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Clash over Lower Cascades road, teacher firearm training, utility debt load | Indiana Newsdesk

This week on  Indiana Newsdesk:

A controversial road project in Bloomington is back on the table. Should part of old 37 be limited to bikes and pedestrians or should it stay the way it is and be open to vehicles as well.

Schools can now use state money to provide teachers with firearms training. Coming up details about the new legislation… and why it might be hard to track down whether your local school  is taking advantage of the program.

Plus Hoosiers owe tens of millions of dollars to utility companies. Ahead a look at the debt load and which utilities have the most customers behind on their bills.

Those stories and the latest news headlines from across the state, Friday at 6 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