The storms last week and weekend left some Hoosiers without power for days. Duke Energy and AES Indiana said they did their best to restore power after an unprecedented amount of damage. But a consumer advocacy group said the utilities could have done more to prepare and wants the state to investigate the outages.

Educators and schools in Indiana have new ways to connect over job postings on the states educator supply and demand marketplace. The marketplaces new educator profiles will make hunting for jobs and filling education positions a two-way street for schools and teachers.

The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance has a new leader after the governor appointed Daniel Shackle to become its commissioner.

The ACLU of Indiana will soon have a new leader for the first time in more than a decade.

Hoosiers will see increased grocery prices ahead of the Fourth of July this year. According to the Indiana Farm Bureau, holiday groceries will be 8 percent more expensive than last year.

Pharmacists in Indiana can prescribe birth control under state legislation now in effect.

Indianas teachers are much more white than the students they teach about 92 percent compared to around 65 percent, according to the Indiana Department of Education. The state struggles to recruit and retain educators of color.

Indiana lawmakers passed more than 250 pieces of legislation in 2023. And the vast majority take effect July 1.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's near-total abortion ban does not violate the Indiana Constitution.

Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) is stepping down from his seat at the Statehouse, effective next month.