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Indiana has proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home- and community-based services — including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Advocates and providers said the proposal from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration would harm people with disabilities and isolate them from their communities.

The Indiana Supreme Court Friday denied Attorney General Todd Rokita’s request to dismiss a disciplinary complaint against him. The court’s decision means the standard disciplinary process will move forward.

The former leader of the Indiana School for the Deaf said budget cuts risk students’ safety and the school’s ability to function.

Indiana’s unemployment rate continued to improve for a fifth straight month, according to new preliminary data. The state's unemployment rate for June stands at 3.6 percent, well below the national rate of 4.1 percent.

Previously closed slots for Indiana’s Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Indiana Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13,000 people still on the waitlist for home- and community-based health services.

An Indiana task force will evaluate the state’s emergency alert system in the wake of the recent deadly floods in Texas.

Indiana Department of Child Services Director Adam Krupp has served in multiple roles in state government over the past 15 years. And since taking over DCS, he’s sought to change some of the ways the department operates.

Indiana has seen a wide range of union action this year — from some workers unionizing their workplace, or successfully negotiating new contracts, to others demonstrating outside of the Statehouse.

Indiana’s only comprehensive cancer center could lose its National Cancer Institute designation if the state doesn’t invest in cancer research. A new state law establishes a cancer research fund — but Indiana hasn’t dedicated any money to it.

The Indiana Department of Child Services recently restructured its organization, eliminating several layers of upper management positions in part to help devote more resources to frontline services.