INDIANAPOLIS — IndyGo on Tuesday announced it has received $80.975 million for the construction of the Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit, which will connect Indianapolis to Lawrence. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration Small Starts Capital Investment Grant. The money represents half of the $162 million total cost of the […]
UPDATE: The State Department of Workforce Development has responded saying “DWD did not garnish wages” for Bartly Baker. “We are not garnishing wages on PUA claims at all, and we do not garnish wages on regular UI unless there is fraud or a failure to report wages (per statute),” said DWD spokesman Scott Olson. Olson […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – A 15-member commission will analyze how Indiana’s public health system can be improved. Governor Holcomb announced the creation of the commission Wednesday. He says the panel will review whether the structure and funding of Indiana’s public health system is getting in the way of health care. The commission will look at ways to […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – After scaling back coronavirus testing last month, Indiana is ramping back up. Indiana is redeploying National Guard troops who helped nursing homes at the height of the pandemic last winter. Troops will assist local health departments with testing. State health commissioner Kris Box says the state department is returning staffers to testing duty, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — State Sen. Karen Tallian is calling for Indiana to stop demanding repayment of legitimate unemployment benefits that were paid out during the pandemic. “A lot of this mess is a bureaucratic mess within [the Department of Workforce Development],” Tallian said. In an op-ed she penned over the weekend, she wrote: “Placing this level of financial stress on Hoosier […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health said Tuesday that personal data from the state’s COVID-19 online contract tracing survey was improperly accessed. The data included the name, address, email, gender, ethnicity and race, and date of birth of nearly 750,000 Hoosiers, according to IDOH. The information was improperly accessed by a company that intentionally looks […]
(PLAINFIELD, Ind.) – Several school districts have reinstituted mask orders as the COVID-19 pandemic heats up again. Governor Holcomb is backing them up. Holcomb lifted a statewide mask order April 6. But some states, such as Florida and Texas, have gone a step further and banned local governments or schools from issuing their own. Holcomb […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Census Bureau has released the detailed population counts used to draw new legislative districts. Indiana’s maps should follow in a few weeks. 43 Indiana counties gained population since the last census 10 years ago — 49 lost people. The five fastest-growing counties are all Indianapolis suburbs, with Indy itself 10th. Rural […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Legislators have wrapped up a six-day blitz of redistricting hearings, a day before the release of census data that will shape whom you get to vote for in next year’s elections. About 150 people jammed the House chamber at the statehouse for the ninth and last in a series of town hall meetings […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Delta variant is sending more young coronavirus patients to the hospital. But it’s not clear whether that means it’s more dangerous to them. One of every 31 Hoosiers hospitalized in the last month for COVID has been under 20. That’s well below other age groups, but it’s double the rate of the […]
