parks will receive $50 million from the Lilly Endowment to improve and enhance facilities statewide.

WFYI and IPB News staffers earned 14 awards from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for their work in 2023.

Lawmakers aim to address nursing shortages. Indiana surpasses 21,000 dead. And statewide COVID-19 cases continue to drop.

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.

Democrats had controlled the Indiana House for most of the first decade of the 2000s. But Republicans recaptured the majority ahead of the 2011 session, and with that came Right to Work -- a controversial bill affecting labor union dues.

Indiana lawmakers wrapped up the legislative session with huge amounts of new money for schools and a controversial expansion of school choice, but several other education policy changes have been signed into law that aren't related to the budget.

At least 162 state officials nationwide have been publicly accused of sexual harassment across more than 424 distinct incidents over the last 12 years.

Since Indiana Dunes became a national park in February, its visitor center has seen more people than it has in any of the past eight years.

Gov. Mike Braun unveiled a new health initiative which makes several significant changes to Indiana's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The top U.S. health official said the changes go further than any other state's so far.

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