Two new studies from Indiana Universitys Center for Evaluation and Education Policy show many Indiana public schools are seeing lower enrollment. The studies authors say fewer students often equates to decreases in funding.

Research shows even the threat of eviction can lead to higher rates of physical illness, high blood pressure and mental health issues and Indiana has one of the worst eviction rates in the country. Advocates say Indianas housing crisis can be traced to bad policy.

Tiny organisms like zooplankton eat algae helping to control it in lakes and ponds. But Purdue researchers say too many microplastics which are about the same size as that algae can get in zooplankton's way.

If you received an absentee, vote-by-mail ballot for this falls election, the deadline to return it to your county election administrator is 6 p.m. on Election Day.

Linda Hanson is the president of the League of Women Voters Indiana, an organization that encourages active participation in government. She said many local elections for positions such as mayor or city council are the ones that often have the most impact on Hoosiers daily lives.

Indiana’s infant mortality rate was the the seventh highest in the country for 2022.

The Indiana Supreme Court said, in an opinion issued Thursday, Attorney General Todd Rokita violated attorney professional conduct rules in his remarks about Dr. Caitlin Bernard who provided abortion care to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim.

Families in Indiana often don’t have access to quality child care and early-learning education. The state’s Family and Social Services Administration recently announced grants to create new programs in underserved areas and expand existing programs for early learning.

State Supreme Court Chief Administrative Officer Justin Forkner told lawmakers at a recent study committee hearing that Indianas growing attorney shortage is creating an access to justice problem.

These are old wells that could be leaking oil, natural gas, or salt water into the environment potentially polluting public drinking water supplies, harming livestock, and impeding agriculture and other land uses.