In a surprise to many, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium Tuesday, targeting areas of the country that are at higher risk for spread of COVID-19.

Gov. Eric Holcomb isn't reimposing a mask wearing mandate in state government buildings despite new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Indiana University can proceed with its plan to require students and employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

All students, teachers and visitors to South Bend schools will be required to wear masks under a coronavirus policy officials revised a week after requiring only elementary school students to wear masks.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week it recommends people wear masks in schools as COVID-19 cases surge. It's prompting some Hoosier schools to revise their policies, while others are waiting to make decisions based on local COVID-19 data, as many near – or have already started – a new academic year.

Indiana's federal courts have been without mask mandates for months. But citing increasing spread and new guidance from the CDC, courts in the northern and southern district have reissued face covering requirements.

Gov. Eric Holcomb doesn't reimpose statewide restrictions. Indiana Department of Health officials strongly urge masks in school, but aren't requiring them. And a few local governments begin reinstating mask requirements.

The Indiana State Fair typically draws nearly 1 million people over its run of less than three weeks. And the state is in the middle of the sharpest spike in daily COVID-19 cases since the pandemic's earliest days.

State health officials say they're not mandating masks in K-12 schools amid a surge of COVID-19 in part because local officials told them they want to make those decisions.

In their decision, Purdue officials cited both new guidance from the CDC and concerns about local hospital capacity.