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Timoria Cunningham/IPB NewsIndiana needs more than a thousand new construction workers by next year to address a labor shortage within the industry. That’s according to the Indiana Construction Roundtable Foundation. Indiana Trades Day aims to give high school students a chance to learn about careers in construction. -
Lauren Chapman/IPB NewsTransgender advocates have filed a public records request for correspondence between the governor’s office and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. They want more information about the decision to hold a second public hearing on a proposed ban on gender changes to state driver’s licenses.
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After months of pressure from the Trump administration and Gov. Mike Braun’s call last week, Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) announced a tentative timeline to draw new maps. -
As local governments wrap up a challenging budget cycle, some state lawmakers say they're looking at revisiting property and income tax reform. -
Federal immigration officials say more than 200 immigrants without legal status have been arrested on Indiana roadways. They discussed the Chicago area's Operation Midway Blitz during a press conference in Gary on Thursday. -
Community members from Morgan County gathered Thursday night for an educational listening session on redistricting as Indiana lawmakers prepare for a special session to draw new maps. It is the first of three hosted by the nonpartisan group ReCenter Indiana Politics. -
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. -
The number of communities budgeting or writing grants for sustainability nearly doubled in the past three years. More than half of cities adopted ordinances to prevent new construction in floodplains. -
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. -
About 100 people gathered Monday to support immigration detainees at the state prison near Kokomo, Indiana. -
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. -
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.
