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Panel OKs amending bill for minors seeking abortion

INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers pulled back on several controversial abortion provisions Tuesday when a House panel passed an amended bill.
Under current law, a female younger than 18 needs parental pe ...

 

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Homeless network reaches milestone
Just Neighbors Interfaith Homeless Network provided crisis shelter, meals and related services to more families in 2016 than any other year i ...

 

Potential buyers touring Elmhurst

The former Elmhurst High School site might encounter its next owner this week.
Potential buyers are expected to tour the Sandpoint Road property Thursday, the first of two tour dates, said Michelle Lu ...

 

State 2nd in rate of black homicides

Indiana has the second-highest black homicide rate in the nation, nearly twice as high as the national rate for blacks and seven times the overall national rate, according to an analysis by the Violen ...

 

County's health rankings drop

Allen County continued its downward slide in this year’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings released today.
Ranked against the state’s 92 counties, Allen slipped ...

 

Council opts against funding economic development post

The Fort Wayne City Council rejected a request Tuesday from the city’s Office of Community Development to fill a vacant economic development specialist position. 
The position was form ...

 

Road bill revamp still has tax hike

INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee on Tuesday revamped a transportation funding plan sent by the House but still approved a massive tax and fee increase for taxpayers.
Hou ...

 

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