State data showed modest wage gains for teachers, but education advocates warned that Indiana’s pay still ranks near the bottom nationally.
Braun, Morales have low favorability
A recent review by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education detailed how public institutions performed under the state’s Outcomes-Based Performance Funding (OBPF) formula, a model to tie a small portion of higher education appropriations to enrollment, degree completion and graduate retention, among other metrics.
Suicide rates among Gen Z adults have risen sharply over the past decade, especially among Black and Hispanic men in the South and Midwest. Experts cite untreated depression, social media pressures, and reduced federal mental health funding as contributing factors to the growing crisis.
Hours after Congress failed to advance a stopgap measure to prevent a government shutdown, Gov. Mike Braun minimized the potential impact on Hoosiers, saying Indiana “isn’t as dependent on federal government largess.”
The budget committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to consider, and possibly approve, the request.
New FIRE report places Indiana University 255th out of 257 Schools.
Several Indiana librarians expressed uncertainty about the exact effects of SEA 1, a complicated law that impacts both property and income taxes.
According to officials, the Indiana State Police will deploy extra patrols, sobriety checkpoints and other enforcement efforts over the Labor Day holiday in a push to reduce crashes and fatalities.
Justices debated whether releasing the cell phone data of a driver in a car accident case is appropriate. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, in blue, looks at an aerial overview of Google’s data center project in Fort Wayne during an announcement and groundbreaking ceremony on April 26, 2024. (From Holcomb’s official Flickr)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. This is Biden’s last State of the Union address before the general election this coming November. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: U.S. President Joe Biden gives a copy of his speech to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds as he arrives for the State of the Union address in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. This is Biden’s last State of the Union address before the general election this coming November. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
