The Indiana Gaming Commission ordered 11 casinos and two horse-track racing casinos to close March 16. Though mobile sports wagering can continue, the widespread cancellation and delay of sporting events has substantially restricted what gamblers can bet on.

The Indiana Department of Correction says it is taking measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the more than 26,000 inmates housed in the state's 21 facilities. But accounts from inmates and their relatives contradict the agency's claims.

Marion County again had the most new COVID-19 cases, at 202, increasing its total to 2,600 or about 38 percent of Indianas total.

Indiana Public Broadcastings digital producer Lauren Chapman and reporter Justin Hicks recently joined Side Effects Public Medias Brittani Howell on Facebook Live to answer questions weve received about the new coronavirus and COVID-19.

While black Hoosiers only comprise 9 percent of the state's population, they account for 19 percent of deaths and 18 percent of cases.

Tax revenues came in about $63 million less in March than the state budgeted for. But Office of Management and Budget director Cris Johnston says that doesnt yet reflect a significant impact from the ongoing pandemic.

Twenty-four residents of a central Indiana nursing home hit hard by COVID-19 now have died, the state's health commissioner said Friday.

The new order says schools can use a teacher's evaluation from last year, or conduct a new one. If it's new, they can't use test scores or observations unless those were done while classes were still meeting in person.

Across the country, almost 17 million workers filed for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks due to COVID-19. That includes more than 300,000 people from Indiana.

Emily Gartner has a sewing studio in the Circle City Industrial Complex. The professional seamstress would normally be creating fashion and teaching classes, but now she's making surgical gowns for Eskenazi Health Care workers.