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Two months after a complete renovation and reopening under new ownership, a fire at the iconic Powers Hamburgers building on Harrison Street in downtown Fort Wayne forced its closure. Less than a week later, the business was up and running in a borrowed food truck on the property and now boasts a second location as well, at the Union Street Market inside the Electric Works.
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With Allen County set to build a new jail at the old International Harvester factory site, the museum documenting the factory's history there needs to move. Wednesday, New Haven Mayor Steve McMichael announced Harvester Homecoming's new home.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has told members of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta that “we are not playing around,” and asked for their support in November. Voters in Indiana haven’t backed a Democratic presidential candidate in nearly 16 years.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun has unveiled a plan that makes major changes to the state’s property tax system, saying “nothing is more important” than controlling costs so that homeowners can stay in their homes.
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A new statewide resource is aimed at giving students an interactive experience to explore career pathways in the healthcare industry — which is among Indiana’s top employment sectors. The creators of the new program say educating students about health care careers is important for the future of the industry.
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Eleventh graders in Indiana take the SAT, a standardized college-readiness test, to comply with state law. This year, the percentage of students who earned college-ready scores increased in reading and writing but decreased severely in math.
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Each pair of sneakers is hand painted by a local artist to promote the organizations upcoming Sneaker Ball.
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