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The Detroit News reports the United Auto Workers union reached an agreement with General Motors; it now has tentative agreements with all three Detroit automakers. Former Vice President and former Indiana Governor Mike Pence ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. An overnight shooting at an Indianapolis house party left one person dead and nine others injured, police said Sunday...

An attempt by the Satanic Temple to block Indiana’s near-total abortion ban so it could provide mail-order abortion drugs was dismissed by a federal judge this week. Central Indiana lawmakers are eyeing water regulations in response to a proposed pipeline that would move millions of gallons of water from Tippecanoe County to Lebanon. Indianapolis mayoral candidates Joe Hogsett and Jefferson Shreve...

The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could end the nearly 6-week-old strikes against the Big Three Detroit automakers. Indiana U.S. Senator Mike Braun introduced a bill to more than double the size of Indiana’s only wilderness area and designate it—along with the land around it—a national recreation area. Social media company TikTok argued Wednesd...

Dozens of US states, including Indiana, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis. A major rail-to-trail project kicks off expansion on Indianapolis’s northeast side. The United Auto Workers Union strike expanded. About 5,000 workers walked out at a General Motors factory in Arlington, Texas, that makes SUVs. Now, arou...

Candidates in the race for Indianapolis mayor, Hogsett and Shreve, debated top issues during the first televised meeting. The candidates recently reported their donations to the Marion County Board of Elections in a campaign worth close to $20.7 million (dollars) and counting. Indiana was named a tech hub under the federal CHIPS Act, a major win for Hoosiers'. Many experts say it is harmful to iso...

Forty Six Flats is being built through a partnership between the city, the developer, Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority and nonprofit Partnership for Affordable Housing.  National experts say hospital mergers contribute to Indiana’s high healthcare costs.  Indiana tax revenues were steady in the first quarter of the new fiscal year.    WFYI and the Indianapolis Recorder sent elec...

Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place announced its reopening after a fire destroyed its building in 2020.  Tippecanoe County will receive $1.1 million from the opioid settlement fund and a state matching program. Indiana’s college going rate unchanged a year after hitting lowest in a generation.  Some counties are looking for new ways to improve interactions between law enforcement and people experienc...

Cyndi Carrasco chosen by GOP precinct caucus to replace Jack Sandlin in Indiana Senate.  Greater Lafayette group forming to oppose water pipeline to Lebanon. EPA to clean up debris from fire at former Richmond plastics recycling business. Why this Indiana family keeps going back to a school they say fails their son. Want to go deeper on the stories you hear on WFYI News Now? Visit wfyi.org/news an...

Indiana authorities have identified an Indianapolis man who vanished in 1993 as the ninth presumed victim of a long-deceased businessman suspected in a string of killings in the 1980s and 1990s, a coroner said Tuesday.  A bone that was recovered in 1996 on Herbert Baumeister’s Indianapolis-area property was identified through forensic genetic genealogy testing as remains of Allen Livingston thanks...

Stellantis, parent company of Jeep and Chrysler, is temporarily laying off more workers across two plants in Kokomo.  The Indianapolis City-County Council approved more than $1.5 billion dollars in spending for 2024 with a unanimous vote Monday.  Federal funds will support work to reach Indianapolis youth with mental health challenges and involvement with the juvenile justice system.  Advocates sa...

Open enrollment for Medicare begins on Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7. A state Medicare assistance program is hosting a series of events to help people in Indiana navigate the open enrollment period.  The Indiana Department of Insurance's State Health Insurance Assistance Program, or SHIP, is hosting presentations and other events to prepare eligible Hoosiers to select coverage for 2024. Rep. Don...