May 5, 2021 / 10:50 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The fight over Indiana’s cornonavirus restrictions will come to a head next week.
When the Indiana Senate and House of Representatives resume their legislative session Monday, lawmakers will discuss a potential veto override of Senate Bill 5, which bans local health officials from imposing emergency restrictions beyond the state’s.
Gov. Eric Holcomb says he vetoed that bill on Tuesday because he believes it undermines local responses to emergencies.
If lawmakers do indeed override the veto, it could cause some chaos for local leaders. For example, in Marion County, businesses legally would not have to follow the county’s mask mandate or capacity restrictions.
A huge part of our lives : Sikh community holds memorial for victims of FedEx shooting Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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The opening ardaas, a Sikh prayer, at Saturday’s memorial service for those killed in the April 15 mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility lasted nearly twice as long as the carnage that took eight lives, including four Sikhs, and injured five others.
Those four minutes, late on a Thursday night when some FedEx workers were on the dinner breaks and others were picking up their checks, shattered not only the families of those lost, but also Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community. The burden of the tragedy has fallen squarely on the shoulders of those left behind but Saturday served as opportunity for members of the wider Indianapolis community politicians, officials, members of other faith traditional and average Hoosiers alike to lighten that load.
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