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HEADLINES All Stories by Norm Holy With the legislature in session, there are many bills that will impact the quality of life in Indiana. Will the legislature address real problems, or will special interests dominate again this year? A nationwide comparison of electric utility performance by an Illinois consumer advocacy group found that customers in states that are heavily reliant …

HEADLINES Station WYHI (Terre Haute) reports bee populations are declining. More than half of the bat species in the United States are in severe decline or listed as endangered. And international scientists recently announced the monarch butterfly is perilously close to extinction. —Norm Holy A new study from the First Street Foundation has shown the coming development of what it …

HEADLINES WFIU reported the northern Indiana utility NIPSCO wants to raise rates to clean up coal ash ponds at its Michigan City coal plant. Other utilities in the state may be following suit. Activists say NIPSCO’s customers shouldn’t have to pay for what they call an “incomplete” cleanup. —Norm Holy Pam Roberts, with MC-IRIS, has identified the Callery Pear as …

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is in Bratislava, Slovakia today to discuss potential economic opportunities with the Slovakian government. The meeting also serves as a chance for officials to talk about the potential for deepening defense relations between Indiana and the eastern European nation. Indiana and Slovakia have had an established defense relationship since 1994. As part of the relationship, the …