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INDIANAPOLIS — Flaget Catholic Elementary School of Vincennes is among 241 schools with scores of 95% or above on the 2023 administration of the IREAD assessment that were honored at

Local briefs include:• Commission to meet Wednesday• Common Council to meet Wednesday• Reading event set for Friday• Lerner to host Building Blocks event

"Its a small price to pay for big benefits," said state Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- You have plenty of GOP gubernatorial candidates, but none with the proven record of Curtis Hill. That's the word from the former Indiana attorney general.

Last week State leaders recognized educators from 241 schools with scores of 95% or above on the 2023 administration of the IREAD assessment at a ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday. “Mastering foundational literacy skills by the end of third grade is vital to achieving our goal that 95% of Hoosier students are reading

Governor Eric Holcomb recently announced that he's sending 50 soldiers from the Indiana National Guard to assist Texas' ongoing security mission to stem the heavy flow of illegal immigration. State Representative Jack Jordan (R-Bremen) said in a release, “In December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 300,000 migrants along the US-Mexico border, marking the highest monthly total recorded

The soldiers will begin their mission in Texas in mid-March

Republicans advance a bill eliminating local bans on selling dogs at pet stores. A Senate committee approves legislation requiring schools to develop armed intruder drills. And grassroots substance use recovery groups would get more funding opportunities under a bill heading to the Senate floor.

Over the last several years, COVID-19 and its economic aftershocks have broken budgets one way or another as states scrambled to stabilize during fiscal upheaval. Indiana missed the target in