Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.Voucher use has soared in Indiana since lawmakers made nearly every student in the state…
Wyoming’s census-style monitoring and management of wolves is unique among Rocky Mountain states that have jurisdiction over Canis lupus, and it’s helped reduce conflict and keep both environmental groups and anti-predator politicians at bay.
The city’s primary independent police oversight agency has so many board member vacancies — including the chair position — it was initially unable to conduct routine operational matters at its monthly meeting last week. The 15-member Civilian Complaint Review Board currently has five board openings, Those include a vacant chair after Arva Rice, who’d served […]
Logistical delays and difficult terrain have stalled multiple deployment projects, all of which are under a federal deadline for completion. A $30 million pot of state money might help speed things along.
Tasha Nickols takes pride in being a go-getter. She never shied away from working extra hours as a nursing assistant. Still, it wasn’t enough to keep Nickols and her three children from becoming homeless. She felt demoralized having to call the United Way 2-1-1 Help Center early this year to find space in a shelter. […]
A company once owned by Deputy Mayor Philip Banks III that snared a $150-million city Housing Authority contract has been greenlighted by the Adams administration to qualify for no-bid security contracts at the city’s burgeoning network of migrant shelters. Last November the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) placed the company, Overwatch Services, on a […]
