The Checkup: Vaccines and COVID-19. Indianapolis City-County Council wants to raise pay for several positions, including the Mayor’s office. The city of Indianapolis will receive $15 Million in federal funds for EV stations across the community.

Black artists from around the world debut their work at the fourth annual BUTTER Fine Art Fair. Enrollment in virtual schools has exploded in recent years. To maintain roads and bridges will likely cost local governments nearly two billion dollars a year over the next decade. After a one billion dollar error last year, Indiana Medicaid officials say they’ve been adjusting their processes for financial reporting and forecasting.

Children in Marion County are still lacking access to a free book program through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Indiana wants to create rental housing developments with supportive services for people with substance use disorder. Gun violence remains an issue on Indianapolis streets – the dozens of victims this year include young people under 18. New data analysis shows that a supportive romantic partner can lead to better mental and physical health for breast cancer survivors.

A pair of new murals is planned for Broad Ripple Village – the new artwork will reimagine the lost mural of a late local artist. The number of Indianapolis veterans who experience homelessness decreased last year, but racial disparities persist. Water advocates are concerned about the execution of the EPA's plan to reduce PFAS in water systems. As part of an effort to reform Indianapolis’s sexual harassment policies after three women accused Mayor Joe Hogsett’s former chief of staff of harassment and grooming, new rules and an investigation are being proposed.

The Indianapolis Airport Authority has experienced continued growth in recent years, including at the east side Indianapolis Regional Airport. Bill Gates visited the labs of the IU School of Medicine last week to learn about the school’s research into Alzheimer’s disease. Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales is accusing BlackRock, the world’s largest financial asset manager, of violating state law by misleading Hoosiers about its investment strategy. A legislative task force exploring artificial intelligence began its work by learning how state government currently uses AI.

Advocates say they hope the state will provide counties with funds to track their water quality. Several lawmakers want the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to remove a policy from the Healthy Indiana Plan that has been linked to loss of coverage for Medicaid members. These natural disasters strike in a matter of minutes – even seconds, but they can have many long-lasting consequences on community health.

A move to address years of dysfunction with Indianapolis’s Animal Care Services is part of the 2025 Indianapolis budget plans. Indiana is one of the states that has benefited the most from clean energy projects spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act – that’s according to the green business advocacy group E-2. Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush was chosen Wednesday to serve another five years as leader of the state Supreme Court. With climate change on the top of mind for many Indianapolis residents, the city is working to increase its sustainability effort, but it continues to fall behind — but in one area, clean transit, it persistently struggles.

The LEAP pipeline project has created a tug-of-war over the water supply in Tippecanoe County — between residents there and those who want to create an industrial district in Lebanon. Prices are slightly lower in general across the Midwest, but some sectors have seen increases. Indiana started off its new fiscal year on a positive note, collecting a little more revenue than expected. Indiana University students will soon be assisting defense attorneys and experts as they work to free falsely convicted Hoosiers from prison.

IMPD arrested one of their own officers on Monday, on 12 counts of child exploitation. School attendance is improving for many Indiana students, according to recent state data. The surge in interest in women's sports brought sports leaders in Indiana together to talk about the future. WFYI’s Samantha Horton spoke with Patrick Rishe, director of the sports business program at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about the chances Indy has to land a Major League Soccer team.

The Indiana Department of Education announced the finalists for Indiana Teacher of the Year. Advocates say many Medicaid members are confused about how their coverage has been affected by a recent court ruling. Educator feedback on Indiana Department of Education’s new diploma draft is mostly positive. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick unveiled her new tax relief plan.