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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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The $650 million South Shore project will cut travel times dramatically
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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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Boys & Girls Clubs all over the state took part in tree planting ceremonies. Goshen used its to focus on mental health.
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The Michigan House of Representatives approved the proposal for the state’s next budget Wednesday.
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Educators from across the state spoke out against a new literacy endorsement and revised graduation requirements at the State Board of Education meeting on Wednesday. They said training for the endorsement is confusing and burdensome and they expressed concern that the new graduation requirements won’t help students become well-rounded.
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Braun has named his choice for running mate — first-term Rep. Julie McGuire (R-Indianapolis).
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A friend who still keeps in touch with Breaking Bad star Dean Norris, valedictorian in 1981, will grab his photos for him
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Two Statehouse incumbents lost their reelection bids in Tuesday’s primary — one from each chamber and one from each party.
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Both St. Joseph and Elkhart counties saw their lowest primary turnout rates in recent memory
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Four Indiana school corporations asked voters in their districts to raise property taxes to pay for teachers and staff. Those corporations are Brown County Schools, Blue River Valley Schools, Fremont Community Schools and the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township.
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Incumbents Suzanne Weirick and Joanna King win versus right-wing challengers in Elkhart County Primaries.
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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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The State Department finds it likely that the Israeli military has committed abuses, but stops short of reaching any sweeping or definitive conclusions.
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Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.
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Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.
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The U.S. Treasury ran a surplus last month, thanks in part to the April 15th tax deadline. But the federal government is still expected to end the year more than $1.5 trillion in the red.
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A Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved the conservatorship Thursday, noting that Brian Wilson suffers from "a major cognitive disorder." Wilson has agreed to the conservatorship.