Indiana's New Public Records Czar, Advocates Push for Horseshoe Crab Blood Alternative, Housing Changes Will Impact People at Risk of Homelessness, Historic Building Restoration

Governor Mike Braun announced attorney Jennifer Ruby as the state’s new Public Access Counselor on Friday. Horseshoe crab blood has been used in medical testing since the 1970s – but environmental groups worry that bleeding the animals, which can kill them, is too environmentally harmful. Changes to two housing programs will impact people at risk of experiencing homelessness. Marian University will repurpose a historic building that once housed a psychiatric hospital on the city's northwest side.