Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News
Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch files for gubernatorial race
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana's lieutenant governor is running for the governor's seat. Suzanne Crouch officially filed as a candidate for the Republican primary this week. This comes as curren...
Jan 31, 2024
PFW professor named Indiana Poet Laureate
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Arts Commission announced Thursday that Curtis L. Crisler has been named the Indiana Poet Laureate. Crisler is the eighth Hoosier named to this honorary positi...
Jan 26, 2024
Bill to restrict device use in class advances out of committee
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A measure to restrict when students can use wireless devices in class is advancing at the Indiana Statehouse. Senate Bill 185 passed out of the Senate Education and Career...
Jan 25, 2024 David Kennedy / Unsplash
Bill to raise rural highway speeds not advancing
UPDATE (January 25, 2024): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Speed limits on rural highways in Indiana will remain at 70 miles an hour for the time being. A bill to raise the limit to 75 has stalled in the...
Jan 25, 2024 Oregon Department of Transportation / CC
IDOH no longer issuing individual abortion reports
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health is stopping the issuance of individual terminated pregnancy reports. They will continue to release aggregated reports after the state's ne...
Jan 24, 2024 Sam Moghadam Khamseh / Unsplash
Study: Indiana 10th best state for remote work
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A study finds Indiana is the tenth best state for people to do their jobs remotely. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation says that is due to the state having a more str...
Jan 22, 2024 Free Images / CC
Governor Holcomb heads to Canada for economic development trip
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Eric Holcomb is in Canada this week for his second trade mission to that country. Holcomb is leading a delegation from the Indiana Economic Development Corporatio...
Jan 22, 2024
Second Democrat announces bid for Indiana Attorney General
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Former Marion County Clerk and current president and CEO of the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking Beth White is running for Indiana Attorney Ge...
Jan 19, 2024 hjl / CC
NFL Combine to remain in Indianapolis through 2025
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The NFL Combine will remain in Indianapolis through 2025. It has been in the Circle City since 1987 but Dallas and Los Angeles were under consideration to become the scout...
Jan 19, 2024 Adrian Curiel / Unsplash
Lawmakers want more guns in the statehouse
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A bill before the Indiana Senate would allow elected officials and their employees to carry a handgun inside the Statehouse. The bill passed the Senate Corrections Committ...
Jan 18, 2024 Paul Sableman / CC
