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                More than 230 people became infected with HIV in Indiana, worsened by delayed action from former Gov. Mike Pence. Experts and locals credit Indiana's first syringe exchange program for stopping the spread.
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                The U.S. Department of Energy announced its intent to loan the project $1.5 billion last fall. Residents against the project called the loan closure “shameful” at a time when basic government services are shut down.
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                        Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is actively urging voters to reject Avon Community School Corp.’s Nov. 4 referendum renewal.
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                        The government shutdown not only impacts federal programs like food assistance, it also means important workforce data gets delayed — like Indiana’s monthly employment report. The report highlights the state’s unemployment data and labor force participation rate, among other things.
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                        The Indiana Department of Health on Monday announced the state’s first flu-related death of the 2025-26 season.
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                        About 100 people gathered Monday to support immigration detainees at the state prison near Kokomo, Indiana.
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                        An Indiana University professor has joined a national team of researchers that aims to track what are called “cascading hazards.” That’s where one natural disaster increases the likelihood of another — or makes the effects of that next disaster worse.
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                        Bernie Sanders is in Indiana to accept an award named after the Terre Haute-born labor leader and presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs. The U.S. senator Vermont has long credited Debs's ideas and advocacy with shaping his political worldview.
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                        Gov. Mike Braun set a Nov. 3 special session for lawmakers to consider redrawing Indiana’s congressional districts, a move aligned with national Republican pressure to reshape maps.
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                        The utility did consider a scenario to serve data centers with all clean energy sources, but said it wasn’t as cost-effective for customers.
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                        The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is opening a second public comment period on a proposed rule to eliminate gender changes on driver’s licenses. Advocates say the move is a "direct dismissal of public will" after dozens of people showed up to the first public hearing in opposition.
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                        Only two counties in Indiana require emissions tests for some passenger cars — Lake and Porter. State lawmakers have long blamed smog from Chicago and interstate travel for this. But how smog forms around Lake Michigan is much more complicated.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
