Fortunately, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management said it didn't receive any reports of damage to the state's coal ash ponds. But many of those ponds are in the floodplain, putting them at greater risk for spills.

More than 100,000 retired public employees in Indiana will receive an additional benefit this year known as the 13th check. But lawmakers reduced the amount of that extra benefit by about 5 percent.

Gov. Mike Braun said he doesn't like that Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith recently called the Three-Fifths Compromise a "great move."

Marty Pollio, superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, has been named the next president of Ivy Tech Community College.

Union School Corporation will be shut down in 2027 under a last-minute legislative maneuver that offered no chance for public comment. Lawmakers still won’t fully explain why they targeted the small rural district.

The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance must meet by July 1 and produce a plan by the end of the year.

The final version of a pharmacy benefit manager reform bill received approval from lawmakers — but some raised concerns that a policy in the legislation would increase drug costs for Hoosiers.

After a fatal case of ehrlichiosis in Floyd County, the Indiana Department of Health is sending out a new warning to all Hoosiers.

At issue is funding for Indiana health departments through the state’s Health First initiative. There were warning signs that lawmakers were looking towards restrictions on the program earlier this year.

Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers stole one from the Milwaukee Bucks. Indiana forced two turnovers in the final 29 seconds of overtime, and Haliburton blew past Giannis Antetokounmpo for the go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left to give the Pacers a 119-118 victory and a 4-1 series win.

The festival will still happen, and the organization has events planned across central Indiana.

Jad Fair’s Love + Monsters opens at Church of Noise on April 25. The exhibit is free and open to the public. WFYIs Kyle Long spoke with Fair to learn about his visual art and music.