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Indiana State Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl says Joe Donnelly won't make a late bid for governor or senator this year
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The abatements need to go through more layers of approval but would call for a 50% tax break on property taxes over 10 years.
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The Sunburst will close streets in South Bend on Saturday morning
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High Dive Park's renovated tower will remain locked except for tours guided by parks staff
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Dock owner Ed Smoker says the historic cruise boat has until Saturday to move out
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The Michigan Supreme Court turned down a request Friday to order that a petition to raise the state’s minimum wage be certified to the November ballot.
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The trial in the latest legal challenge to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban wrapped up Friday with closing arguments from both sides. The judge will now weigh questions about specific elements of the law.
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WFYI, the Indianapolis NPR and PBS affiliate, announced a reorganization that eliminated one position and proposed eliminating two others in its marketing and radio operations departments. It also announced that a hiring freeze on most vacancies would remain in effect.
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A new report shows Indiana has a lot of land space for solar and renewable energy projects.
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Mental health exclusion in 'health or life' exception focus for second day of abortion law challengeThe abortion providers who brought the challenge argue one of the law’s few exceptions is “unconstitutionally narrow” — and could harm pregnant Hoosiers.
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The Democratic governor pitched business leaders some of her big ideas Thursday at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Island policy conference.
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Michigan’s Supreme Court could take up an appeal in a case over the state’s election challenger guidance.
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Union workers at an Indianapolis REI store join a national demonstration to call on the company to resume the collective bargaining process after several months of what they say amounts to “bad faith bargaining.”
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What is the progress of nuclear power in the state? One member of our audience was curious.
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Abortion providers said a critical exception in Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is vague and unclear — which puts patient lives at risk. The first day of testimony in the latest legal challenge to the law largely focused on concerns around the “health or life exception.”
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Salem Media distributed “2,000 Mules,” which claimed Democrats conspired to steal the 2020 election. Now the company has apologized and will halt any future distribution of the film.
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President Biden gave remarks on the Middle East at the White House on Friday. He said it is time for the war in Gaza to end and discussed a "road map" to a cease-fire agreement.
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Biden announced at the White House that Israel offered a “comprehensive new proposal” that offers a “roadmap to an enduring cease-fire and the release of all hostages.”
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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptations; the songs “Meter Run” and “Worth It” and Gasoline Rainbow.
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The same solar region that brought an outburst of night-time beauty in early May is coming back around. But things have changed, a space weather expert tells NPR.