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New court filings allege Elkhart Prosecutor Vicki Becker argued in court that two different people provided a gun in a 2003 shooting.
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The bridge on County Road 26 as it goes over Baugo Creek will be replaced
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Jesse Lotte Jr., 25, killed 19-year-old Clayton McClish and 18-year-old Elizabeth Johnson-Neher in a Dec. 2020 crash.
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The Indiana State Board of Education voted last week to begin rulemaking for a new literacy law recently passed by state lawmakers. The rulemaking process will integrate Senate Enrolled Act 1 into the state’s current education policy.
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Both of Indiana’s Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate said they’re running to help restore abortion rights.
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Osbert Mwijukye is a former ESTEEM student at the University of Notre Dame.
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The House has been evenly divided for five months since two Democratic representatives resigned to take office as the mayors of Warren and Westland.
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Preliminary data for 2023 shows a decrease in Indiana’s infant mortality rate for the first time since 2019, according to a new report.
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Indiana’s six Republican candidates for governor have spent more than $35 million in the most expensive primary in state history, with $20 million of that total coming in just the last three months.
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U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Columbia City) said he wants to be Indiana’s next U.S. senator to “step up and do more” for the entire state.
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Two special elections in Michigan Tuesday could break the tie between Democrats and Republicans in the state’s House of Representatives.
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Whitmer declined to use the word “genocide” to describe the war in Gaza and the massive Palestinian civilian death toll as Israel tries to eliminate Hamas.
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New bills in the Michigan Legislature are working to identify and address racism and bias within maternal health care.
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Indiana ranks among the lowest states in the country in civic participation. Groups from across the state met at the Indiana Civics Summit this week and hope to work together to boost civic engagement and increase voter turnout.
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Black patients in Indiana have a higher infant and maternal mortality rate than White patients despite having fewer births overall. U.S. News and World Report found just 26 hospitals across the country with “excellent outcomes” for cesarean sections and unexpected newborn complications among Black patients — and only one of those hospitals is in Indiana.
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The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus will launch its annual town hall series Saturday, visiting six cities over the next few months.
Debuting June 29th and 30th at the Morris Performing Arts Center. More information at RaffaellaBallet.org
TMV Block Party, Saturday, May 11th, from 1 to 8pm at South Bend’s Howard Park
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A new single, "Primrose Hill," was co-written by Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, the youngest sons of Beatles musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.
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The Toronto Raptors player has been banned for life from the NBA after a probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
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The senior editor says CEO Katherine Maher has "divisive views" that confirm the issues he wrote about in an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust.
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Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them reconcile the lives they lived with the lives they might have wanted. Her memoir is called Briefly Perfectly Human.