Local officials say state and federal authorities in recent weeks have showed little interest in helping them push for the tougher measures needed to control the pandemic.
State health officials are expressing frustration about a lack of federal financial support as they face orders to prepare to receive and distribute the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 15, even though one is not likely to be approved until later this year.
Fifty-three of Indiana’s 92 counties were placed in orange or red levels on Wednesday under the state’s color-coded weekly tracking map update, as new infections and hospitalizations increased sharply.
Gov. Eric Holcomb, who announced the deployment last week, said the move is designed to protect Indiana’s “most vulnerable”—the elderly and infirm in nursing homes and residential communities. Nearly half of all COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indiana involve patients who are 70 or older, he said in his weekly press briefing Wednesday.
Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. Democrats were unable to stop the outcome, Trump’s third justice on the court, as Republicans race to reshape the judiciary.
The program for low-income Hoosiers is funded by federal Medicaid dollars, but Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr. is backing a multistate lawsuit that would eliminate the Affordable Care Act. Without federal funding, Indiana likely could not afford to continue HIP.
Apparently headed for some misses on the national level, I’m taking solace in my picks closer to home—and offering a bold new prediction for Indianapolis.
The state on Wednesday announced a five-part plan that also includes sending 2 million N-95 masks and 400,000 face shields to nursing homes, which have been particularly hard hit by the virus.
The three candidates answered questions Tuesday night about education, economic development and the role of government, but spent little time discussing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Indiana Office of Management and Budget Director Cris Johnston said, as of Oct. 15, the administration had either already spent or committed to spending about $1.7 billion of the $2.4 billion the state received from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund
Spokeswoman Valerie Warycha confirmed Friday that Secretary of State Connie Lawson contacted the clerk to ask her to wear a mask, but did not issue a mandate because she does not have the authority.
The latest campaign finance figures show that most of the Republican incumbents raised more money than their Democratic opponents, but several Democrats posted more cash on hand at the end of the reporting period.
The commission announced Monday that “it cannot mandate COVID-19 testing of the candidates,” but it will separate the candidates in the WFYI studio during the event, rather than spacing them out in the same area.
The two challengers to Holcomb’s reelection bid split on whether he’s been too passive in attacking the virus spread or that he’s trampled people’s rights.
It’s starting to get cold, and I fear what will happen when coronavirus fatigue meets winter. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s first executive order declaring a public health emergency was issued March 6, with spring right around the corner. But winter presents a new challenge. By Sept. 30, the virus had reached all 92 Indiana counties, with […]
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