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State Changing Contact Tracing, Coal Plant Closings | Indiana Newsdesk

Contact tracing quickly becomes complicated, but is seen as a key mitigation strategy.
Contact tracing quickly becomes complicated, but is seen as a key mitigation strategy.

Right now on  Indiana Newsdesk:

The number of Hoosiers who died from COVID-19 nearly doubled in November… and hospitalizations and positive cases are setting daily records. Just ahead, how the state is changing contact tracing.

Nine Indiana coal plants are scheduled to close or be partially shut down over the next decade. That has some community members worried how their towns will survive.

Bloomington is considering zoning changes that could allow duplexes and triplexes in all the city’s residential neighborhoods. More on the controversial proposal just ahead.

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