The FBI has warned that potentially violent protests could take place at all state capitols over the next several days leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
With the FBI warning of potential for violence at all state capitols, the ornate halls of government this weekend looked more like heavily guarded U.S. embassies in war-torn countries. In Indiana, however, there was little sign that officials were concerned about a protest scheduled for Sunday.
Aside from a single protester for a separate cause—the war on drugs—the only individuals on site were from local news organizations or people walking their dogs.
About 25,000 members of the National Guard are streaming into Washington from across the country. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said last week that he would be deploying 625 troops to Washington from Jan. 16-22.
A Democratic-backed proposal that would unlink Indiana from the current federal minimum wage that’s remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009 is unlikely to get traction in the General Assembly.
Normally, the governor gives the annual State of the State address before a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly inside the Indiana House chamber. But for safety reasons, Holcomb pre-recorded the speech without an audience.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said Thursday it plans to overhaul its rules to ensure that more elderly residents have access to home- and community-based services.
The supply of vaccines is not keeping up with growing demand in Indiana, pushing appointments for vaccinations out into February, state health officials said Thursday.
Hoosiers fortunately have great examples of elected leaders who understood that, with great power comes great responsibility. The responsibility to tell the truth, inspire and implement reforms that bring about positive results.
Local government, tech and sports leaders predict that the sector is poised to explode and could grow to rival the size of Indiana’s other tech sectors.
As amended, House Bill 1519 would prevent state and local governments from regulating hospital services and the number of people allowed at an event or private business.
The guardsmen were deployed to more than 500 nursing homes and long-term residential care facilities to help the nursing staff with routine health screenings, data entry and paperwork during a surge in COVID-19 cases.
The current executive order outlines restrictions based on the rate of infection in each county. Under the county-by-county system, each county is assigned a color each week that is based on its seven-day positivity rate and number of infected individuals per 100,000.
The Indiana House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday amended House Bill 1006 to add the funding to the legislation before unanimously voting to send it to the full House for consideration.
The Indiana House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve pandemic-related bills that would allocate $30 million to help small businesses and $150 million to help students struggling from learning loss.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday that the federal government, which controls the vaccine supply, is expected to increase Indiana’s weekly allotment by 16%, or about 13,000 extra doses, within three weeks, allowing the state to expand the program to big pharmacies.
