Ascension St. Vincent Sued By Workers Who Declined Covid-19 Vaccine On Religious Grounds INDIANOPIS — More than 50 employees of St. Vincent Hospital & Ascension Health in Indiana have suing the health care system because they say they were treated unfairly when they were not let off the hook for getting the COVID-19 vaccine because of their religious beliefs. The class-action lawsuit says that by turning down those requests, Ascension Health, that owns St. Vincent, broke Title VII of  Civil Rights Act of 1964. As per the complaint, employees got emails saying that the accommodation would cause "undue hardship to ...

Indiana lawmakers are still working on a bill that would make it illegal for transgender girls to play on girls sports team. It is one of a number of bills filed just at start of 2022 legislative session that would put limits on transgender people in Indiana. Last year, dozens of other state also tried to make it illegal for transgender girls to play sports for girls, and a similar bill in Texas just went into effect. Rep. Michelle Davis, R-Whiteland, who wrote the bill, said it was meant to protect girls' sports from transgender girls, who might have a...

The Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development announced on Thursday that an controversial residential real estate project north of Broad Ripple will be recommended for approval. Despite opposition from neighbours concerned about the project's possible impact on traffic and overall size, the agency determined the renovation of The Willows Event Center land at 6729 Westfield Blvd. into more over 250 apartments & town homes should be allowed to proceed. Willows owner Evergreen LLC, Carmel developer J.C. Hart Co., and Indianapolis-based Chase Development would collaborate on the $61 million redevelopment. The development team is requesting that the site be rezoned to allow...

During the ceremony, a veteran who had been injured while serving in Iraq gave a speech. He stressed the significance of not just having a good time on Memorial Day but also not forgetting why the holiday is observed in the first place. The INDIANOPIS— During Memorial Day, people all throughout the country, including right here in the middle of Indiana, paid tribute to those who had passed away protecting our rights and liberties. On Monday, an memorial service has held at Crown Hills Cemetery to pay tribute to the lives lost by men and women who were serving our...

Stellantis and Samsung are working together to create the  electric vehicle battery factory in Indiana. The factory will employ up to 1,400 people and be the company's second of its kind in North America. The company said on Tuesday that it will spend and over $2.5 billion on a plant in Kokomo that will make electric battery modules for vehicles made at Stellantis' North American assembly plants. The plant will be built in a city about 97 kilometers (60 miles) north of Indianapolis. Work should start on it later this year, and it should open in early 2025. See also...