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An Indiana judge has reinstated members of a Utica fire board, finding they weren’t properly removed by the Clark County Commissioners earlier this month. It happened just in time for the fire board to approve a fire territory with Jeffersonville before the deadline next month.

The Indiana Department of Health said it was notified this week the federal government canceled COVID-19 grants given to the state. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is pulling back funding from state and local health departments across the country.

A Southern Indiana mother is suing multiple municipalities, saying their negligence led to her son’s drowning death at a controversial low-head dam last May.

Indiana school officials say they are facing increased cybersecurity threats. A bill moving through the House would address mounting cybersecurity concerns by requiring school corporations and some other state agencies to adhere to uniform cybersecurity policies.

This week in the Indiana Statehouse: A Senate committee advances a bill pressuring nonprofit hospitals to lower costs. Language banning government involvement in “obscene performances” gets added to an unrelated bill. And an expansion of the state’s Lifeline Law heads to the governor.

Two years in, negotiations continue in a legal challenge over the future of the former Colgate-Palmolive property in Clarksville. Town officials initiated legal action to take the real estate by eminent domain, saying they want to make sure the historic property is preserved.

An Indiana judge has approved an emergency hearing next week to consider whether the Clark County Commissioners acted illegally when they removed every member of a Utica fire board the day before a vote to create a fire territory.

State lawmakers want to remove the income cap on Indiana’s school voucher program. Voucher parents support it, opponents say it puts the cost on traditional public schools.

Joann stores are closing nationwide, so many crafters in Louisville must find new ways to get the materials they need.

This week at the Indiana Statehouse: A bill boosting local prosecutors’ salaries is discussed in the Senate. A House lawmaker proposes an overhaul to the property tax system. And lawmakers want to increase minimum teacher salaries.