The Indiana jobless rate was higher than the 14.7 percent national rate. April's mark was much worse than the state's peak unemployment rate of 11 percent in 2010 during the last recession, according to federal statistics released Friday.

American Senior Communities runs the facilities for Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County.

As Indiana added more COVID testing sites, it expanded the categories of people who could get tested. That eventually included people in high-risk groups, regardless of whether they showed symptoms.

Aprils 16.9 percent unemployment rate smashes the previous record of 12.6 percent, recorded in 1982.

Child care is an essential service for many families, and some providers have been forced to close by the pandemic while others worry about what future demand will look like as businesses begin reopening their doors.

State agencies are being asked to review operations, space, travel and hiring to cut their budgets by 15 percent.

The YMCA of Greater Michiana announced it will not reopen its South Bend-Mishawaka branch after operating for more than 50 years in its current location.

Indiana will step up the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, with the addition of a new benefit to deliver groceries to vulnerable people.

Inconsistent delivery of diabetes medications was commonly reported, and prisoners say the pandemic has strained an already strapped health care system in the state prisons.

Indiana is moving forward early to the next stage of its plan to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Stage 3 of the governor's "Back On Track" timeline will now begin Friday for all but three counties statewide.