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Indiana’s governor decided Wednesday against reinstating tougher restrictions on businesses and crowd sizes despite the state’s sharp increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations and new infections, including a positive test for his top health adviser. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb announced he would extend his statewide mask order for another month while scolding those across the state who he said were showing disregard for...

Indiana residents who have struggled to pay rent or utility bills during the coronavirus pandemic have one more week before the state’s protections against evictions and utility shutoffs end, despite a recent analysis that found that more than 40% of the state’s renters are unable to pay their rent. Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday that he intends to allow...

Indiana casinos will reopen on June 14 — the first day of Stage Four of the state’s reopening plan, Gov. Eric Holcomb said at a news conference Friday. Under Stage Four of the Back on Track reopening plan, bars and nightclubs as well as movie theaters and bowling alleys will be able to reopen at 50% capacity. Charity gaming and…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday discouraged Illinois residents from crossing the border into Indiana as the neighboring state begins to reopen. “To the extent that people are not social distancing and accessing certain offices in which, you know, Indiana may have decided that they want to open those things up – understand that there are risks associated with that,” Pritzker…

Some Indiana businesses began reopening Monday, with some noticeable changes, under phase two of the state’s reopening plan. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the details.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has apologized for not wearing a mask in a photo with two people inside a southern Indiana restaurant — just one day after he issued a recommendation for people to wear face coverings in public. The photo, which was posted to social media, showed Holcomb and two others, who also weren’t wearing masks, at the Hobnob…

Indiana’s governor said Monday he was easing restrictions on hospitals from performing elective surgeries even as the state health commissioner remained concerned over whether coronavirus infections were slowing in the state. Gov. Eric Holcomb said while he was extending the statewide stay-at-home order until May 1, hospitals would be allowed starting Tuesday to resume procedures to diagnose and treat medical…

Coronavirus cases are now expected to surge in early to mid-May in most of Indiana, State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said Monday. Dr. Box said, however, she expects Marion County — the county including the state capital of Indianapolis, and the state’s most populous one — to see its surge of cases starting in late April. State…