(The Center Square) – Indiana’s new attorney general, Todd Rokita, signed onto a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, asking him to pull his nomination of a critical race theory lawyer to be one of the top attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice.

HR-1305 would enable Hoosiers to use out-of-state hospitals.

Northwest Indiana residents have a chance to weigh in on one of those little-noticed, structural components of government that has a significant effect on election and policy outcomes.

In all, 316 legislative proposals have made it to the second half of the session out of the 1,031 measures introduced back in January. Items that passed the House now go to the Senate and vice-versa.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said the entire nation should know about former State Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, her late husband Chuck, and their family.

IndyGo states that SB 141 puts IndyGo at financial risk.

CARMEL, Ind., Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GyanSys has hired Anand Aboti as the company's first Chief Business Officer. Aboti will be responsible for driving global business growth, expanding referenceable customer success, and strengthening alliances with strategic partners including SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch received her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday and now is considered fully immunized against the coronavirus.

Regional partnership’s first leader steps down

(The Center Square) – Indiana has the best charter school law in the country, according to a national association, which has ranked the state tops in the country for charters for the sixth year in a row.

Gov. Eric Holcomb is directing flags in LaPorte County be flown at half-staff Sunday in honor of Indiana Department of Correction officer Lt. Eugene Lasco.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanctuary Wealth, home to the next generation of elite advisors, welcomes Tenet Wealth Partners, based in Champaign, IL, as the 44th team to choose Sanctuary's partnered independence model. Tenet Wealth Partners is led by its co-founders Kevan Melchiorre and Kyle Wetters, a pair of experienced financial professionals, both of whom have earned the Certified Financial Planner™ designation.

The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and the two passengers — a 20-year-old woman and 1-year-old boy — were unharmed, police said.

Equess CHARGE™ harnesses New Flyer EV technology and ARBOC's proven low-floor platform; expanding accessible zero-emission mobility in North America

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. government has agreed to purchase a minimum of 100,000 doses of bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 700 mg and etesevimab (LY-CoV016) 1400 mg together, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced. Bamlanivimab and etesevimab together recently received emergency use authorization for the treatment of recently diagnosed, mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients who are at high risk of progressing to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently updated the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines to recommend the use of bamlanivimab plus etesevimab for the treatment of outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of clinical progression.

The Cook County Sheriff's Department Special Victims Unit conducted the sting targeting those seeking to buy sex, also known as "Johns."

The Lake County Bar Association is reaching out to Indiana senators trying to halt legislation that dramatically changes how Lake County judges are selected.

Senate Bill 28 prohibits individuals who owe tax debts from bidding on properties at county tax sales and bars ineligible bidders from hiding behind a business or corporate entity to acquire properties.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alarmed by a report that 35 state veterans homes across the country have not shared coronavirus data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the head of the nation's largest veterans organization called on the facilities to "obey the law."

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Spartech, a leading plastics manufacturer of engineered thermoplastic materials and specialty packaging products, recently donated essential anti-fog plastic materials to an engineered plastics product company that provided complimentary medical-grade face shields and personal protective equipment (PPE) to Indiana area hospitals.

(The Center Square) – A new report finds that Indianapolis charter schools are doing more with less, and giving the state “more bang for its buck.”

Indiana is ending first-dose vaccine appointments for out-of-state residents to focus on immunizing as many Hoosiers as possible against the coronavirus.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and Energy Systems Network (ESN) designates May Mobility and Udelv as the first two deployments of the Future Mobility District initiative. The Future Mobility District initiative, established in collaboration with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), aims to foster innovation through industry partnerships and propel research and development in advanced mobility technologies in Indiana. TMF has established the Future Mobility District initiative in support of Toyota's mission of Mobility for All and commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in this case to the Goal # 11 of Sustainable Cities and Communities.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading patient engagement platform Pack Health today announced its new partnership with Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana (PHP). The two organizations will be partnering to provide PHP members with Pack Health's patient engagement platform in an effort to support PHP members with chronic conditions.