Libertarian candidate Donald Rainwater wants to cap property taxes based on purchase price
By Brandon Smith - June 27, 2024
The current Indiana Constitution caps property taxes for homeowners at 1 percent of the assessed value of the property. Rainwater’s proposal would cap them at 1 percent of the purchase price.
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Noon Edition: Community responders take questions about storm assistance
By Bente Bouthier - June 27, 2024
We’ll talk with guests about Tuesday's storm, community response, and resources available to those affected.
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WATCH LIVE: Biden and Trump debate — PBS News simulcast of CNN’s 2024 Presidential Debate
By PBS News - June 27, 2024
The debate will begin at 9 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 27. Watch it live in this video stream.
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“We’d love to see more refugees resettled here.” U.S. Department of State visits Indiana to promote Welcome Corps
By Benjamin Thorp - June 27, 2024
The program is aimed at growing community support around newly arrived refugees.
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Expert: SCOTUS decision on Tennessee gender-affirming care ban may ripple beyond trans youth
By Lauren Chapman - June 27, 2024
The hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ and specifically anti-trans laws that have been filed since 2020 are an extension of the country’s ideological divisions, said University of Illinois-Springfield's Jason Pierceson.
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Hoosiers can expect slightly cheaper grocery staples ahead of the Fourth of July
By Violet Comber-Wilen - June 27, 2024
Decreases in the price of chicken breast, ice cream, cheese, cookies and chips brought the average market basket price down – despite increases in ground beef.
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State wants execution date set for convicted Fort Wayne murderer
By Rebecca Green, WBOI - June 27, 2024
In a press release announcing their request, Gov. Eric Holcomb and Attorney General Todd Rokita say they reacquired pentobarbital, the drug used in executions.
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Randy Cassady running for Monroe County Commissioner as a Republican
By Lucas González - June 26, 2024
Cassady, who residents may recognize from Cassady Electrical Contractors, announced Tuesday he is running for the seat currently held by incumbent Democratic Commissioner Julie Thomas.
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Trustees release draft of expressive activity policy
By Ethan Sandweiss - June 26, 2024
Trustee Jeremy Morris teased the new policy at the June 13 Board of Trustees meeting. He told the Board it needed time to consult with stakeholders but had to act fast to get it passed before August.
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While crews fix electrical outages, residents are left to pick up the pieces
By Clayton Baumgarth and Bente Bouthier - June 26, 2024
Trees and signs are down throughout Bloomington after a storm producing 70-mile per hour winds swept through the area Tuesday evening, leaving thousands without power.
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Indiana Civil Rights Commission honors Black leaders for community, diversity efforts
By Mia Hilkowitz, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 26, 2024
The ICRC presented six awards recognizing the recipients’ efforts in education, health care, leadership, business, community engagement and government.
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Preliminary data: Indiana unemployment hits highest rate in nearly three years
By Timoria Cunningham - June 26, 2024
Indiana’s unemployment rate had been steady at 3.5 percent for more than six months before increasing to 3.6 percent in April.
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New Indiana virtual charter school report shows $60M in funding for 2022-23
By Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 26, 2024
The annual report also gives other data on class sizes and teacher-student ratios across the state’s seven virtual charters.
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Protesters say they’ll rebuild after encampment wiped out by storm
By Ethan Sandweiss - June 26, 2024
Organizer Bryce Greene said protesters are waiting until the next storm passes before they put out a call to volunteers to help rebuild.
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INDOT increasing speed limit on I-69 near Bloomington to 65 mph
By Patrick Beane - June 26, 2024
The speed limit on the stretch of highway between mile marker 112 and 122 will increase from 55 miles per hour to 65 mph.
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Ask The Mayor: Terre Haute's Sakbun on housing, YMCA grant, budget
By Joe Hren - June 26, 2024
Mayor Brandon Sakbun says the city is moving quickly on demolishing condemned properties, opening bids for more housing, and working on a $5 million YMCA renovation grant.
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Jail consultant: ‘Need to know very soon’ on construction budget
By Lucas González - June 25, 2024
A representative with DLZ, the firm that will design a new Monroe County Jail, says it needs to know soon what the project’s construction budget will be.
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Cummins says it's undergoing layoffs to meet zero-emission goals
By Katy Szpak - June 25, 2024
In an emailed statement, Cummins communication manager Lauren Daniel says that “some of our employees may experience reporting, responsibility or role changes as well as position eliminations.”
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Advocates call for governor to create commission to address worsening housing crisis
By Brandon Smith - June 25, 2024
Homeownership rates have declined in Indiana over the past decade, with the pace of decline among Black households nearly triple the overall rate.
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Conservative nonprofit files complaint against IU Columbus African American scholarship
By Aubrey Wright - June 25, 2024
The group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. The complaint is against the IU Columbus African American Fund Scholarship, created in partnership with The African American Fund of Bartholomew County.
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State tourism study shows 3.5M eclipse visitors, but most already from Indiana
By Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR News - June 25, 2024
The study says the total economic impact of the total eclipse was $145.8 million, with $45 million of that total coming from federal, state, and local taxes.
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Transmission operator warns of electric capacity deficit
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 25, 2024
The transmission operator serving 16 states and a Canadian province — including Indiana — could face a capacity deficit as soon as next summer.
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U.S. House reps for Indiana collect almost $200,000 in meal and lodging reimbursem*nts
By Mia Hilkowitz, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 25, 2024
Indiana’s nine U.S. House members received a combined $199,332 in reimbursem*nts for lodging, meals and incidentals in 2023 as part of a new program that allows federal lawmakers to recoup expenses without providing receipts.
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No one told state education officials about alleged abuse by an IPS teacher. And no law requires it
By Lee V. Gaines, WFYI News - June 25, 2024
The Indiana Department of Child Services did not inform the Indiana Department of Education about a substantiated report of neglect against an Indianapolis Public Schools teacher, despite a policy that requires child protective staff to inform state education officials about such claims.
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City requests public vote on Hopewell art installation
By Katy Szpak - June 25, 2024
There are four proposed installations. Anyone can view them and give feedback on the city’s arts and culture page from June 24 through July 5.
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Indiana breaks its Team USA swimmer record
By Katy Szpak - June 24, 2024
This year, six Hoosier natives have qualified, the most to ever go to the games.
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IU Trustees aren’t unanimous on letter supporting Pres. Whitten
By Ethan Sandweiss - June 24, 2024
In an email to WFIU/WTIU News, IU trustee Vivian Winston said she had no role in creating an April statement supporting Whitten and felt she could “no longer stay silent.”
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Monroe County receives $1.5 million for community health programs
By Katy Szpak - June 24, 2024
The funds from the Health First Indiana initiative are dispersed to the county health department and community health programs.
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Chemical company accused of supplying drugs for executions in Terre Haute ends pentobarbital sales
By George Hale - June 24, 2024
In a letter sent to two Connecticut lawmakers last month and later obtained by WFIU/WTIU News, chemical supplier Absolute Standards, Inc. says it's done making pentobarbital for the U.S. government.
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Lack of data fuels concerns as new slots for Medicaid waivers are set to open July 1
By Abigail Ruhman - June 24, 2024
New waiver slots will open on July 1 — but there’s still some uncertainty around whether there will be enough slots to accommodate those on the waitlist.
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Former state senator Randy Head unanimously elected new Indiana Republican Party chair
By Brandon Smith - June 24, 2024
Randy Head served 11 years in the Indiana Senate.
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Consultant recommends 0.2 percent local income tax for new county jail
By Lucas González - June 24, 2024
A representative with Financial Services Group advised raising the tax from the current 0.01 percent to 0.2 percent. The tax was enacted this year and lasts for 25 years.
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Indiana treasurer puts BlackRock on ESG watchlist
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 24, 2024
The public retirement system will decide whether to remove the company from its investment portfolio.
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Hoosier voters oppose strict abortion ban, new poll finds
By Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 24, 2024
The survey, conducted in May among 1,275 registered voters in Indiana, is nearly equally divided among Democrats and Republicans as well as by gender and age.
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb confident GOP nominee Mike Braun will prevail as governor this fall
By Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 24, 2024
That’s despite concerns from others over the nomination of Micah Beckwith as the party’s lieutenant governor nominee.
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Premiums return for Indiana’s HIP, CHIP Medicaid enrollees
By Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle - June 24, 2024
For the first time in years, certain Indiana Medicaid beneficiaries will start paying premiums again — a concern for advocates who say that enrollees are unprepared and point to federal concerns about the rule’s effectiveness.
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