Articles tagged as: IPB
May 22, 2024
Hoosier Lottery expected to deliver $368 million to the state this year, besting earlier projections
The Hoosier Lottery is expected to deliver about $32 million more to Indiana this year than originally expected.
Read MoreMay 21, 2024
Five Indiana organizations receive federal funding to address maternal, infant health disparities
Nearly $5 million in federal funding is going to community organizations and hospitals in Indiana to address the states persistent disparities in infant and maternal health outcomes. Five organizations will receive funding to address the health care and social needs of parents and infants.
Read MoreMay 21, 2024
Rokita unopposed at Indiana GOP convention, lieutenant governor race contested
Incumbent Todd Rokita will be the Republican nominee for attorney general this year after no one signed up to challenge him at the state GOP convention next month.
Read MoreMay 20, 2024
IDOE makes changes to some requirements for controversial literacy endorsement
The Indiana Department of Education is making changes to a new literacy endorsement after educators spoke out against the requirements. The department said it plans to offer more flexible training options, and it has adjusted which teachers will be required to get the endorsement.
Read MoreMay 20, 2024
Industry trade groups, environmental groups react to new EPA lawsuit
A group of 27 states, co-led by Attorney General Todd Rokita, is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its recent carbon reduction rule.
Read MoreMay 17, 2024
Lawsuit alleges FSSA 'failed' its duty to provide medically complex children care
Indiana Disability Rights and ACLU of Indiana filed a federal complaint on behalf of two Indiana children who receive attendant care from their parents as well as the Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission.
Read MoreMay 17, 2024
Questions linger over Indiana's literacy endorsement stipends
Educators have concerns over new literacy endorsement requirements set to take place over the next few years. One of those concerns involves $1,200 stipends that will be awarded to some educators who receive the endorsement.
Read MoreMay 17, 2024
Indiana's labor force rate is at its lowest in more than two years
Indiana's labor force has steadily declined over the past six months, according to new preliminary estimates. The labor force currently stands at the lowest point its been in over two years.
Read MoreMay 17, 2024
Nikki Haley's strong primary performance in Indiana likely has little effect on general election
While former President Donald Trump easily won Indiana's Republican presidential primary last week, Nikki Haley garnered about 22 percent of the vote despite the fact she dropped out of the race two months earlier, before Hoosiers started voting.
Read MoreMay 16, 2024
New data shows Indiana had second largest decrease in overdose deaths in 2023
The rate of drug overdose deaths in the country decreased by about three percent in 2023, marking the first annual decrease since 2018. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of overdose deaths in Indiana decreased from 2022 to 2023.
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