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Senate Passes Abortion Bill
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that women can’t abort a pregnancy based on the fetus’ race, gender or disability. Yet as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Drew Daudelin reports, some question whether the legislation passes constitutional muster.
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Indiana House Approves Road Bill
The House spent more than an hour debating a road funding bill Tuesday. Lawmakers from both parties named it a top priority this session. But, as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports, they split on how to pay for it.
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BSU MBB Wins at Bowling Green; BSU WBB Hosts Akron, Tonight (Wed.)
Ball State’s men’s basketball Cardinals got a big road win last night (Tues.) at Bowling Green in a battle of the birds. The Cards beat the Falcons, 72 to 64. BGSU lead by 13 points with 13 minutes to go, but a Bo Calhoun 3-pointer helped to spark a surge to give the Cards a […]
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Indiana Popcorn Production Down
(WEST LAFAYETTE) — There’s less popcorn popping up in Indiana fields lately. The state produced almost 30 percent less popcorn in 2015 than the previous two years. Scientists at Purdue think it’s because wetter growing seasons made it tough for crops to pop. Farmers are also giving less land to popcorn.
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Woman in Marion Sets Fire to Building; Says She Was Bored
(GRANT COUNTY) — Boredom sparked a fire in Marion on Sunday. A woman there told police that she decided to burn down a building because she was bored. She was walking near downtown Marion early Sunday, spotted the abandoned building, and lit it. The Chronicle-Tribune reports she’s now facing an arson charge.
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Peru Mother Arrested for Daughter Missing School
(PERU) — It’s the law: you’ve got to send your kids to school. A woman in Peru is in trouble for failing to do just that. A 36-year-old mother is facing a felony child neglect charge after her 15-year-old daughter missed school 44 times.
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Attorney General targets companies he says are scamming tax sale homeowners
Indiana’s attorney general is suing limited liability companies that he says are scamming tax-delinquent property owners in some of the state’s biggest counties out of money and their homes. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Ryan Delaney reports.
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Muncie salt truck catches fire in city-owned maintenance building
The Muncie Street Department has lost a brand-new salt truck, after it caught fire Tuesday morning in a vehicle service building. IPR’s Keagan Beresford reports.
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Logging Bill Falls at the Statehouse
Efforts to limit logging in Indiana’s state forests have once again failed to advance at the statehouse. As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Becca Costello reports, two bills didn’t make it out of committee last week.
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Indiana Gasoline Prices Dipping Again
(INDIANAPOLIS) Gas is coming down just a bit more. Over the weekend it dropped to $1.60 for a gallon of regular. That makes Indiana the eighth cheapest in the country, says gasbuddy.com. The cheapest you’ll find it is for $1.21 at the Speedway in Dyer. The most expensive is still $2.69 at a station in […]
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Credit Card Skimming Hurting Hoosier Consumers
(FISHERS) Using technology to take your money is what some organized skimmers are doing in Indiana. Skimming is when thieves put a high tech device on a gas pump or an ATM that can get all your card info. Servers at restaurants can skim with a hand-held device. Experts suggest paying inside the gas station […]
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Tracking meth producers from an undercover police car
Indiana lawmakers are considering several bills this session that propose different ways of doing the same thing – curbing production of methamphetamine. While the Statehouse decides whether to restrict the sale of some meth-making ingredients, police are out on the streets using the tools they already have to identify and stop manufacturers. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s […]
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Four more cases of HIV reported in Scott County
The Indiana State Department of Health says they’ve diagnosed four new cases of HIV linked to an outbreak in southern Indiana’s Scott County. As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Barbara Brosher reports, that makes 188 cases in total.
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Senate Civil Rights Bill’s Future Uncertain
With little support from those outside the Statehouse and what seems to be weak support inside the building, a bill that aims to balance LGBT rights and religious freedom faces what the Senate GOP leader calls an uncertain fate. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports on where the measure stands ahead of Wednesday’s deadline for […]
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Young Members of LGBT Community Studying Civil Rights Protections
Lawmakers are discussing the balance between religious liberty and protections for LGBT Hoosiers, for the second consecutive session. There are bills circulating and, as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Charlotte Tuggle reports, young members of the LGBT community are trying to figure out if their lives will improve if any of the so-called fixes are implemented.
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State Police Say Obey School Bus Stop Signals
(PERU) — Failing to stop for a school bus could land you in jail for six months and cost you one thousand dollars. Once school buses turn their flashing lights on and deploy their stop arms, you’re required to stop. State troopers say they’ll have zero tolerance for not stopping or for speeding in a […]
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Bicentennial Plaza Construction Underway in Indianapolis
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Construction has started on the Indiana Bicentennial Plaza next to the Statehouse. The $2 million project will have two sculptures and an interactive water fountain, designed to reflect on Indiana’s 200th anniversary of statehood. The designer of the plaza, MKSK Studios, says that it will also “produce safer traffic and pedestrian patterns” in […]
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Legislators Close to Launching Legislation on Pseudoephedrine
(STATEHOUSE) – Legislators may take a first step today (Mon) toward deciding how much to limit your access to Sudafed and similar medication. House Speaker Brian Bosma endorsed a prescription requirement to keep pseudoephedrine out of the hands of meth cooks. But Auburn Representative Ben Smaltz changed his own bill to skip that requirement if […]
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State Economy – Ketzenberger
‘State Economy – Ketzenberger” Indiana Weekend Is the state’s economy worse than it seems? A new report shows that six counties, including Delaware and Madison, are at the bottom in several key measurements related to jobs, home values and other factors. On Indiana Weekend we’ll talk with John Ketzenberger, president of the Indiana Fiscal Policy […]
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Ball State students ask trustees to be more transparent
About two dozen Ball State University students attended a meeting of the school’s Board of Trustees this afternoon, looking for answers as to why now former university president Paul Ferguson has left. As IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports, the students found a warm welcome from trustees, but not any more answers.