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04-26-2021 Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, March 5, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) has signed a new law that deems religious services as essential, ensuring that they wont be shut down during a state of emergency. Senate Bill 263 "prohibits the state and a political subdivision from imposing restrictions on a religious organization that are more restrictive than the restrictions imposed upon other busi...

Inidana Gov. Eric Holcomb at a vaccine press conference on April 6, 2021. | Flicker/Gov. Eric Holcomb/Public Domain Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a new law that prohibits the state government and its agencies from treating a religious body worse during a public health emergency than secular entities. Known as Senate Enrolled Act 263 and signed Thursday, the legislation designates houses of worship as essential services and thus prohibits them from being treated worse than secular entities....

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“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she cont...

Credit Lauren Chapman / IPB News Local governments in Indiana must prioritize protecting monuments and statues or risk losing funding if the governor signs a bill approved by the Senate Thursday. The measure, SB 187, is likely a reaction to last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. It requires the Indiana State Police to prioritize investigating anyone who vandalizes or damages monuments, statues or commemorative property, public or private. “It does not mean make it their highest priority,"...

Indiana Senate OKs bill prohibiting emergency restrictions on religious services Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT Indiana Senate lawmakers voted to prohibit local governments and Gov. Eric Holcomb from restricting the right to worship in-person during an emergency — another blow to the governors authority. Under Senate Bill 263, the government may still regulate religious organizations in other ways, such as restricting a churchs daycare services or sc...

Indiana Legislature OKs religious activities as essential April 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate approved a bill Thursday that designates religious activities as essential services and prohibits any restrictions on them during a declared emergency. The measure, which now heads to the governor, would prohibit state and local orders from restricting anyone’s ability to attend religious services during disaster emergencies. The legislation also bars state and...

Lawmakers adopt penalties for failing to protect monuments April 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Legislature passed a bill Thursday that allows the state to withhold funding to cities that fail to protect public monuments and memorials from vandalism, part of an attempt by Republican lawmakers to deter protests that have elevated since the death of George Floyd. State agencies would be allowed to withhold certain discretionary funds from local governments that don...

Editorial: Indiana bill is pushback on necessary election changes made during a pandemic Last year, in the midst of a public health crisis, Indiana officials came together in a bipartisan fashion to change the date of the primary election and allow for no-excuse mail-in voting — a decision driven by concern for the public good, not politics. Well, we can’t allow something like that to happen again, now can we? Senate Bill 353 is a clear reaction to the changes made by Indiana’s E...

Credit Justin Hicks / IPB News The Indiana Department of Health reported 50 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the state’s total to 12,667 confirmed deaths. The state also reported nearly 6,900 new cases in the last week. Indiana has administered 1,766,467 initial vaccine doses, with 1,241,513 Hoosiers fully vaccinated. Here are your statewide COVID-19 headlines from last week. Gov. Eric Holcomb is still dumping all statewide COVID-19 restrictions April 6, even as his...