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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana legislative negotiators have reached an agreement on limiting the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials to overturn orders or enforcement actions issued during emergencies. Republican supporters say the proposal is meant to provide a “check and balance” protecting the rights of business owners following complaints about COVID-19 orders closing or limiting businesses that have been imposed over the past year. The agreement released Tuesday requires any local public health order that is more stringent than one is...

I want to recognize our county commissioners, Derek Dieter and Deb Fleming, for the important community work they are doing on the Portage Manor retirement property. A recent explosion in the woods behind the manor — most likely the result of illegal drug making gone dangerously wrong — led to the discovery of a huge deserted encampment littered with needles, debris, discarded purses and all kinds of garbage. The two commissioners took matters in their own hands and organized a cleanup that has already resulted in more than 600 bags of trash. They were joined by a dozen dedicated wo...

At 11am on a Monday, at the corner of Guadalupe and Dean Keeton, it's quiet. UT classes remain predominantly virtual, so a lot fewer students mill about. There's still enough, however, to stop and gawk when a white van emblazoned " Austin Music Awards Winner Wagon" pulls up honking. A bow-tied Kevin Curtin then hops out with a wireless mic to deliver the award for Best Radio Personality to Laurie Gallardo. "I was like, 'Those people are [coming] to kill me!'" laughed the deejay afterward about the windshield tassels and spare tire strapped on top of Curtin's former Houston PD van.

Proposed law would force local governments to adopt state standards

Proposed law would force local governments to adopt state standards