Indiana News

More than 600,000 Hoosiers would likely lose access to some or all of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits under the massive federal bill approved by U.S. House Republicans Thursday.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita touted his work fighting illegal immigration Wednesday during a trip to the United States’ southern border.

Indiana’s unemployment rate has steadily improved over the last four months, according to the latest preliminary labor data. The state's unemployment rate fell below 4 percent for the first time since last June.

Indiana is expected to add a lot of solar power in the next five years — roughly equal to more than five Hoover Dams. Most of that will be on the ground — something some rural Hoosiers don’t like. There could be another option — put solar on hundreds of millions of square feet of unused space on top of big box stores and warehouses.

There are 12 exceptions to the new work reporting requirements for the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. But federal lawmakers are proposing their own version of the policy for Medicaid expansion programs. Medicaid experts said under that proposal, Indiana would no longer be allowed to provide several of those exceptions.

Two consumer advocates are split on Duke Energy’s proposal to close the Cayuga coal plant. But they both said a new, $3 billion natural gas plant isn’t the right thing for Duke’s customers.

The program is open to everyone — including homeowners, renters and landlords. But how much of a discount you’ll receive depends on your income, how many people you live with, and how much energy the upgrade is expected to save.

Indiana collected $51.2 million less in taxes last month than even the recent, very pessimistic revenue forecast projected it would.

Registered voters in Indiana will soon receive postcards in the mail from the Indiana Election Division as part of the state’s latest voter roll maintenance effort.

Cleveland-Cliffs announced it plans to put off relining its blast furnace at its Burns Harbor facility until 2027. Blast furnaces use coking coal to convert iron ore into molten metal. The process produces a lot of air pollution and uses a lot of energy.