It will likely cost Indiana’s local governments nearly $2 billion a year over the next decade just to maintain roads and bridges in the condition they’re in now.

Indiana Medicaid officials say they’ve adjusted their processes for financial reporting and forecasting to avoid future budget problems after a $1 billion error last year. Officials are starting their forecasting process earlier than normal and will continue to adjust the forecast as they collect more data.

Indiana wants to create rental housing developments with supportive services for people with substance use disorder. The project will be funded by $10 million of National Opioid Settlement funding.

Girls in Indiana are graduating high school at a higher rate than previous years but are struggling more with bullying and mental health, according to a new statewide report.

An Indiana Supreme Court commission wants state lawmakers to help subsidize legal startups and a scholarship program for lawyers in underserved areas.

Thousands of people are still waiting for home- and community-based health services as Indiana processes people on waitlists for Medicaid waivers. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration launched a dashboard to provide updates on the waitlists.

In May, Russian hackers targeted a wastewater treatment plant for Tipton. Fortunately, workers at the plant noticed something was wrong and were able to switch to manual operation until they could address it.

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales is accusing BlackRock, the world’s largest financial asset manager, of violating state law by misleading Hoosiers about its investment strategy — which BlackRock called “a politically motivated attack.”

Several lawmakers want the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to remove a policy from the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, that has been linked to loss of coverage for Medicaid members. The calls to reevaluate POWER account contributions come as the state continues to appeal a federal ruling against the policy.

A legislative task force exploring artificial intelligence began its work this week by learning how state government currently uses AI.