Word Count: 794 60 percent. According to a Healthy Allies study from 2021, that’s the number of neighborhoods that qualify as pharmacy deserts in Indiana. That means that the majority of Hoosiers live in areas that do not have a pharmacy within two miles of [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—Last week, the City of Gary's application for the Local Body Camera Grant was approved with full funding. The city will receive $88,000, the second-largest award in this year's cycle, to go toward body cameras for Gary law enforcement officers. Senate Assistant Democratic Leader and [...]
Even in its amended form, House Bill 1134 is still nothing more than a blatant attempt to insert government censorship into classrooms. People testifying said the bill is necessary to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory, despite the governor and Indiana Department of Education leaders saying [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—Today in the Senate Education Committee, Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Eddie Melton (D-Gary) offered an amendment to House Bill 1134. Sen. Melton’s amendment would have required high school history courses to include an enhanced study of Black history, including topics on slavery, segregation and civil rights [...]
GARY— Today, Gary police officers responded to a call of shots fired near 5th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Gary. Sgt. William Fazekas was shot during the encounter and is currently in stable condition and being moved to an Illinois hospital for additional treatment. Sgt. Fazekas is [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—Today in the Senate, Senate Bill (SB) 352 was defeated after failing to receive a constitutional majority to pass. Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Eddie Melton (D-Gary) released the following statement on the defeat of SB 352: “While I commend Sen. Zay for working on this [...]