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The former CEO of Indianapolis charter network Tindley Accelerated Schools is accused of defrauding its schools, by working with two other people to bill for goods and services that were never provided. And a new councilor for Indianapolis’s City-County Council District 15 has been appointed. Health officials confirmed a third U.S. farmworker has become infected with bird flu, connected to their w...

An attempt to bring a Major League Soccer team to Indianapolis is one step closer to reality. The head of the state's largest teacher's union says he's deeply concerned about the growth of the private school voucher program after a 31 percent enrollment increase, the largest ever jump in a single year. In some cities like West Lafayette, city officials are feeling the heat as calls for a Gaza ceas...

Over the past few years, the Biden administration has facilitated billions of dollars in statewide public and private investments in areas such as infrastructure, clean energy and manufacturing. A significant number of Hoosiers lost their Medicaid coverage during a process known as “unwinding,” following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Students can now apply for Indiana’s Career S...

An effort is underway to help plan interstate changes in Indianapolis. The number of students participating in Indiana’s private-school voucher program is at an all-time high. People with cats shouldn’t feed them raw milk, some animal health experts have warned. A number of Midwestern state legislatures including Indiana, Iowa and Ohio introduced bills this session that could give rights to embryo...

On the new installment of our regular segment called The Checkup, the Side Effects team tries to find out why it's hard to lower the cost of drugs. The City of Indianapolis has offered to purchase the riverfront site where the future stadium of Indy Eleven was planned. The state and venture capital firm Elevate Ventures announced Thursday the creation of a $100 million entrepreneurship fund. The F...

The Indianapolis 500 is this Sunday, and with a few days to go there is an 80 percent chance of rain. All 92 counties have opted into the second year of Indiana’s “historic” public health initiative. Indiana’s labor force participation rate fell last month to its lowest point in more than two years. The Hoosier Lottery is expected to deliver about $32 million more to the state this year than origi...

A new troop of chimpanzees is ready to roam at the Indianapolis Zoo. Incumbent Todd Rokita will be the Republican nominee for attorney general this year after no one signed up to challenge him at the state GOP convention next month. The Indiana Hospital Association gets a new leader this week. Jeanetta Holder, known in Gasoline Alley as the Quilt Lady, presented hand-stitched quilts to Indy 500 wi...

Indianapolis Public School officials kicked off renovations at Northwest Middle School. A free series of clinics aim to increase diversity in sports with lower minority participation in Indianapolis. A group of 27 states, co-led by Attorney General Todd Rokita, is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its recent carbon reduction rule. Indiana’s education department wants schools to ignore...

A new program that offers free Pacers Bikeshare rides has proven popular. While former President Donald Trump easily won Indiana’s Republican presidential primary last week, Nikki Haley garnered about twenty-two percent of the vote. The rate of drug overdose deaths in the country decreased by about three percent in 2023. There's been a lot of development in the Town of Speedway over the past decad...

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Two Indiana men will appear in court after being arrested on Capitol insurrection charges. Indiana lawmakers will explore school absenteeism, artificial intelligence and homeowners associations, among other issues, during this year’s legislative study committees. How do carbon emission “quotas” work, and how do they affect communities around the state? Public and private efforts to transform the W...

A proposal to create a new professional sports development area was introduced. Child care providers and supporters met to advocate for higher wages and state support for early childhood education. A new pharmacy on the east side aims to offer prescription drugs at lower prices. The latest national abortion count found an increase in the number of abortions in 2023 compared to the year prior. Gove...

Which Indiana communities are most vulnerable to climate change? A group of states co-led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its recent carbon rule. Democratic Representative Rita Fleming announced Monday she is resigning her Statehouse seat, effective immediately. The number of recent Indiana high school graduates heading to college is stagna...

The City of Indianapolis and a local nonprofit last week made two announcements around the city's Pacers Bikeshare program. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new tools to help people plan for extreme heat across the country. Teachers who have not been able to sign up for literacy training funded by the Indiana Department of Education will soon have more chances to do so....

The Side Effects team looks into the bird flu, to learn about the virus's transmission, its risk to humans, and the impact it has on food. Preliminary voter turnout in Indianapolis and its donut counties was less than 20 percent in the May 7th primary election. Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun’s choice for running mate is creating questions, and potential issues, for his campaign.

Children and families can experience a free day of play in downtown Indianapolis this weekend. Two Statehouse incumbents lost their reelection bids in Tuesday’s primary — one from each chamber and one from each party. A little more than a month after leading Iowa to its second straight NCAA championship game, Caitlin Clark will make her Fever home debut in a preseason game against the Atlanta Drea...

The state’s Department of Education unveiled its plan last month for more than ten thousand of them to learn a new way to teach reading. An anti-abortion group is suing the agency saying a recent decision violates Indiana’s public records law. The Family and Social Services Administration plans to move forward with a significant change to a Medicaid program utilized by over 1,600 children with dis...

U.S. Senator Mike Braun easily won the crowded Republican primary for governor. Valerie McCray won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, making history in the process. Voters in Pike Township approved a $14.5 million annual levy to support their school district. Jill Sheridan, WFYI's Policy Desk Editor, talks about results from other local elections.

Pro-Palestinian protests are popping up on college campuses around the country, including an encampment at IUPUI. The Biden administration announced it’s moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The ACLU of Indiana is suing Indiana University on behalf of three people who were banned from the campus for participating in political protests. WFYI's Statehouse education reporter Rache...

The Marion County Prosecutor’s office announced three charges on Thursday for dealing controlled substances that resulted in death. Governor Eric Holcomb believes New Carlisle's location helped attract an eleven billion dollar investment from Amazon. A federal court this week permanently struck down a state law that tried to ban people from telling minors about other states’ abortion laws without...

The Original Farmers Market kicked off Wednesday on Monument Circle, moving to the location because of renovations at the City Market. Indiana State Treasurer Daniel Elliott announced Wednesday he’s investing more state dollars in Israeli bonds. Indiana University says it anticipates ongoing protests could occur at commencement ceremonies this weekend. Speed cameras in a few highway work zones aro...

Commuters on the southeast side of Indianapolis will soon be greeted by new features on Interstate 465. This week marks a year since Indiana started the process of removing people from Medicaid under the process of Medicaid unwinding. Can a registered Democrat vote Republican in Indiana’s primary? A free program in Indianapolis helps young children learn to use wheelchairs.

State and IU police over the weekend arrested 23 protesters and dispersed an anti-war demonstration in IU’s Dunn Meadow. Around 100 people met on the near north side of Indianapolis to call for an end to gun violence on Saturday. Legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations for some sex crimes died in the General Assembly this past session. An advocacy group of LGBTQ athletes and allies gat...

The history of Syrian immigrants in Indianapolis is inscribed on a new state historical marker downtown. Indianapolis is pursuing a Major League Soccer club. Parents of George Washington Carver School 87 spoke through tears and anger about their experiences during a board meeting Thursday night. IMPD started their drone program with a single drone in 2018 - now they have over 50. The Federal Trade...

The Side Effects team looks into Ozempic, the diabetes drug increasingly being used for weight-loss, and the connection it might have with unexpected pregnancies. The leader of Indianapolis Public Schools says the district “fell short” for not informing parents that a teacher was accused last fall of filming the alleged abuse of a student by a classmate. A new statewide program is giving families...