The state and venture capital firm Elevate Ventures announced Thursday the creation of a $100 million entrepreneurship fund that Gov. Eric Holcomb said will fill a void for growing Indiana companies.
Fentanyl test strips are a common tool used to prevent overdose deaths, but Indiana law is unclear about whether or not the small strips of paper are legal to use. Despite bipartisan support, legislation to decriminalize test strips didn’t survive this year’s legislative session. While lawmakers work to clarify state law, advocates remain focused on saving lives.
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Pollsters and analysts say these could be the most pivotal elections since the country's first democratic vote 30 years ago, in 1994. Here's what's at stake.
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Synagogues around the U.S. are having a lively discussion about how Israel is waging the war in Gaza, trying to balance care for the Jewish community with empathy for those suffering in Gaza.
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Louisiana lawmakers have voted to classify two drugs -- mifepristone and misoprostol --commonly used to induce abortions as "dangerous controlled substances."
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A father shares life lessons and dad jokes with his daughter
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Two years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, many have lost interest in seeking accountability for the botched police response.
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How did the elephant and donkey become the mascots of America's two major political parties?
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a record number of hurricanes this season.
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Over three days, 14 people with different backgrounds from all over Wisconsin met in person to discuss abortion policy and discovered how far they could get.
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To people who watch high-level philanthropy, Florida A&M's embarrassing incident wasn't only a shocking reversal. It was something they've seen before. The school is now investigating what went wrong.
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AAA says this year’s total number of travelers is a 4% increase from 2023 and is coming close to matching 2005’s record of 44 million Memorial Day travelers.
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What are police trained to do when faced with someone armed who is not pointing the gun? What does cognitive research say? This month's police killing of men in Florida and Alaska have resurfaced hard questions as police encounter more people with guns.
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Among other fees, they will pay $235 million for the Environmental Protection Agency's past and future clean-up for contaminated air, water, and soil in and around where the train derailed in 2023.
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The National Hurricane Center is predicting an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.
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