Many of Indiana's most popular colleges and universities are working to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. But how — and how quickly — varies from one institution to the next. Indiana Public Broadcasting looked at what climate progress has taken place at Purdue and IU this past year.

Peabody Energy and RWE Clean Energy hope the projects will generate 5.5 gigawatts of solar and battery storage all together. That’s enough to power more than 850,000 homes — nearly five times as much energy as what the Mammoth Solar project in Pulaski County will produce once finished.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources was able to acquire more land, faster with the help of partners like the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape, The Conservation Fund and The Nature Conservancy.

The Indiana School Boards Association has a wide-ranging list of priorities for the upcoming legislative session. In addition to fully funding public schools, the ISBA also wants lawmakers to address school safety, student support and teacher retention.

Colleges and universities across Indiana will feel the impacts of the state’s new high school graduation requirements. One of those impacts involves the state’s goal to make it easier for students to earn college credit while they are still in high school.

Many of the issues lawmakers hope to tackle in the 2025 session affect local communities — from taxes to road funding, housing to economic growth.

Hoosiers who pay state income tax will see a little less taken out of their paychecks in 2025.

Gov. Eric Holcomb said he hopes he’ll be best remembered for his steady approach to leading Indiana as his eight years in office comes to a close.

Gov. Eric Holcomb has appointed nearly 30 more judges in his eight years in office than his two predecessors combined appointed in 12 years.

A report from the Indiana Justice Project and the Clinical Law Center at the University of Notre Dame Law School recommends the state expand its eviction sealing program to cover more people.