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Governor Eric Holcomb and leaders from the Indiana School for the Deaf and the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired broke ground Thursday on a project to join the two schools.

Elevate Ventures aims to make the first funds available next year.

Starting Tuesday, riders will see seven more weekday trains each direction in and out of Chicago, along with reduced travel times — a decrease of almost 40 minutes for some trains.

He called Indiana’s partnerships with each of those countries “agricultural powerhouses” and said he discussed issues like supply chain resilience.

In his statement after signing, Holcomb said he took into account concerns raised about the counselor’s office but believes that the changes are less concerning because the court has the final say over the law

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law a bill that bans local governments from suing anyone in the gun industry, with limited exceptions, even if they do something illegal.

Indiana governors can take one of three actions on legislation sent to them. They can sign bills into law, let them become law without their signature or veto them.

As he signed the bill lifting that ban into law at a local Indianapolis bar, Holcomb said the measure “empowers” businesses to serve responsibly.

Lawmakers last week believed they found a compromise on a controversial bill to define and ban antisemitism in public education institutions. Gov. Eric Holcomb said things have changed since then as he weighs whether to sign the measure into law.

Holcomb said he hadn’t yet decided what his next steps would be and “by design” isn’t committing to anything.