More than 500 people are already scheduled to lose jobs to layoffs and site closures in the first half of next year as experts predict a recession. That can be a pretty scary outlook, but new preliminary labor market estimates tell a more complicated story.

A new state revenue forecast projects that Indiana lawmakers will have about $1.6 billion in new money to spend in the 2023 session.

According to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, criminal homicides are down about 14% as of Dec. 6 compared to the same time last year, yet people are still witnessing violence in the city and on spiritual grounds.

Advocates in Gary say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management broke the law when it granted a permit for a plant that would turn waste into jet fuel.

Last week, Attorney General Todd Rokita filed two lawsuits against social media giant TikTok. One expert said, as the first state to file a complaint against TikTok, Indiana may be setting a trend.

In Indiana, typical foster home placements and what are known as relative or kinship placements are offered different financial resources and supports. A listener in Lafayette wanted to know more about why there are differences in funding.

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch said if Republicans want to hold on to the governors office, they'll need a "different kind of candidate."

Gov. Eric Holcomb isn't making any endorsements in the 2024 governors race -- for now.

Just under 200 workers have been on strike for about two weeks at the MonoSol plant in LaPorte after a renegotiated 4-year contract was voted down by a majority of union workers in late November.