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A Michigan man is due in court this week after allegedly posting antisemitic death threats against state officials on Twitter.

Researchers say the main problem is that the information is provided at a college reading level, creating a problem for people with low literacy or limited English language proficiency.

Indiana's hospital leaders say that they have been operating in the red in 2022 due to inflation and rising labor costs. And they are worried that proposed legislation to address rising health care costs could push them deeper into financial stress.

Nurses across the state say dangerous levels of understaffing are becoming the norm, even though hospitals are no longer overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.

Senate lawmakers took their first step Wednesday aimed at dramatically improving Indiana’s public health system. But a committee hearing also revealed the challenges that lay ahead.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the first public act of the new year Tuesday — a $1.1 billion spending bill that includes money for housing and assistance for businesses that suffered losses due to COVID-19.

Experts are expressing concern about the more transmissible subvariant.

Indiana has surpassed 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases. Cases have slowly – but steadily – risen since October.

Gov. Eric Holcomb joined 24 other state governors in signing an open letter to President Biden asking him to end the federal public health emergency in April 2023. The public health emergency was first declared in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Three of the 14 men charged over the kidnapping plot were sentenced in a Jackson County courtroom Thursday. During the hearing, prosecutors played a recorded statement from Whitmer in which she talked about how the case has impacted her and her family.