A vaccination hotline for Spanish-speaking residents will soon be available in an effort to improve COVID vaccination rates among Indianapolis Latinx community.

The Indiana Department of Health reported 90 additional confirmed deaths over the last week the fewest reported in a single week since Indiana moved to Stage 5 of its reopening plan on Sept. 26. That brings the state's total to 12,536 confirmed deaths. The state also reported more than 5,000 new cases in the last week.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, Indiana is expected to receive $1,994,734,056 through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.

House Bill 1002 would broaden protections for medical providers beyond the legislation already signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb in February.

A total of 1,389,008 first doses of vaccine have been administered across Indiana, and 915,719 individuals -- or nearly 14 percent of Indiana's population -- have been fully vaccinated

As migrant farmworkers begin to arrive on the Midwest, pop-up clinics and other grassroots efforts are aimed at getting COVID vaccines to them.

After quickly grinding to a halt last spring, officials say Indiana's hotels and restaurants are slowly recovering.

It's been a year of living through the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. Throughout it, many front-line workers confronted personal fears to keep schools and businesses running. Melissa Rose from Valparaiso was one of them, working both as a bus driver and as a personal shopper for the grocery delivery app, Instacart.

Senate lawmakers dramatically scaled back a plan to restrict the governor's emergency powers, used extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Neighboring states have begun to open vaccine eligibility to all age groups. Indiana this week opened it to those age 45 and older.