(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana’s deadline to return your absentee ballot is facing a legal challenge. Absentee ballots have to arrive in the county clerk’s office by noon on Election Day or they don’t count. The NAACP and Common Cause of Indiana argue that’s an undue burden on voters at any time, and especially when the pandemic […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The city’s rental assistance program has paid out $3.5 million so far to people struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a representative for the mayor. IndyRent.org launched July 13 and suspended applications a week later after receiving more than 10,000 requests. The program remains shut down while the pending applications […]
(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 […]
(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 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday shared its new use of force policies. Included in the new policies are a ban on chokeholds and a ban on shooting into, or from, moving vehicles. “The adoption of these new use of force standards is a substantial milestone, one that I hope demonstrates our […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Three landlords are suing Gov. Eric Holcomb and state officials over the moratorium on rental evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Jerri Lemond, Lavern and Josephine Miller FLP, and Strong Indiana LLC filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Holcomb and the state in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis. On March 19, Holcomb first used an executive order […]
(FISHERS, Ind.) — Indiana’s newest park is a farm. The AgriPark in Fishers holds its first of 10 “grand openings” Tuesday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony planned for next Thursday. The park is a 33-acre farm, with a covered three-acre vegetable garden, a cornfield, a livestock area and a tree nursery. The city acquired the land […]
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 […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana libraries have had to make changes to stay open in the pandemic. Libraries were in the first wave of establishments allowed to reopen in May after a six-week lockdown. Indiana Library Federation executive director Lucinda Nord says libraries were requiring masks even before a statewide order. They’ve taken other actions like removing […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric Holcomb on Friday signed an executive order requiring Hoosiers to wear face coverings to slow the spread of coronavirus. The order will be in effect Monday, July 27, and remain in effect until at least August 26. “Hoosiers have worked hard to get where we are today with businesses open and people […]
