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Indianapolis-area mayors Tuesday provided more details about a proposed 28-mile electric bus rapid transit line from Greenwood to Carmel, which will be partially paid for with a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant.

Having successfully stared down congressional Republicans in the shutdown-debt ceiling fight, President Obama's pivot to immigration has almost no downside risk for him or his Democratic Party. Which makes it perfect for the president to use to cause congressional Republicans major indigestion.

The presentation educates potential young voters on the election process.

During the last year, Indiana schools suspended students more than 228,000 times - and about half of those were out-of-school suspensions. More than 3,400 students were expelled.

A City-County Council committee tabled Tuesday night the proposal from Republican Mayor Greg Ballard to pay for preschool scholarships to low-income families by eliminating Marion County's homestead property tax credit. That step would raise $5 million a year.

The virus can cause mild to severe illness, with the worst cases needing life support for breathing difficulties. Kids with asthma have been especially vulnerable. No deaths have been reported.

Community Hospital East is planning its largest renovation in almost 60 years by investing $175 million in upgrades. Work on the projects is expected to begin later this year. It will include expanding the emergency room, renovating patient rooms, and adding three health pavilions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, oversees the nation's credit industries. On Thursday it will host a forum in Indianapolis to discuss the U.S. auto-lending market, which some observers believe could be the next credit bubble to burst.

In an interview with NPR, Mohammad Javad Zarif says the U.S. has been hesitant and contradictory in its approach to defeating the Islamist insurgency.

Nonprofits have an important role to play in fighting Ebola, Obama said yesterday. Indeed, they are now donating millions, dispatching doctors and sending over critical supplies.