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Indiana House backs bill with stricter verification for SNAP, Medicaid eligibility

A Republican priority bill that toughens eligibility and verification rules for Medicaid and food assistance programs ...
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Muncie neighborhood weekly dinner has built a decade of community

A Muncie neighborhood has spent the past 10 years cooking meals for each other once a week.  IPR’s Abby Urban took a seat at ...
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Indiana housing overhaul bill advances by one vote as senators warn of ‘one-size-fits-all’ risks

A broad effort to curb local regulations and increase the state’s housing supply — a top priority for Indiana House ...
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New law limits state-level public hearings on nuclear power facilities

Gov. Mike Braun signed a law Tuesday that removes state-level oversight for nuclear power plants, handing more control to the ...
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Anderson City Council approves utility rate increases, but electric has to go to state commission

The Anderson City Council has officially approved rate increases for its city-owned sewage and electric utilities.  But the ...
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Statehouse may finally be poised to pass township reform

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have merged competing bills that seek to consolidate township governments. Legislators have ...
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Anderson residents concerned over proposed utility rate increases

Anderson is proposing increasing rates that residents pay for its city-owned sewer and electric utilities.  In a Tuesday ...
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Lawmakers propose a new mission for Ivy Tech. Here’s what could change

A bill moving through the Statehouse would restructure Ivy Tech Community College’s governance and sharpen its core mission ...
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Republicans revive push to shorten Indiana’s early voting period

Indiana’s early voting period would be cut from 28 days to 16 days in a year-old push revived by Republican state senators.
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Lawmakers want to get people off the streets. Advocates argue their strategy will land people in jail

Lawmakers continue to move a bill they say could connect homeless people with resources through interactions with police. The measure makes it so people can be charged with a class C misdemeanor for ...
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Lawmakers demand answers after ICE detainee dies at Miami Correctional Facility

This story has been updated. Lawmakers are responding to the death of an ICE detainee at the Miami Correctional Facility north of Kokomo. Lorth Sim, a Cambodian national, was found unresponsive in his ...
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Finding his rhythm: Gino Trujillo uses campus spaces to debut EP with bandmates

On a cold December night in Chicago 2025, Ball State first-year student Gino Trujillo stood on stage at Gman Tavern, preparing to share something deeply personal. His debut extended play (EP), “Night ...