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It costs approximately $300 per launch, including the balloon, helium, the balloon train (everything that attaches to the balloon), and the radiosonde itself, a device in the weather balloon that collects the data.
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Tom Davies/Indiana Capital ChronicleSupporters of Brenda Wilson are trying to have Alexandra Wilson removed from the primary ballot, arguing that she’s ineligible because of a 2010 criminal conviction.
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Community Access Television ServicesA City of Bloomington commission wants to stop using an herbicide in public spaces. The weed-killing chemical is called glyphosate, and it’s found in brands like Round Up.
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WFIU/WTIU NewsSenate Enrolled Act 254 is rebranding Ivy Tech as the state's "workforce engine." A college representative says students won't see change.
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The pinnacle event in college basketball will draw thousands of fans from across the country for a weekend showcasing top talent. -
Two Democrats and two Republicans are angling to be the next representative for Indiana House District 72, after incumbent Rep. Ed Clere decided not to run for reelection. -
Many Hoosiers struggle with addiction, and mothers are no exception. Estimates show about 5 percent of pregnant women abuse one or more substances.
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The Hopewell South development will now wait until April 22 while council members and city administration work on the proposal.
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Despite the data center project easily gaining approval from the county planning commission and board of commissioners, many Monrovia and Morgan County residents have protested and spoken against it during meetings. -
Chicago Bears president says decision coming “this spring-slash-summer” on stadium location
Two Planned Parenthood clinics in Indianapolis will close Friday after federal funding cuts, and Indiana’s attorney general has filed an appeal to block state funding to the organization should a federal ban expire.
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The daily pill called Foundayo got a fast track through the Food and Drug Administration. It will compete with the pill form of Wegovy as an alternative to obesity drugs given by injection. -
The program gifts free, high quality and age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five on a monthly basis, regardless of family income. -
Judge Kara Krothe determined in two separate cases that the RDC used the wrong process to pursue eminent domain and that the commission lacks the authority to even do so. -
Indiana conservation officers recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl that had been missing in the east fork of the White River in Columbus since Monday evening. -
New state-required reports show per-student costs ranging from under $7,000 to more than $50,000, but officials warn the data can’t yet be used for “apples-to-apples” comparisons. -
Almost 1,800 noncitizen truck and bus drivers without specific employment-based visas lost their commercial driver’s licenses Wednesday as a new statutory ban — inspired by recent traffic fatalities — took effect. -
Mayor Mary Ferdon said the ordinance was crafted by city council, attorneys, police, and fire fighters. -
Despite months of protest and community meetings, the Metropolitan Development Commission approved the rezoning requests for a data center to be built on a nearly 14-acre plot of land on Sherman Avenue. -
"The system's broken," said Elkhart County Commissioner Bob Barnes. "The system that the IURC's over is broken. People are outsmarting you guys and they're taking advantage of the public, and it's got to stop." -
"Not a band-aid." Gov. Braun signs legislation aimed at protecting Indiana children. The measures are a response to the death of 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee, a Fishers native.
