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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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Which Indiana communities are most vulnerable to climate change? One member of our audience was curious.
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In a precedent-setting decision, the Michigan Supreme Court will allow a claim of indirect workplace retaliation against an employer.
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Indiana superintendents say schools face an uphill battle to pass referendums. Two superintendents of schools that had referendums this year said it’s difficult to educate voters about how referendums will affect their property taxes.
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A group of states co-led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its recent carbon rule.
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The Family and Social Services Administration said Medicaid spending is more than $100 million above forecast in its first monthly financial report.
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Legislation that could lead to an overhaul of how Michigan courts are funded is on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for her signature.
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The topic of campus protests created tension Thursday in the Michigan Senate as lawmakers debated the state's next higher education budget.
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Incumbents in both parties held fast in Michiana primaries as voters favor name recognition.
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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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Teachers who have not been able to sign up for literacy training funded by the Indiana Department of Education will have additional opportunities. The IDOE announced more spots will open for Keys to Literacy courses after thousands of educators registered in less than a month.
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Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from lawsuit settlements with opioid companies. Some are investing the new funds in traditional healing practices to treat addiction.
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After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of the herds, driving them high into the mountains. It's a way of life that climate change is testing.
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After weeks of preparation, crews are scheduled to conduct a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland.
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