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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

IN: Children's

National Nutrition Month is an annual campaign established in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Adobe stock)
IN students fed tasty lessons for healthy eating habits

Schools play a critical role in nurturing Hoosier children's health and well-being which lay the foundation for lifelong eating habits. Throughout …

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The 2024 Kids Count Data Book serves as a call to action in Indiana. (Adobe Stock)
Report: IN youth making progress despite challenges

The newly released 2024 Kids Count Data Book finds the well-being of Indiana is better this year than last. More than 1.5 million children live in …

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Laws similar to Indiana Senate Bill 50 recently passed in Ohio and Texas. (Adobe Stock)
IN Republicans push law to put chaplains in schools

Indiana Republicans appear to be toeing the party line in a push to put chaplains in public and charter schools, including an option to hire clergy…

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Indiana requires all prospective adoptive parents successfully complete tests, including aspects of their psychological and physical health, parenting values and beliefs, relationship and coping mechanisms and financial stability. (Adobe Stock)
November spotlights successful adoptions, Indiana kids still waiting

November is National Adoption Month, a time to boost awareness of the need for adoption and the number of children in foster care seeking permanent …

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The Indiana Girl Report says from 2015 to 2021, the rate of physical and sexual dating violence among high school girls in Indiana increased to 17%. (Adobe Stock).<br /><br /><br />
Coalition Highlights How Trauma Impacts IN Girls' Growth, Development

A new report focuses on "girl power" in Indiana - with an analysis of how young girls are faring in the state, and recommendations for improving …

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The Indiana Literacy Organization says children who lack good reading skills in their early years are prone to leaving school without a diploma, which can lead to perpetuation of a cycle of poverty and illiteracy. (Adobe Stock)
State Kicks In to Help Boost Literacy Rates for IN Children

Reading may not be a favorite activity for some kids, but a new program aims to change that - by sending books directly to their homes. The Dolly …

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La Organización de Alfabetización de Indiana dice que los niños que carecen de buenas habilidades de lectura en sus primeros años son propensos a abandonar la escuela sin un diploma, lo que puede llevar a la perpetuación de un ciclo de pobreza y analfabetismo. (Adobe Stock)
Estado interviene para ayudar a aumentar tasas de alfabetización de niños de IN

Puede que la lectura no sea una actividad favorita para algunos niños, pero un nuevo programa pretende cambiar eso enviando libros directamente …

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Federal spending on USDA's food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $183 billion in fiscal year 2022. Adjusted for inflation, that's 6% less than the previous year. (Adobe Stock)
Indiana Food Banks Step Up to Use Funding from Legislature

It has been one month since Indiana announced food banks across the state will share $2 million in state funds, and those food banks say it cannot …

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For more than 40 years, the Summer Food Service Program in Indiana has provided children ages 18 and under with free, nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. (Adobe Stock)
Indiana's Summer Meal Programs in Full Swing

Children living in income-restricted households do not always have regular access to healthy meals, especially when school is out. Almost 200 summer …

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Durante más de 40 años, el Programa de Servicio de Alimentos de Verano en Indiana ha brindado a los niños menores de 18 años comidas y refrigerios nutritivos gratuitos durante los meses de verano. (Adobe Stock)
Programas de comidas de verano en pleno apogeo en Indiana

Los niños que viven en hogares con ingresos restringidos no siempre tienen acceso regular a comidas saludables, especialmente cuando no hay …

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According to the Kids Count Data Book, in 2020-21, 9% of children between birth and age five in Indiana lived in families in which someone quit, changed or refused a job because of child care problems. (Adobe Stock)
Report: Child Care Remains Out of Reach for Many Hoosiers

Working Hoosiers are fighting to find child care to mesh with their work schedules, placing Indiana 24th in child well-being, according to a new …

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Either the Office of Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokia or Dr. Caitlin Bernard can appeal the Indiana Medical Licensing Board's decision in Marion County Superior Court. (Adobe Stock)
Board Fines Indiana Doc for Speaking about 10-Year-Old's Abortion

An Indiana licensing board has fined a local physician $3,000 and handed her a letter of reprimand after she went public about a 10-year-old Ohio pati…

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