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Indiana’s graduation rates could be artificially inflated. Lawmakers want to change that.
The Gist Indiana appears to be in the middle-of-the-pack when it comes to its high school graduation rates, but those statistics may be inflated by two loopholes. More than a quarter of Indiana students graduated in 2021 because their school waived a graduation test requirement or allowed them to use a military enlistment test instead, …
Q&A: Chief Justice Loretta Rush on mental health, bail and diversionary courts
About 11 years ago when a vacancy opened on the state Supreme Court, Indiana was one of just a few without a woman serving as a justice. Loretta Rush, who had been serving as a juvenile court judge in Tippecanoe County, wanted to change that. “That probably motivated me as much as anything,” Rush told …
Indiana is on the cusp of mental health reform. But what about paying for it?
A woman in rural Indiana wanted to harm herself. Without friends or family, she felt alone, like no one cared. But on that day in February, a Logansport behavioral health clinic sent two members of its mobile team to the woman’s home. They convinced her to return to the clinic with them. She spoke with …
Why Democrats are finding more success in the Indiana Statehouse this year
South Bend Fire Chief Carl Buchanon is all but certain it’s too late for him. Over his 37 years in the department, he’s been exposed to cancer-causing chemicals found in firefighting foam and gear known as PFAS. Multiple former South Bend firefighters have died of cancer, and firefighters are 14% more likely to die of …