Indiana
Indiana bill proposes changing 'gender' to 'biological sex' in state statutes
Indiana lawmakers have already introduced nearly 630 bills in the first few days of the legislative session. Among the more controversial proposals getting attention is a bill that would change the word “gender” to “biological sex” in multiple state statutes.
Indiana House Bill 1291 would re-define a person’s gender in several laws that describe a person being physically male or female, to match their sex assigned at birth.
If passed, this would affect how police identify a missing person, laws surrounding sex discrimination, and even how people are put in jail.
Indiana Democrats responded Wednesday night, argue HB 1291 takes the focus away from the issues many Hoosiers want to see addressed.
“The legislative session just started this week and already Indiana Republicans want to ramp up the culture wars and talk about ‘gender’ when the vast majority of Hoosiers want them to work on kitchen table issues like property tax relief, protecting rural hospitals, stronger schools, and childcare options for families,” Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl said in a statement to ABC57.
You can view House Bill 1291 here and view all the bills for the 2024 session so far, here.
Indiana
Elkhart County residents urged to report storm damage from June 11 to Indiana 211
INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) – Residents in four Indiana counties are being asked to report damage from June 11 storms to help state officials assess the impact and plan recovery efforts.
Residents of Lake, Porter, Huntington and Elkhart counties can contact Indiana 211 by calling 866-211-9966 or visiting the Indiana 211 website to report damage.
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security will use the reports to determine damage estimates and develop the next course of action in the disaster recovery process.
Officials say only residents of Lake, Porter, Huntington and Elkhart counties should use Indiana 211 for June 11 damage reports. Residents in other counties should contact their local emergency manager.
All agriculture damages should be reported to the local USDA Farm Service Agency. You can use the USDA locator tool to find the appropriate contact.
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Indiana
High school baseball matchups for semi-state weekend
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The IHSAA baseball state tournament has reached the semi-state round, with the games taking place on Saturday.
Here are the matchups in the semi-state round in each class:
Class 4A
North (Griffith, at Gary Steel Yard)
Game 1 (10:30 a.m. CT): Zionsville vs. Lake Central
Game 2 (12:30 p.m. CT): No. 7 Penn vs. Fort Wayne Snider
The winners will play at 7 p.m. CT. Lake Central is the last team of the group to win the state title, doing so in 2024.
South (Castle; at Braun Stadium, University of Evansville)
Game 1 (10 a.m. CT): No. 3 Evansville North vs. No. 1 Center Grove
Game 2 (1 p.m. CT): No. 10 Bloomington South vs. North Central
The winners will play at 7 p.m. CT. Evansville North made it to state last season, losing to Valparaiso. Center Grove made it to state in 2023, losing to Penn.
Class 3A
North (LaPorte, at Schreiber Field)
Game 1 (10:30 a.m. CT): NorthWood vs. Norwell
Game 2 (12:30 p.m. CT): No. 1 Andrean vs. No. 5 DeKalb
The winners will play at 7 p.m. CT. Andrean won the 3A state title last season, and has won nine state championships.
South (Jasper, at Ruxer Field)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Providence vs. No. 2 Guerin Catholic
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): No. 4 Gibson Southern vs. No. 8 Cathedral
The winners will play at 8 p.m. ET. Providence is the last team of the group to make the state championship, winning the 2A state title in 2024.
Class 2A
North (Oak Hill)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Lafayette Central Catholic vs. Bluffton
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): No. 2 Eastbrook vs. Lakeland
The winners will play at 8 p.m. ET. Lafayette Central Catholic made the 1A state championship in 2024, losing to Barr-Reeve.
South (Lawrence Central)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): No. 9 University vs. No. 1 Evansville Mater Dei
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): Heritage Christian vs. Sullivan
The winners will play at 8 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei made it to state last year, losing to Boone Grove.
Class 1A
North (Lafayette Jefferson, at Loeb Stadium)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian vs. North Miami
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): No. 10 Rossville vs. No. 1 Kouts
The winners will play at 7:30 p.m. ET. Kouts made it to state last year, losing to Lutheran.
South (Mitchell)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Hauser vs. North Daviess
Game 2 (1 p.m. ET): Greenwood Christian vs. No. 4 Northeast Dubois
The winners will play at 7 p.m. ET. Hauser is the last team of the group to make it to state, back in 2005, when it lost to Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian.
Indiana
Thousands lose power from storms in northeast Indiana
INDIANA (WANE) — Thousands of customers for multiple power companies in northeast Indiana are without power as a result of severe storms.
As several counties experienced tornado watches and warnings, severe storms rampaging through communities also knocked out power. As of 11:30 Thursday night, approximately 7,000 customers have reported outages across three different power companies.
According to the Indiana Michigan Power outage map, over 2,000 households are without power in Allen and Grant Counties.
On Duke Energy’s outage map, nearly 2,000 people do not have power in Huntington County, and over 24,000 people do not have power in the entire state of Indiana.
Northeast REMC’s outage map shows that over 3,000 people do not have power in its entire service area.
It’s unclear when these power companies will restore power to customers.
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