U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) held a series of town halls this weekend, the only Republican House member in the country to do so after GOP leadership suggested House members not hold them. Her arrival in Muncie on Saturday was met with loud protests.

Indiana U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz contentious town hall in Westfield covered a plethora of subjects, from tariffs, CDC funding, and the recent Signal app group chat leak to veterans affairs, immigration, and reigning in the Trump Administration.

The Indiana Department of Health issued guidance to local and county health departments to stop accepting gender change requests for Indiana birth records. IDOH said it was to comply with Gov. Mike Braun’s March 4 executive order that directed agencies to “enforce the biological binary” of gender.

A controversial education measure aims to cut communication around plans for annual performance reviews and change requirements for school superintendents. School leaders expressed alarm about the proposal this week.

The new legislative proposal would push city and state collaboration on Indianapolis Public Schools as the district faces heightened political and operational strain.

Indiana school officials say they are facing increased cybersecurity threats. A bill moving through the House would address mounting cybersecurity concerns by requiring school corporations and some other state agencies to adhere to uniform cybersecurity policies.

The Indiana Department of Health said it was notified this week the federal government canceled COVID-19 grants given to the state. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is pulling back funding from state and local health departments across the country.

Advocates say the state won’t invite new people off the waitlist until previous invitations have been declined or rescinded.

A Marion County judge issued a injunction blocking the Indiana Department of Health from releasing individual terminated pregnancy reports.

A new collaboration between jazz clubs across the Midwest aims to bring more artists to the region. The inaugural tour makes its first stop in Indianapolis this weekend.

Houston advances into Elite Eight with 62-60 win over Purdue.

The vocalist and actor Akili Ni Mali is one of four featured artists at this year’s Art & Soul, the Indy Arts Council’s annual celebration of Black artists from Central Indiana.