Statewide News

Indiana’s largest law enforcement officers organization endorsed Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) Monday in the state's pivotal U.S. Senate race.

The Indiana Fraternal Order of Police calls Donnelly one of its strongest advocates in Congress. 

About 100 people braved the rain to attend the Rise for Climate Action march at the Indiana Statehouse on Saturday. Speakers focused on midterm elections and how climate change harms underserved communities. 

In order to better protect an endangered butterfly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says we might end up losing a few of them. The agency recently released a draft plan to restore the butterfly’s habitat in Indiana.

A Pennsylvania prosecutor is investigating a misconduct allegation against Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The allegation is being investigated by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office and Pennsylvania ChildLine.

A new report says states need to replace voting machines that can’t be independently audited – meaning, essentially, they don’t use paper ballots.

A recent report from the Indiana Institute of Working Families says income inequality continues to grow in the Hoosier State. The publication indicates a person in the top 1 percent of wage earners makes 17.3 times the average income of the bottom 99 percent.

A national program that funded nearly 70 projects at parks and nature areas in Indiana will expire at the end of this month. Indiana U.S. legislators are backing bills to make the fund permanent. 

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions touted the Trump administration’s law enforcement efforts Thursday as he spoke at a conference in Indianapolis.

A majority of women in the criminal justice system have experienced trauma and mental health providers will be onsite to help the women. The women will help run the farm business that will also provide healthy food access for the community.

The farm is funded by the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana.

Burcham says the holistic approach gives women a better chance for success.

More than 50 water fountains have been shut off in Hammond schools due to high lead levels. Teachers say fewer fountains and faulty air conditioning makes it difficult for kids to learn. 

The full impact of scoring issues plaguing this year’s ISTEP results remains unknown, but state officials aims to resolve the problems by the end of this week.

Indiana lawmakers aren’t happy with some of the recommendations from an independent evaluation of the Department of Child Services.

Nicole Smith-Holt’s son Alec was 23 when he started feeling sick. His muscles cramped. He was lethargic. He woke up multiple times every night to use the bathroom. After two weeks, Smith-Holt encouraged him to go to urgent care.

Indiana is leading efforts to implement 5G technology – internet access that relies on smaller wireless technology. But a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission mirrors a somewhat unpopular move the Indiana General Assembly has already made.

President Donald Trump again sought to position himself as protecting U.S. jobs from being outsourced during a Thursday evening speech in Evansville. Speaking to thousands at his rally, Trump says his administration has brought jobs back that were outsourced during former President Barack Obama’s presidency.

A recent study shows rising global temperatures are likely to make pests hungrier, but researchers disagree about what impact that would have on Indiana. 

As Purdue University students complained on social media about overcrowded living spaces, Indiana Department of Homeland Security officials visited the West Lafayette campus this week to ask questions.

Still, Purdue officials insist there was no “investigation” of the living space crunch.

When you take an antibiotic or another drug, some of it ultimately goes down the drain and ends up in public water supplies. Researchers at Purdue University Northwest are hoping that a device used to take gasoline additives out of water could also work for drugs. 

Girl Scouts have more opportunities to show off their skills in science, technology, engineering and math after the organization introduced 30 new badges focused on STEM – several of which debuted this summer.

The new badges encourage girls to do things like design and program robots or investigate different parts of cybersecurity. Girl Scouts can earn those, and others like them, in kindergarten all the way through their senior year of high school.

The Indiana Alcohol Code Revision Commission – responsible for a potential rewrite of Indiana’s alcohol laws – debated Friday whether to change the state's alcohol permit quota system, which limits how many permits are allowed in a community.