(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) — Six fraternities and two sororities at IU have been ordered into quarantine after what the university calls an “alarming” increase in coronavirus infections. The eight Greek houses have been ordered to suspend all in-person activities except meals and housing for 18 days. IU tested all its students when they arrived on campus, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH ) — According to the contract city officials signed with Park Indy LLC 10 years ago, if a meter is taken out of service, the provider of Indianapolis’ metered parking system charges the city a flat rate to make up for lost revenue. Indianapolis officials have been given the parking ticket to end […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Even with the pandemic, the procedures for the November election will go on as it has in years past for Hoosier voters. Secretary of State Connie Lawson said Wednesday that just being afraid of the coronavirus is not enough to get an absentee ballot. She said they have to be truly quarantined […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Marion County is adding nearly 170 polling places for the November election. The June primary reduced the number of vote centers from 273 to 22. Even with half the voters casting absentee ballots, some polling places had lines which stretched for hours. There will be more than eight times as many vote centers […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Marion County will launch a national search for the next leader of the agency which oversees Eskenazi Hospital and the Marion County Health Department. Matthew Gutwein announced his resignation Monday. He’ll step down September 30 after 18 years as president of the Health and Hospital Corporation. Board chair Joyce Rogers says an interim […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The head of the agency which oversees Eskenazi Hospital is resigning. Matthew Gutwein has been president of the Health and Hospital Corporation for 18 years. He’ll step down at the end of next month. Gutwein’s announcement comes three weeks after the Indianapolis Star revealed a secret settlement between HHC and American Senior Communities, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana’s law that limits voting by mail to 13 categories is constitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday. The ruling came amid calls, including those from nine voters who filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, for Indiana to drop its 13 categories amid the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Supreme Court has […]
(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) — IU’s efforts to start classes safely on Monday are getting backup from the city of Bloomington, with a tightened rule on mass gatherings. An order from Mayor John Hamilton limits private gatherings to 15 people, well below a countywide limit of 50, with masks and social distancing required. The order comes a […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — A federal judge says Indiana’s signature-match requirement for absentee ballots is unconstitutional. A spot check of 18 large counties found they threw out nearly 200 ballots in 2018 because election workers ruled the signature on the envelope didn’t match the signature on the voter rolls. Four of those voters, including former Indianapolis State […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and representatives from the City-County Council, Ivy Tech Community College, IUPUI and EmployIndy came together Thursday to announce expanded postsecondary education programming through the federal CARES Act. “Over 53 percent of individuals in Marion County who have filed for unemployment since March 15th have a high school diploma or […]
