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State COVID Restrictions Lifted, Safe Voting, Federal Executions | Indiana Newsdesk

Right now on  Indiana Newsdesk:

The governor is lifting all of the state’s COVID restrictions. But is the decision driven by science or politics?

The state won’t allow expanded vote by mail. So it’s falling to local election officials to make sure poll workers and voters feel safe.

Seven men have now been executed this year in Terre Haute. They all died by the same method, a lethal dose of pentobarbital. Ahead why Chris Vialva, who was executed yesterday, is calling it “state sanctioned murder.”

And we remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her visit to Indiana University in 1998.

Those stories plus the latest news headlines from across the state right now on  Indiana Newsdesk!

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Anchor "Indiana Newsdesk," "Ask The Mayor" - WTIU/WFIU News. Formerly host of "The Weekly Special." Hebron, Ind. native, IU Alumnus. Follow him on Twitter @Joe_Hren