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There are nearly half a dozen Republicans vying to become the next Indiana state treasurer, an unusually high number for a statewide office like that.

There are nearly half a dozen Republicans vying to become the next Indiana state treasurer, an unusually high number for a statewide office like that.

INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric Holcomb last week broke his COVID-19-free hiatus – finally participating in a news conference on the topic after ...

The Earned Income Tax Credit: How Does It Work? Unable to load the audio player. playpausemuteunmute Doug Jaggers/WFYI Just shy of one million people in Indiana live below the poverty line. One policy designed to help is the earned income tax credit, or EITC. This past legislative session, Indiana increased its earned income tax credit from 9 percent to 10. But how does it work, and what might it mean for working families? The Basics The earned income tax credit gives low-income people unres...

1 of 2 The U.S. Census Bureau held a virtual news conference Monday to debut population growth and U.S. House of Representative seats.  Taylor Dixon/TheStatehouseFile.com Andrew Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue Fort Wayne, said that the 2020 census will have an impact on the Indiana redistricting process.  James Whitcraft INDIANAPOLIS — The first round of 2020 census data came out Monday and showed that Indiana will keep its nin...

Celebrating Easter during a Pandemic Learn how one local church makes the most of this year by celebrating with the community outdoors! Posted: Apr 4, 2021 10:42 PM Posted By: Hannah Follman TERRE HAUTE, IND. (WTHI) People across the Wabash Valley are celebrating Easter. Although things still look different during the pandemic, one local church took the opportunity to celebrate outdoors! Easter is a time for celebration and for everyone to join together and enjoy a sense of community. “I th...

Why do Oregon lawmakers, alone in the nation, use walkouts as a repeated tactic? Because they work Updated Mar 13, 2021; Posted Mar 13, 2021 House Democrats and one Republican attended a February 25, 2020, floor session but could not conduct business because most Republicans refused to show up in protest of a climate bill in the Senate. Republicans in the Oregon Legislature have now used the tactic three years in a row. Beth Nakamura/Staff Facebook Share Two years ago, Oregon’s Senate Repub...

Release Date: February 11, 2021 The next USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) Scientist-in-Charge (SIC) has been named, and it’s a name that Island of Hawai‘i residents may be familiar with—Dr. Ken Hon! Ken will be the 21 rst Scientist-in-Charge filling a position originally created by Thomas A. Jaggar, who founded HVO in 1912 and directed it until 1940.  Ken Hon, Scientist-In-Charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. HVO monitors the active volcanoes...

The investment manager has poached the chief executive of Aviva Investors to head up its business after its previous CEO moved on to a new role within the manager’s parent company.