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Sen. Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis)

It took until 2020 for a Black lawmaker to become the leader of an Indiana state legislative caucus.

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The survey is part of an effort to prepare the region to pursue federal or state funding, should it become available.

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The ISDH reported Thursday another record-high 6,654 cases and 51 deaths in the state.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit marginalized families hard, Healthy Start and similar organizations that provide maternal and infant care are seeing a spike in calls.

Ron Klain

Klain served as chief of staff for Biden during Barack Obama’s first term, was chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore in the mid-1990s and was a key adviser on the Biden campaign.

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Some Indiana universities are turning to COVID-19 exit-testing ahead of students leaving campus before Thanksgiving.

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That position was approved by city council in the 2019 budget, but the person hired for the job is no longer there.

The Indiana Statehouse

Join us this week as we talk about Indiana's Republican supermajority in both the House and Senate, which has existed since 2012 and was guaranteed for another two years after elections last week.

Almost all of Indiana's counties are now at risk of at least moderate to high spread of COVID-19.

In 'orange' counties, social gatherings of any kind are limited to 50 people, and in 'red' counties, social gatherings of any kind are limited to 25 people. This applied to indoor and outdoor gatherings.

A headshot of IU law professor and wife of Mayor John Hamilton Dawn Johnsen.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Dawn Johnsen has been named to one of President-elect Joe Biden’s agency review teams as part of his transition to the White House.

Bloomington Plan Commission approved a new 12.5 acre Habitat for Humanity Community called Osage Place. Osage Place would have a total of 69 homes.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SAMPLE GATES KIRKWOOD

IU defines cease and desist as “an interim measure placed upon certain aspects of chapter operations when there is an immediate threat or ongoing investigation.”

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Mass testing on IU’s campus has returned an overwhelming quantity of negative results. That may explain Monroe County’s low seven-day positivity rate that keeps the county in the yellow.

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After the AP reported the allegations in Massachusetts and Indiana, 10 other census takers stepped forward and told similar stories of being rushed to close cases as they faced a shortened deadline.

The online Uplink system

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says the online system for managing unemployment claims will be down temporarily.

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As positive coronavirus cases increase across Indiana, some school districts are shifting back to remote learning for students.

Brandon Bernard

Brandon Bernard is one of two convicted murderers facing lethal injection next month at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute.

Special prosecutor Rosemary Khoury speaks to the media.

A grand jury has declined to indict an Indianapolis police officer who fatally shot a man in May during a foot chase after police said the 21-year-old exchanged gunfire with the officer.

AFGE Local 704

A union representing employees at the Environmental Protection Agency in the Midwest is celebrating the end of the Trump administration.

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The case alleges the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to allow voters three additional days to prove legally cast ballots violates the state legislature’s ability to oversee elections.

Senator Todd Young

A representative from Young's team said the senator was not present at the White House election night event, which has been scrutinized after multiple attendees tested positive for the virus.

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Despite a comparably optimistic county metric, Monroe County reported 57 new positive cases, increasing the county total to 4,007.

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly research facility.

The Indianapolis-based company will be able to provide the treatment to mild to moderate COVID-19 patients who are 12 years and older and at high risk of it progressing to a more severe case and/or hospitalization.

IU Health

IU Health’s Pathology lab has completed 326,371 COVID-19 tests. In last week's report 309,229 COVID-19 tests had been done.

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Monroe County is one of 17 counties that, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, has some of the lower positivity rates in the state.

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New data from the Indiana Department of Education shows the number of students attending traditional public or charter schools fell by nearly 15,000 students, or about 1.5 percent compared to last fall.

Sen. Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis)

Sen. Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis) became the new Senate minority leader Friday – the first Black leader of a legislative caucus in state history.

A sign outside the Liberty Bell Restaurant in Liberty, Indiana

The small amount of economic growth Indiana University economists forecasted a year ago vanished with the pandemic. Authors of the 2021 forecast expect that it will take next year and beyond to fully recover.

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A program to extend unemployment benefits for workers who have used up other forms of benefits is ending this week.

Indiana football coach Tom Allen addresses the media Monday.

Indiana’s football team is in the top 10 in the national rankings for the first time since 1969 following a convincing win over Michigan Saturday.

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Indiana University President Michael McRobbie added his congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a statement Monday afternoon.

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If students don’t complete the mandatory coronavirus test — or if they leave before they receive their test results — they will be prevented from registering for classes, university officials said.

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The county’s clerk reports President Donald Trump received 56 percent of the vote, while President-elect Joe Biden received 41 percent.

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The Indiana State Department of Health reported Monday more than 100 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, increasing the state total to a record-high 2,174.

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