(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana’s second-largest teachers’ union says it wants schools to reopen, but only if it’s safe to do it. American Federation of Teachers Indiana president GlenEva Dunham says some schools it represents have enough precautions in place to bring students back. She applauds seven others who are sticking to online. But she says schools […]
WASHINGTON–New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the Trump administration has “learned nothing in six months” when it comes to responding to the coronavirus pandemic. “We have confusion. We have chaos. We don’t have operations set up. It has to start with the President. I think he has to stand up and say what he didn’t […]
NEW PALESTINE, Ind.–An incorrect return-to-school date is being blamed for a New Palestine High School student going to class with coronavirus Monday. The Hancock County Health Department notified Southern Hancock administrators of the student’s positive test after that student was at school on the first day. School leaders say the doctor wrote the wrong date […]
STATEWIDE — Many rural hospitals throughout the state of Indiana are in a financial bind because of the coronavirus pandemic and are at risk. A new report from the Indiana Hospital Association shows that all hospitals in Indiana, whether they be in an urban or rural part of the state, have been operating at a […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Two former lieutenant governors are calling on Governor Holcomb to let anyone who wants vote absentee. The Indiana Election Commission allowed universal absentee voting for the June primary at Holcomb’s request. But Holcomb this week declared he doesn’t see a reason to do so in November. He says unlike the runup to the […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Marion County middle and high schools will have to keep classrooms half full if they reopen, and nearly all of them will have to use e-learning at least part of the time. Marion County Health Department director Virginia Caine says until the rate of positive coronavirus tests in Marion County goes down, middle […]
To make the boxes more widely available across Indiana and other states, Envoy Companies have partnered with Safe Haven Baby Boxes to sponsor baby boxes in all future fire station projects.
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Governor Holcomb isn’t loosening restrictions on bars — but he isn’t tightening them either. Capacity limits on bars and entertainment venues had been scheduled to expire Friday. With 7%Â of Hoosiers still testing positive, Governor Holcomb’s extending those limits for a third time, to August 27. Bars, nightclubs, bowling alleys and other venues are […]
INDIANAPOLIS--The state of Indiana is doing “really, really well” in testing people for coronavirus, according to Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of health for the Trump administration. “This week, Indianapolis has gotten out of the red zone and into the yellow zone. That’s a really good thing. You still have a few metro areas in Indiana […]
