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Indiana Democratic Senator David Niezgodski allegedly sent dozens of texts to a former employee in 2017 and paid to settle her claims of sexual harassment.
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The area between Capital Avenue, Bittersweet and Cleveland Roads could see a data center developed, though community members expressed concerns
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New court filings allege Elkhart Prosecutor Vicki Becker argued in court that two different people provided a gun in a 2003 shooting.
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The bridge on County Road 26 as it goes over Baugo Creek will be replaced
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Jesse Lotte Jr., 25, killed 19-year-old Clayton McClish and 18-year-old Elizabeth Johnson-Neher in a Dec. 2020 crash.
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Shelli Harmon-Baker speaks with Kris Kurtz Ohlson-fitness coach at Beacon Health & Fitness who leads the Parkinson’s support group and with Lacie Klopfenstein about CLIMB, the Parkinson’s fitness class.
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A Democratic precinct caucus chose La Keisha Jackson Thursday to serve out the last few months of Jean Breaux’s term after Breaux died last month.
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The protest in the hallways of the state Capitol comes after Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate canceled a survivors' group meeting with House insurance committee Chair Brenda Carter.
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Several organizations in Indiana launched a vending machine that provides free emergency contraception in response to growing concerns about access to reproductive care. The organizations plan to expand the project throughout the state.
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A major Indiana utility’s rates will not increase as much as originally requested following a settlement agreement Wednesday. The uncontested settlement agreement has been in the works since late last year.
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Michigan House Republicans are focusing on accountability and access to state economic development programs in a new plan unveiled Wednesday.
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Indiana tax revenues are ahead of where the state budget needs them to be heading into the final three months of the budget cycle — despite collections in March that failed to meet expectations.
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Indiana is expected to receive more than $3 million in funding to reclaim abandoned coal mines in the state. The money comes from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands program.
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The House has been evenly divided for five months since two Democratic representatives resigned to take office as the mayors of Warren and Westland.
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Preliminary data for 2023 shows a decrease in Indiana’s infant mortality rate for the first time since 2019, according to a new report.
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Indiana’s six Republican candidates for governor have spent more than $35 million in the most expensive primary in state history, with $20 million of that total coming in just the last three months.
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The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need.
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With Democratic support, the legislation overcomes a major procedural hurdle and is expected to head to a weekend vote by the full House.
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With The Tortured Poets Department, the defining pop star of her era has made an album as messy and confrontational as any good girl's work can get.
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Iranian news has not reported any such strike and concluded the sounds reported were the interception of one or more drones. Israel's military has not responded to NPR's requests for comment.
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Police began making dozens of arrests after Columbia University's president asked for help clearing protesters — citing the "encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger."