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Sex ed, DEI, parent rights: New Indiana social-issue laws dictate what schools must and can’t do

By Aleksandra Appleton | May 16, 2025, 1:39pm CDT For years, Indiana lawmakers tried but failed to change how schools handle issues related to race, sexuality, parental rights, and more. In 2025, they…
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Indiana is one of 17 states suing over a federal law that protects students with disabilities

Dylan Peers McCoy Feb 17, 2025 Indiana is one of several conservative states asking a Texas court to declare unconstitutional a 52-year-old federal law that offers crucial protection for people…
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Indianapolis nonprofit offers free home repairs to low-income seniors, people with disabilities

Abriana Herron January 27, 2025 After living in her Martindale-Brightwood house for nearly 60 years, Peggy Bills said her home needed a lot of repairs. “It was in bad shape,”…
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Harris previews presidential campaign priorities, women’s rights focus in Indy speech

July 24, 2024 | Cate Charron Vice President Kamala Harris previewed her presidential campaign’s focus on women’s reproductive rights and social and economic equality during her remarks Wednesday afternoon at the Zeta…
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SCOTUS declines to hear appeal of Indiana couple who lost custody of transgender child

By Lauren Chapman On March 18, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of an Indiana couple who said their transgender daughter was wrongly removed from their…
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Report: Indiana ranks low in affordable, available housing units

By Violet Comber-Wilen By March 15, 2024 A new report shows Indiana has only 34 affordable and available rental units for every 100 extremely low-income households in the state. The report, The Gap:…
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Gary Housing Authority tears down $1.5 million downtown Gary affordable housing apartment building that was recently built but never occupied

By Joseph S. Pete On March 24, 2024 Gary has been plagued by thousands of blighted vacant buildings over the years. The Steel City has been renewing efforts to knock…
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Indiana Lawmakers in Standoff on Antisemitism Bill Following Changes Sought by Critics of Israel

Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address antisemitism on college campuses, leaving Indiana students and professors uneasy as divisions surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war…
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Church in small Indiana town wipes out $4.1M in medical debt for 3,000 families

By Haley Miller On March 6, 2024 A church in Odon, Indiana, helped wipe out $4.1 million in medical debt for nearly 3,000 southwest Indiana families — more than double…
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Indiana nears law allowing more armed statewide officials at state Capitol

Four statewide elected officials in Indiana including the attorney general and secretary of state would be able to carry handguns in the Statehouse under the bill. By Isabella Volmert On…
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