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More than $50 billion in opioid settlement dollars from drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies is starting to flow to state and local governments, and they need to figure out how to spend it.

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow public schools to hire chaplains to speak with students and staff members during school hours. Democratic lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday that the role and abilities of chaplains in public schools are not clearly defined in the bill.

In Indiana, only about half of elderly Hoosiers eligible for Medicaid are aging at home. FSSA has been working to help increase that, but the state agency is worried its plan could be disrupted by a bill that’s making its way through the legislative process.

Early this spring, parts of the Midwest saw record flooding. With climate change, Indianas winters and springs are only going to get wetter.

The session's hottest issue fizzled to a close Monday as the Indiana Senate passed a constitutional amendment to define marriage - but without the ban on civil unions that some conservatives had advocated.

At a time when many public and private schools are segregated by race and class - and even racially mixed schools are often accidents of shifting residential patterns - The Oaks was intentionally designed to include students of different races and economic classes. This story is part of "Schools Divided," a series by Chalkbeat Indiana, The Indy Star and WFYI.

Teams that competed in the Indy Autonomous Challenge last October will be racing their cars at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this month.

Indiana University President Pamela Whitten is asking the University Faculty Council to recommend to her whether the university adopt certain principles on free speech.

When Mary Easley was in high school, she took cosmetology classes at the career center. While she still became a licensed cosmetologist, Easley watched her instructors and an interest in teaching grew.

A federal judge found the Indiana Department of Homeland Security likely discriminated against people with disabilities. The ACLU of Indiana’s complaint alleges IDHS has been applying zoning laws in a way that discriminates against a recovery home in southwest Indiana.