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A House committee amended controversial legislation that will reintroduce previously halted work reporting requirements to Indiana's Medicaid expansion program. Among other things, the committee made changes to who is exempt from the work reporting requirements.

Last school year about 72,700 Indiana public school students, or nearly 7% of those enrolled, experienced out-of-school suspensions.

The Floyd County Commissioners are moving toward removal of a low-head dam that closed the Blackiston Mill Road bridge when it failed earlier this year. That could mean drivers will be able to use the connection between Clarksville and New Albany before a new bridge is built.

Indiana House Republicans voted to give anyone the right to sue local governments to stop performances they think are obscene.

School board candidates would be forced to choose a political label for the ballot under a bill narrowly approved by the House Monday.

A bill banning the use of student IDs at polling places advances to the House floor. A measure setting aside some child care vouchers for foster families heads to the governor’s desk. And Gov. Mike Braun signs his first bill into law.

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.