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The 2009 climate “endangerment finding” serves as the scientific and legal basis for many of EPA’s rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from things like cars and coal plants. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said reversing the finding would be the largest deregulatory action in the country’s history.

Indiana’s unemployment rate has improved for five consecutive months, with it currently standing at 3.6 percent before seasonal adjustments. One expert names a few possible reasons behind this progress.

The Trump administration will let two chemical plants in Indiana bypass recent air pollution rules for two years. One of those plants tops the list for biggest polluters in the state — the other puts out barely any pollution, but what it does release is a lot more toxic.

Indiana will receive more than $16 million from the latest settlements with drug companies over the opioid crisis.

More than a third of people released from prison in Indiana went back within three years. That’s according to Indiana Department of Correction data. One northeast Indiana group aims to solve the problem by reducing barriers to transportation.

Scholarships and student loan repayment, advanced court technology, small claims court changes and expanded legal education — those are some of the recommendations of an Indiana Supreme Court commission tasked with facing the state’s attorney shortage.

The average resident in Indiana is paying 28 dollars a month more for electricity than they did last year. That’s according to an analysis by the group Citizens Action Coalition that looked at electric bills from Indiana’s five investor-owned utilities.

The agency said the nearly $5 billion loan commitment was “rushed out the door” during the final days of the Biden administration.

The state and some of its local governments will receive about $15 million in federal dollars to help recover from severe storms, tornadoes and flooding this spring.

The only American Sign Language interpreting program at a public university in Indiana will be cut as a result of a new policy in the state budget. Advocates warn Indiana already has a shortage of interpreters and this will reduce access for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.