Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett directed Marion County residents to stay home to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The city has now implemented the highest level of travel restrictions within its authority and ordered nonessential businesses closed.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett gave directions today on further restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

All public school districts and Mayor-sponsored charter schools in Marion County will be closed beginning Friday, March 13 as a precaution against COVID-19.

State Health Commissioner Kris Box says a Marion County adult who recently traveled to Boston is in isolation with COVID-19. She says there are no ongoing risks to the public.

Marion County has one of the largest electronic monitoring programs in the country. It allows the justice system to track people outside of jail. But a growing number of people question its effectiveness.

Housing disparity influenced by race is apparent in cities across the Midwest and a new analysis focuses on what this inequality looks like in Marion County.

WFYI's Taylor Bennett talks with LISC Indianapolis Executive Director Tedd Grain about how Great Places 2020 started and where it is to date.

Endowment leaders said they developed the initiative after U.S. Census data showed nearly 20 percent of Marion County residents are facing poverty.

This is the county's first year as a vote center county -- people may use any of the 273 voting centers. The county also moved to electronic ballots last May, and this is the first general election with those ballots.

Incumbent Democrat Joe Hogsett collected more than 71 percent of the vote to win a second term as Mayor of Indianapolis. Democrats also picked up six seats on the Indianapolis City-County-Council, adding to their majority.