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317-Area-Code Dialing to Soon Require 10 Digits
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Starting March 19, if you have a 317 area code phone number, you will need to start using all ten digits rather than seven to make local calls. The change is necessary so the new 463 area code can be added this September 17th. Projections suggest the supply of “317” numbers will run […]
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Randolph County Last to Join Foreign Trade Zone
(WINCHESTER) – Randolph County has been added to the Northeast Indiana Foreign-Trade Zone. It was the last county in Indiana to join one, and now becomes a member of Zone 182 along with 11 other counties. That means local businesses can now have access to materials with reduced U.S. Customs duties on things being imported […]
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Pence Met with United Technologies Execs, Tried to Keep Jobs in Indiana
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Governor Pence met with executives from United Technologies to figure out if there was anything his administration could do to prevent the company from taking 2,100 Indiana jobs to Mexico. Overall, the company was unable to provide any reassurance, although it did say 400 executive jobs would remain in the state. Pence told […]
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Goshen English Learning program in trouble after state school funding change
It’s been a year since Indiana legislators changed the way schools are funded – giving all schools, regardless of demographics, the same amount of state money. Some critics say the funding is unfair because of districts with low income students. Or – like in Goshen, Indiana – districts that see many more students learning to […]
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Ball State names entrepreneurship institute for alumnus “Papa John” after financial gift
Ball State University is naming a new institute teaching entrepreneurship after a well-known alumnus who began his own pizza chain after graduating from the Muncie school. But as IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, Ball State isn’t the first school in the country to get the program.
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Undocumented Immigrants Access to Healthcare Complicated
The presidential candidates are fighting over what to do about immigration. Meanwhile, for the 11.3 million undocumented immigrants already living in the US, getting access to healthcare is ongoing problem. Jake Harper of Side Effects Public Media tells us about one issue that’s putting many undocumented immigrants– and their doctors– in a tough position. This […]
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Environmental “No More Stringent Than” Bill Awaiting Signature of Gov. Pence
A bill that mandated new environmental regulations could not exceed federal standards is headed to the governor’s desk. But Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Nick Janzen reports it heads there only after significant changes.
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BMV Overhaul Bill Clears the Senate
Legislation overhauling the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ registration and fee system is inching closer to law as the Senate approved the bill Tuesday. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports lawmakers from both parties say the change is long overdue.
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Steelworkers March to the Statehouse
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Members of the United Steelworkers Union met in Indianapolis in opposition to Carrier’s decision to move to Mexico. An estimated 400 members from USW’s District 7 met at a downtown hotel before marching to the Statehouse.
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Senate Amendment Aims to Penalize Companies That Move From Indiana to Foreign Countries
(STATEHOUSE) – Members of Indiana’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives approved a Democratic amendment to a bill designed to penalize companies that move from Indiana to other countries. Attached to Senate Bill 308, the amendment passed by a vote of 60-34, and would allow local and state governments to prevent corporations that move to another country […]
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Pseudoephedrine Bill Headed to the Governor
(STATEHOUSE) – A bill designed to stop some felons from buying certain cold medicines is moving toward the governor’s desk to be signed into law. House Enrolled Act 1157 aims to prevent those with methamphetamine-related felony convictions from buying pseudoephedrine without a prescription. Pseudoephedrine is a key ingredient in the manufacture of meth. The bill also […]
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Senate passes much-changed police body camera bill
A bill regulating when police body camera videos are released to the public cleared one of its last major legislative hurdles today and passed nearly unanimously in the Senate. The Senate approved the bill 49 to one, which was changed immensely from its original House version. Republican Senator Rod Bray says one of the biggest […]
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Senate plans road funding “compromise” bill
State Senate lawmakers have voted to approve a road funding plan that they say is a compromise between Senate and House proposals. And, as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports, that compromise includes the creation of a new task force.
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BSU MBB Can Win MAC West Title, Tonight (Tues.)
James Whitford’s Ball State men’s basketball Cardinals will go after win #20 tonight at Worthen Arena as Central Michigan comes visiting. Tipoff is at 7. Ball State is 19-and-10 on the season, and leads the MAC West Division with a 10-and-6 record. Ball State can sew up the MAC West title with a win, tonight. […]
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Pence to Appeal Federal Ruling on Syrian Refugee Support
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The governor loses the first round on the matter of re-settling Syrian refugees. A federal judge says Governor Pence cannot legally bar state agencies from providing federal pass-through money for refugee resettlement. Exodus Refugee Immigration of Indianapolis — at the time the only state agency re-settling refugees from Syria — had filed the […]
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House Committee Approves Extra Money for Gov. Pence’s Regional Cities Initiative
(STATEHOUSE) – Extra money for Governor Pence’s Regional Cities Initiative has made it through a House committee, but only by piggybacking it onto the road funding bill. Several legislators, including many Republicans, aren’t happy Governor Pence announced funding for three regions when he only had budget approval for two. And Ways and Means Chairman Tim […]
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Lt. Governor Resigns; Aiming to Become Ivy Tech President
(STATEHOUSE) – Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann has officially sent her resignation to Governor Pence. Elsepermann steps down Wednesday to focus on her effort to become president of Ivy Tech Community College. Eric Holcomb takes over as lieutenant governor as soon as he is confirmed by the legislature.
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Muncie organizations’ solar panels soaking up the sun
Three Muncie organizations have added a little sun to their energy systems in the past few months. IPR’s Michael Kuhn reports on how solar panels are being used in Muncie.
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Hepatitis C can be an expensive condition
Madison County has been running a state-approved needle exchange program for more than six months. Like some other Indiana counties, it was set up to combat Hepatitis C cases among IV drug users. As IPR’s Keagan Beresford reports, that’s led both doctors and those living with Hepatitis C to question how traditional healthcare deals with […]
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Indy-area Islamic Center vandalism used as “teaching moment”
Muslim leaders in Indiana are treating a possibly racially-motivated attack on an Indianapolis-area Islamic center as a teaching moment. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Ryan Delaney reports.
