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Laura Koch will spend a year on probation and have her license suspended after she pleaded guilty to a DUI in April
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The $650 million South Shore project will cut travel times dramatically
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The e-commerce giant plans 1,000 full-time jobs at $20.50 an hour with benefits
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An unidentified company says it will create about 300 jobs with a data center near Bittersweet and the Toll Road. The St. Joseph County Council votes Tuesday night.
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Valerie McCray won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tuesday, making history in the process — becoming the first Black woman to be a nominee for U.S. Senate in Indiana history.
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St. Joseph County voted in the 2024 primary election Tuesday.
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Taking part in education or work programs could allow Michigan prisoners to reduce their prison time under bills introduced Tuesday in the state Senate.
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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) has won the state’s first competitive gubernatorial primary in two decades, according to the Associated Press.
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Indiana voters will decide two competitive statewide primary races today — including the most expensive primary in state history.
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The Indiana Department of Health stopped sharing individual terminated pregnancy reports, or TPRs, in December due to patient privacy concerns. The reports are completed by medical providers following an abortion in the state of Indiana, and include data about the patient and the procedure. An anti-abortion group is suing the agency saying the decision violates Indiana’s public records law.
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The challenge claims Michigan’s gun law is not consistent with the nation's historic traditions of gun regulation when the Second and 14th amendments were adopted.
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The Family and Social Services Administration plans to move forward with a significant change to a Medicaid program utilized by more than 1,600 children with disabilities — despite concerns from caregivers. The agency responded to recommendations made by families of Medically complex children to the governor.
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What do poll workers do to help elections? Some members of our audience were curious.
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Breakdown of the contested races in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties.
More information is available at ElkhartIndiana.org.
June 7th and 8th on Island Park. More at ElkhartIndiana.org/parks.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Lerner on June 14th
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