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Educators from across the state spoke out against a new literacy endorsement and revised graduation requirements at the State Board of Education meeting on Wednesday. They said training for the endorsement is confusing and burdensome and they expressed concern that the new graduation requirements won’t help students become well-rounded.
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Four Indiana school corporations asked voters in their districts to raise property taxes to pay for teachers and staff. Those corporations are Brown County Schools, Blue River Valley Schools, Fremont Community Schools and the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township.
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Hoosiers with disabilities or who want to age in place may have a harder time accessing services under an important Medicaid waiver. The Family and Social Services Administration will implement a waitlist for the Aged and Disabled waiver as part of its effort to address the state’s Medicaid shortfall.
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Purdue big man Zach Edey went for a career-high 40 points along with 16 rebounds and one big block Sunday to muscle the Boilermakers into the program's first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 victory over Tennessee.
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The total solar eclipse in April is expected to last anywhere from 30 seconds to about four minutes — but emergency services throughout the state have been preparing for the event for months. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security, which oversees emergency services, said the biggest challenge will be the influx of people into the state.
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The state revealed its first attempt at creating new graduation requirements on Wednesday. The requirements create two new high school diplomas, the Indiana GPS and the Indiana GPS Plus.
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The Franciscan Health Cancer Center Lafayette is now open in Tippecanoe County.
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Nearly all of Indiana’s candidates for governor, regardless of party, say the state’s economic development strategy needs to change.
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Tippecanoe County’s assessor brought local officials together earlier this year to “raise the alarm” about changes to Indiana tax assessment law that could have a massive impact on the region's revenues.
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A lawsuit by the city of Gary against gun makers and sellers is likely over after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law Friday torpedoing the suit.
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Bill to address ambulance provider payments, establish mobile response grant program signed into lawGov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation Wednesday that establishes requirements for how health plans pay out-of-network ambulance providers. The new law also includes a grant program that would support communities starting or expanding their mobile response programs.
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The Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program is providing a total of $3.3 billion to 132 communities – with $368,000 going to communities in Indiana.