Can private property owners be held liable in court if their bushes or hedges block a stop sign, causing an accident? That’s a question the Indiana Supreme Court is weighing.

For years, activists with Just Transition Northwest Indiana have urged the utility to remove the coal ash on the site — both its coal ash ponds and ash used to fill holes on the plant’s property.

Rural communities are forced to grapple with significant policy changes to social service programs at the state and federal levels. An organization in southern Indiana is bringing people together around a shared mission — that they deserve better.

The Northeast Indiana Early Childhood Coalition received nearly $5 million last year to launch the Tri-Share Plus program. The program splits the cost of child care between the employee, the employer and Tri-Share Plus funding.

Dan Bortner served as director for Indiana State Parks for 15 years until former Gov. Eric Holcomb tapped him to lead the DNR in 2020.

Gov. Mike Braun said he’s open to a discussion about the future of capital punishment in Indiana.

A county judge is ordering the state to reopen a federal rental assistance program that it abruptly shut down in March.

The U.S. Senate returns this week to discuss the federal reconciliation bill. The legislation includes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to programs that Hoosiers said they depend on to survive. Some Hoosiers are calling for U.S. Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) to vote no on the legislation.

The two grants canceled in Indiana were Kraft Heinz in Noble County and cement-maker Heidelberg Materials in Lawrence County.

Nearly half of all the solar installed in Indiana came online last year, mostly from the state’s utilities. According to the American Clean Power Association, Indiana also made big waves in clean energy during the first quarter of this year.