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A recent major gift to the Fort Wayne Museum of Art has catapulted its fast-growing collection of glass sculpture into an exciting next phase.
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Your daily digest of news from Northeast Indiana and around the Hoosier state.
Field Notes
WBOI’s Zach Bernard sits down with The Journal Gazette sports reporter Victoria Jacobsen every Thursday to discuss the latest in Northeast Indiana athletics. Zach also takes a regular look at specific sports stories locally and around the state. From schools, to the minor leagues, and even the pros, stay up to date on all of the sports in your region with Field Notes.
The I In Immigrant
Ahmed Abdelmageed, an immigrant himself, asks these question and more in this new podcast "The I in Immigrant". In collaboration with 89.1 WBOI's Katy Anderson, they interview members of the Fort Wayne Indiana community and delve a bit deeper into the person we often don't see behind a label our society imposes on them.
Statewide Stories
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Indiana needs more than a thousand new construction workers by next year to address a labor shortage within the industry. That’s according to the Indiana Construction Roundtable Foundation. Indiana Trades Day aims to give high school students a chance to learn about careers in construction. -
Transgender advocates have filed a public records request for correspondence between the governor’s office and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. They want more information about the decision to hold a second public hearing on a proposed ban on gender changes to state driver’s licenses. -
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. -
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.
