Articles tagged as: COVID-19
January 14, 2022
With record-breaking daily cases and limited testing, should we still pay attention to cases?
Indiana has set several new records for daily cases since the COVID-19 variant omicron hit the state. Those new cases are straining the state's ability to test Hoosiers, meaning more positive cases are falling through the cracks.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2022
Employer penalty removed as Indiana vaccine mandate bill moves ahead in the House
The Indiana House scrapped a proposal to raise unemployment insurance taxes as a penalty to employers unwilling to grant vaccine exemptions.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2022
Indiana schools 'desperate' to stay open as staff COVID cases hit record highs
School districts across Indiana are reporting the highest number of staff and student COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2022
Indiana government leaders react to Supreme Court vaccine mandate opinions
Gov. Eric Holcomb said he respects two opinions issued from the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Attorney General Todd Rokita said in a statement the court correctly decided against the “intrusive federal overreach of the OSHA rule.”
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2022
Indiana reports 16,000+ new COVID-19 cases, pushing confirmed total past 1.4 million
With late Thursday's update from the Indiana Department of Health, Indiana surpassed 1.4 million confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2022
Senate panel OKs bill smoothing path for governor to end public health emergency
Gov. Eric Holcomb could end the state’s public health emergency without jeopardizing millions in federal funding under a bill approved by a Senate committee Wednesday.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2022
Amid the pandemic, many rural churches are struggling to stay open
Arthur Farnsley, a senior research fellow at the Center for the study of Religion on American Culture, isn’t surprised to hear the pandemic has created challenges for small churches.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2022
Holcomb delivers sixth State of the State address
Gov. Eric Holcomb delivered his sixth State of the State address Tuesday to a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2022
Coronavirus: State reports 15,000+ cases in one day, vaccine mandate ban bill moves forward
Indiana reports more than 15,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day. State health officials open booster shots to Hoosiers 12 to 15 years old. And the Indiana House GOP’s bill to effectively ban private companies from enforcing vaccine mandates passes its first legislative hurdle.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2022
Indiana eclipses 19,000 dead, reporting 1,000 deaths in just more than two weeks
With updated data from the weekend, the Indiana Department of Health brought its confirmed COVID-19 deaths total to 19,084. For context, that’s larger than the population of 17 counties in Indiana.
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