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Health care workers in Indiana saw a noticeable jump in workplace injuries and illness in 2020, according to OSHA data. Much of that was likely due to the exposure doctors and nurses had to COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic.

Schools can now apply for grants of up to $100,000 to support classes in digital manufacturing methods. The effort aims to usher students and companies into what some call the fourth industrial revolution.

Consumer advocates want Gov. Eric Holcomb to extend its winter moratorium on disconnects for three months — giving local nonprofits time to address a backlog of applications for assistance.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a series of policies Thursday aimed to make state government a more attractive employer.

Amid a nursing shortage, nursing homes are relying on staffing agencies for help – but they're charging more for their services. Agencies say it's simply supply and demand. Nursing homes say they're being gouged. And the nurses themselves just want to make more money.

A federal court ordered two Indiana health care companies to pay 171 employees nearly $450,000 dollars. The order follows a fair labor standards investigation by the Department of Labor.

The Elkhart-Goshen metropolitan area has the lowest unemployment rate in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other areas in Indiana also have a historically very low level of jobless workers.

Nearly 5,000 people are now covered through Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans a little over a year after coverage started.

IU Health is giving Ivy Tech Community College $8.75 million to expand its nursing programs across the state to address a growing shortage of nurses in...