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Indianapolis Urban League announces 1st round of grants totaling $21M

Indianapolis Urban League announced a total of about $21 million in grants to 52 organizations as part of its Indianapolis African American Quality of...

Indiana Senate narrowly passes near-total abortion ban

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state senators narrowly passed a near-total abortion ban Saturday during a...

Senate debates changes to abortion ban for 5 hours, keeps rape and incest exceptions

By BRANDON SMITH IPB News The Indiana Senate rejected an effort July 28 that would’ve deleted rape and incest exceptions from its proposed abortion ban, SB...

Indiana lowers threshold for blood lead levels for children

The Indiana Department of Health adopted an emergency rule that lowers the threshold for diagnosing lead poisoning in children. The ruling, which went into...

ā€˜It ruined our relationship’: Why one woman wishes her mother could have had an abortion

In January 1973, at eight months pregnant, Christy Johnson’s mother traveled from Kentucky to New York, desperate to get an abortion after it became...

‘We deserve a choice’: Black women voice concerns during abortion protest

Standing by herself in the line that wrapped around the Indiana Statehouse on July 25 was 21-year-old Jamia Dinkins. She had a cardboard sign...

Indiana Senate committee adds more restrictions to its nearly total abortion ban

By BRANDON SMITH IPB News Indiana Senate Republicans added further restrictions to their proposed abortion ban July 26. The measure, SB 1, bans abortions except in cases...

Indiana will stop locking up kids under 12. Is that still too young?

By KATRINA PROSS WFYI Edgerrin Hoover was 13 years old when he spent 94 days in the Marion County Juvenile Detention Facility. He was confined in...

Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair offered health services, education and entertainment

This year’s Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair coincided with two other events in Indianapolis: Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration and the centennial of the historically Black sorority Sigma Gamma Rho.

Citizens plans shut-off at 4 apartment complexes, citing owner’s delinquent payments

Citizens Energy Group plans to disconnect services at four Indianapolis apartment complexes Sept. 30, citing unpaid utility bills that amount to more than $1.7...

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