Sydney Dauphinais
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As states take steps to tighten abortion laws, conversations have been reignited about how to best support families and babies. Many policy experts point to a permanent Child Tax Credit, made available to low- and no-income families, as one way to do that.
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High quality pre-K in Indiana is in short supply. It's estimated nearly two-thirds of children across the state don't have access to it. Part of the problem is a lack of qualified caregivers and some providers worry Indiana's near-total abortion ban will exacerbate the problem.
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Another large employer in Indiana – power technology corporation Cummins – opposes the state's new near-total abortion law.
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More than 200 Indiana businesses have signed a letter in support of abortion rights. It was published just hours after Indiana Republican Senators proposed a bill that would ban abortions in the state with limited exceptions.
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Indiana child care providers say low wages and poor working conditions drive them from the field. So what does that mean for the economy?
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Lack of digital access is a huge economic disadvantage, in many ways laid bare during the pandemic, when almost everything had to be remote -- education, health access and job access, to name a few.
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Millions of child care providers across the country shut down their businesses to draw attention to decades of underinvestment.
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The Indianapolis protest was one of hundreds this week, across the country, in response to the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that shows it will likely overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Two bills were introduced in the 2022 General Assembly that would reverse the bill that prohibits immigrants from driving. Neither bill got very far before they were shut down.