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State officials will soon create a registry of direct support professionals or DSPs who provide in-home care to people with mental and developmental disabilities. The goal is to track abuse and neglect. Advocates say the registry only partly addresses systemic issues that harm workers and clients alike. They say "self-directed care" may be a fuller solution.

The Indiana Department of Education says students are not graduating with the skills they need to be successful after high school. To better prepare students to pursue higher learning or enter the workforce after graduating, the IDOE is reimagining real-world experience in schools.

The federal program aims to set up charging stations along interstates and other major highways to encourage EV adoption.

Two leaders are out at an Indiana addiction treatment center after three recent deaths and calls by police to yank its license. The executive director and director of nursing are no longer working at Praxis Landmark Recovery, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation site for men near South Bend.

In a large study, the experimental drug donanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's by about 35%. That's slightly better than the drug Leqembi, which was fully approved by the FDA on July 6.

Analysis from the group Environment America shows Indiana dumped more than 17 million pounds of pollutants into its waterways in 2012 - more tonnage than any other state.

Several Carroll High School students are filing a public records request for more information on its cancellation of the 'Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood' play.

Purdue researcher Sunghwan Lee and his research team are developing breathable health-monitoring sensors that can be embedded directly into wearable fabric gloves. In this prototype, sensor strips are embedded in the fabric above the knuckles and on the wrist below the palm. Researchers use the robot arm to mimic everyday activities and object manipulation with tactile sensors.

Funeral services were held Monday in Indianapolis for a Marion County Sheriff's deputy killed by a detainee last week.

Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers announced Monday he will soon step down after two years leading the states economic development arm.