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‘It creates a vicious cycle.’ Advocates push back on bill to criminalize homelessness

Advocates are urging lawmakers not to support a bill criminalizing homelessness. The legislation would make it a class C misdemeanor to camp or sleep in public areas. Lawmakers behind the bill say it ...
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Anderson’s The Gathering of the Queens leaving Anderson Impact Center after no agreement on lease

An Anderson volunteer organization that runs a well-known food pantry is losing the space it’s operated out of for about two years.  As IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports, a local charter school ...
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Could Indiana soon approve a ‘conservative’ SAT for colleges and universities?

The validity of the Classic Learning Test was at the center of a recent legislative hearing. The test is being considered as a comparable college-readiness assessment to the better-known exams like ...
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State receives first monthly payment for ICE detainees

Indiana has received its first payment for housing federal immigration detainees at the Miami Correctional Facility in northern Indiana — $1.17 million. The Indiana Department of Correction said ...
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‘We will be forced to close our doors’. Bill regulating hemp products receives industry pushback

A bill to change Indiana’s hemp regulations could kill a growing industry, according to some small businesses that testified at the statehouse Wednesday. Lawmakers said they are conforming to federal ...
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Amendment to deny bail to some offenders moves closer to November ballot

Hoosiers could vote this year on whether to allow judges to deny some potentially dangerous offenders bail under a constitutional amendment moving through the Statehouse. Under current Indiana law, pe ...
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EPA adds three years to deadline for cleaning coal ash sites

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule delaying the monitoring and clean-up of coal ash from power plants in Indiana and across the country. Burning coal for energy results in coal ash, ...
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Portage pitches ‘rent-free’ stadium site to Chicago Bears

Portage, Indiana is pitching a site for a Chicago Bears stadium. The city has unveiled a proposal for a 300-acre development it’s calling “Halas Harbor.” It would be located near U.S. 12, State Road ...
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Second prisoner this year dies at Terre Haute federal prison complex

For the second time this year, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute died after being found unresponsive, U.S. officials said. Prison staff found Caleb Allen Root, 45, ...
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‘We are losing the fight’: Indiana pushes tougher social media rules for kids

Instead of pursuing a straight ban on social accounts for children, Indiana lawmakers are now looking to give parents more ...
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After Hailey Buzbee’s death, lawmakers introduce amendments aimed at protecting teens

The recent disappearance and death of Fishers' teen Hailey Buzbee has prompted Indiana lawmakers to amend legislation moving ...
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Indiana Senate sends ‘Let Kids Be Kids’ child supervision bill to governor

Parents who allow kids to bike, walk or play outside without constant supervision would be shielded from child neglect allegations under a bill sent to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk on Tuesday. The Indiana ...