(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana’s infant mortality numbers for 2020 are more or less unchanged from the year before. 522 Indiana babies didn’t reach their first birthday last year. That’s five fewer deaths than 2019, and a 16% drop in four years. But because births were down too, the mortality rate, of 66 per 10,000, went up […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Governor Holcomb says passing three bills could position Indiana to end its 20-month pandemic health emergency, and legislators may return to work early to do it. Holcomb’s emergency order is scheduled to expire December 1, but can be renewed for up to 30 days at a time. Holcomb says before the order can […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The 2022 General Assembly is underway — and with it, a return to the old normal. Most of the 2021 session was held under COVID social-distancing protocols. 20 of the 50 senators sat in the balcony spectators’ gallery, and the House didn’t use the House chamber at all — it met in a […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) -Indiana’s largest teachers’ union says the state needs to do more to fix a teacher shortage. The Indiana State Teachers Association says Indiana’s made big strides toward the union’s long push to make salaries competitive with schools in other states. President Keith Gambill says three-quarters of Indiana school districts now meet the ISTA’s benchmark […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Marion County sheriff is suing to get prospective deputies into the state training academy. The sheriff’s department runs its own training academy, which has earned national accreditation. But the Indiana General Assembly unanimously passed a new police reform law this year which includes new training requirements, including de-escalation training. Sheriff Kerry Forestal […]
WASHINGTON--Indiana Republican Congressman Jim Banks has had his Congressional account restored by Twitter. Two weeks after his @RepJimBanks account was locked by Twitter for violating the platform’s rules, the account was restored Friday. Banks said in a video tweet, “I’m back.” Twitter suspended Banks over tweets about Dr. Rachel Levine becoming the first openly transgender […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric Holcomb on Thursday announced his opposition to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The emergency temporary standard (ETS) finalized Thursday by OSHA mandates workers at companies with 100 or more employees to get vaccinated against COVID by Jan. 4, 2022, or face weekly testing. Holcomb is directing the Indiana Department of Labor […]
(FRANKLIN, Ind.) – Indiana has issued another $102 million in local road repair grants. Half Indiana’s counties and about 170 cities and towns received money in the latest round of Community Crossings grants — about twice that many applied. The grants range from 20 communities getting the $1 million maximum to $19,000 for the town […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Less than 24 hours after final approval of the COVID vaccine for 5-to-11-year-olds, Indiana is administering the first doses. Hamilton County began vaccinating younger children at the county fairgrounds at 3 p.m., followed an hour later by the Indiana Department of Health’s outdoor clinic across the street from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indiana […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – An Indiana Supreme Court Justice is stepping down. Justice Steve David announced he’ll retire this fall, after 11 years on the court, the longest of any of the current justices. Governor Mitch Daniels named David to the court in 2010. Indiana’s nonpartisan Judicial Nominating Commission has up to three months to solicit applications, […]
