Early education programs made small but significant gains last year and will likely be one of the education topics tackled by lawmakers again in 2024.

Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush said the historic new Supreme Court conference table is Indiana at its finest.

Why are incumbents current political officeholders running for reelection so powerful? Its a question our audience has been asking.

Lawmakers said they're eyeing solutions to Indiana's high health care costs when the legislative session starts in January. But leaders also said they want to give more time to the solutions they've passed in recent years.

How can Hoosiers avoid employment scams when looking for jobs online? One member of our audience was curious.

Indiana this year allowed judges across the state to open up their courtrooms to news cameras. And Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush is pleased with how the transition has gone.

Indiana has one of the highest prevalence rates of COPD, a chronic disease that affects the lungs and airways. The American Lung Association released recommendations to reduce the burden of COPD.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not take action on Indianas authority to charge premiums for Medicaid at least for now. Medicaid advocates asked CMS to prevent the return of premiums in 2024. CMS said taking away this authority now would be too disruptive, but it reserves the right to take action in the future.

The more than $1.6 billion civil penalty is even larger than the one Volkswagen paid in 2017 for similar violations though Volkswagen also faced criminal charges.

Indianas unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point last month, to 3.7 percent the highest the rate has been in more than two years.