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Via WFYI: About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the IREAD test or qualify for an exemption to advance.
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Northeast Indiana Now: November 6, 2025
Five school tax measures pass, and one fails in Indiana special elections. New coalition aims to clean up, protect waterways in the Ohio River Basin. November SNAP benefits delayed at least one week.
Northeast Indiana Now: November 5, 2025
NACS operating referendum fails to pass. FWCS announces they are closing South Wayne Elementary at the end of the school year. Gov. Mike Braun says Hoosiers will benefit from redistricting at event in Evansville.
Northeast Indiana Now: November 4, 2025
Road improvements planned for North Clinton Street. Indiana lawmakers to meet in December to discuss redistricting. The state plans to place electric vehicle chargers along Indiana's interstates.
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The measure was the only thing on the ballot in Allen County on Election Day, and failed with just about 54 percent of district voters opposing the plan. -
After months of pressure from the Trump administration and Gov. Mike Braun’s call last week, Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) announced a tentative timeline to draw new maps. -
Her announcement comes after Allen County Democratic Party officials call on her to resign due to her service as the state GOP chair. She says the plans were made earlier than Friday's announcement by the Democrats.
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The watershed that flows into the Ohio River covers most of Indiana, more than a dozen other states and at least 40 tribal nations. -
The state is moving forward with its plans to place electric vehicle chargers along Indiana’s interstates. The Indiana Department of Transportation paused the federally-funded program in February while awaiting new guidance from the Trump administration. -
More than half a million Hoosiers rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. But those benefits are set to lapse on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
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The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Constantine, opened the Masterworks Series of the 2025-26 season this past Saturday with music by Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, and Johannes Brahms. Constantine named the concert “From Elegance to Decadence.” -
On Sept. 26, WBOI closed out its Live and Local at The Landing summer concert series with a superb performance from SUN.DYLE. -
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