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Last fall we started The Lens, with the goal of connecting more Hoosiers to news and information they need.
Thousands of folks responded to our invitation to join us, and it's been great to see how stories we've shared have been consumed and utilized by readers across the state.
Now, we're evolving into a new version of The Lens, featuring the journalists of FPI News, our statewide reporting team. Our editor-in-chief Lindsey Erdody just shared more about the work; to say we're excited about what's ahead is an understatement.
To that end, the FPI News team will take over The Lens beginning next week, and we'll be publishing on a new day. We'll move from Thursdays to Saturdays, starting June 20.
Keep looking to us for news from around the state. As always, let us know about interesting things that are happening in your community.
And thanks so much for reading. |
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Lisa Renze
Free Press Indiana
Director of Strategic Partnerships |
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GOP Secretary of State race is on |
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Four Republican contenders are vying for the party's Secretary of State nomination as recent controversy surrounds incumbent Diego Morales. Party delegates will decide who their candidate for the general election will be later this month during their convention in Fort Wayne. The Indiana Capital Chronicle dives in to explain. |
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Dems choose Bayh for nominee |
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Beau Bayh is the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State and will head to the general election in November, hoping to flip a statewide seat from Republican control. Democrats also formally nominated Jessica Bailey for state comptroller and Coumba Kebe for state treasurer during their convention this past week. The Indiana Citizen has more. |
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Indiana rises ranks in education |
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A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation has some good news and some bad news on the state of education in Indiana. The good news is the state rose to its current 11th-place ranking from 17th in 2019. The bad news is that more than half of Indiana fourth graders struggle with reading, and nearly seven in 10 eighth graders struggle with math. Public News Source has the story. |
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Ripping up your grass is a way of gardening |
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For many Hoosiers, a lawn filled with colorful, native plants isn't just beautiful — it's a way to strengthen the ecosystem. IndyStar has more. |
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More great reads |
- Data centers are causing quite a controversy across the state and the nation. Now Meta wants to train people for free on how to build them — and Indiana is a pilot site to do just that. The IndyStar has the story.
- Indiana lawmakers are declaring victory and claiming the Chicago Bears will build their new stadium in The Region. And that news has some other sports teams considering doing exactly the same. The Times of Northwest Indiana has more. But some Illinois lawmakers say not so fast. Chicago's Fox32 TV reports some legislative solutions may be in the offing to keep the Bears from border hopping.
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More and more Hoosiers are opting to forego health insurance due to surging premiums — and that means more people using hospital emergency departments for care. Mirror Indy has more.
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A lawsuit filed by a former Indiana Pacers player and his mother alleges a Zionsville town councilor exploited her elderly neighbor in her final days. That elderly neighbor was the grandmother of the former Pacer. WTHR has the story.
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Some Indiana school district leaders are rushing to get tax referendum on their on local ballots, in response to an estimated $338 million collective budget shortfall in previously projected funds, due to changes in state laws. WFYI explains.
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