The Indiana Department of Health confirmed Friday the first measles case in the state since 2019. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus.
A proposal to put chaplains in public schools could be derailed in the final weeks of the legislative session. However, a Senate committee voted this week to add the bill s language into a different measure, giving it another opportunity to make it into law.
A bill that adds new requirements to how dogs are bred and sold in Indiana is headed to the governor s desk after it narrowly cleared the House Thursday.
Half of Indiana counties contain ambulance deserts - an area where residents live more than 25 minutes from where an ambulance is stationed. Ambulance providers say payment issues are one factor in that lack of access. A bill passed by the Senate would establish requirements for how health plans pay out-of-network ambulance providers.