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Travel advisories, watches, warnings issued as winter storm moves through Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS — As of Saturday morning, every county in Indiana, except Marion and Porter counties, is still under a travel status.

As of 9:45 a.m. Saturday, only Scott County is still under a travel warning, the highest level travel status.

This map is updated by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

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What does a travel advisory mean in Indiana? A travel advisory in Indiana is coded yellow on the travel map. This is the lowest level of a travel advisory and means routine travel and activities may be restricted in some areas due to a hazardous situation. People should use caution or avoid those areas if possible.

What does a travel watch mean in Indiana? A travel watch in Indiana is coded orange on travel map. People should only travel for essential purposes, like work or an emergency, when a county is under a travel watch. IDHS recommends emergency action plans should be implemented by businesses, schools, governments and other organizations.

What does a travel warning mean in Indiana? A travel warning is coded red on the travel map and is the highest travel alert. During a warning, travel may be restricted to only emergency management workers. People are asked to refrain from all travel, comply with emergency measures, and cooperate with public officials.

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With winter storm impacting road conditions, what Indiana's travel advisory map means

For a general sense of road conditions in each county, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security has created a color-coded map indicating travel advisory levels. 

The county travel status map uses three colors to show the road conditions within the county, not specific roadways. 

Here’s what the map means: 

Yellow is the lowest travel advisory. Yellow indicates that drivers should use caution or avoid the area, and typical travel may be restricted in certain areas. 

If a county is orange on the map, conditions are considered threatening to the public’s safety. Only essential travel is encouraged while under a “watch” local advisory, such as work commutes or in emergency situations. Emergency action plans should be implemented by businesses, schools, government agencies and other organizations. 

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Red, the highest level of advisory, means only emergency management workers should be on the roads at the time. In this “warning” phase, county residents are asked to refrain from any travel, to follow necessary emergency measures and follow directions from officials. 

How county travel status is set

According to the IDHS, the travel status levels are declared by each county's emergency management agency.

As counties initiate official travel advisories and notify the state, the IDHS map is automatically updated to reflect that information.

Johnson County Emergency Management Director Stephanie Sichting said travel levels are determined after local officials go out and make first-hand assessments of the conditions.

If a travel level needs to be increased or decreased, Sichting and other state emergency management directors have access to a web portal that allows them to send that information to the state in an instant.

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Sichting said that information is typically reflected on the statewide travel map within a minute or two. 

"And you can keep track of it as it goes up or down. It tells you the time and date that we report it," Sichting said.

She added that local officials understand that travel restrictions can be inconvenient for residents or businesses who are trying to keep to their regular schedules. But making the decision to go from orange to red is not something that is done on whim. 

"It's not our intent to cause them any distress," she said. "We just want to keep everybody safe."

The county travel map can be viewed at  https://www.in.gov/dhs/traveladvisory/ .

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Most travel advisories lifted in Indiana

(WNDU) - Most of Indiana’s counties are no longer under a travel advisory after a winter storm last week led to hazardous road conditions across the state.

As of Thursday, Dec. 29, at 5:35 p.m., only nine counties in Indiana remain under an advisory — none of which are in the northern part of the state.

In Indiana, county travel status information is provided by each county’s emergency management agency. As counties initiate official travel advisories and notify the state, they will be automatically updated at the Indiana Department of Homeland Security’s website .

Counties that are YELLOW are under an ADVISORY , which is the lowest level of local travel advisory. It means that routine travel or activities may be restricted in areas because of a hazardous situation, and you should use caution or avoid those areas.

Counties that are ORANGE are under a WATCH , meaning that conditions are threatening to the safety of the public. Only essential travel, such as to and from work or in emergency situations, is recommended. This is also when emergency action plans should be implemented by businesses, schools, government agencies, and other organizations.

Counties that are RED are under a WARNING , which is the highest level of local travel advisory. It means that travel may be restricted to emergency management workers only. Under this advisory, you are urged to:

• Refrain from all travel
• Comply with necessary emergency measures
• Cooperate with public officials and disaster services forces in executing emergency operations plans
• Obey and comply with the lawful directions of properly identified officers.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Indiana’s presidential and state primaries

The Associated Press

May 3, 2024, 7:09 AM

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana’s presidential and state primaries, but voters will also have to settle more competitive contests for governor, Congress and the state legislature.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump already have enough delegates to secure their respective parties’ presidential nominations and have both won almost every primary and caucus by overwhelming margins. The presumptive nominees have nonetheless faced ongoing protest votes in recent contests that won’t upend their primary campaigns but have raised questions about voter discontent heading into the November general election.

Biden is the sole option in the Democratic primary, so Indiana voters won’t be able to cast their votes for another candidate or for “uncommitted.” In last week’s Pennsylvania primary, Biden won with about 88% of the vote, but write-in ballots comprised almost 6% of the vote, up from the roughly 2% to 3% cast for write-ins in the last three Democratic Pennsylvania presidential primaries. Progressive activists in the commonwealth organized a campaign to cast write-in votes for “uncommitted” in protest of the Biden administration’s position on the war in Gaza .

Trump is the only active candidate in the Republican primary, but the other option on the ballot, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, has continued to receive a sizable share of the vote in recent contests, despite suspending her campaign in early March. She received almost 17% of the vote in the April 23 Pennsylvania primary, which Trump still easily won with 83% of the vote.

Indiana is not expected to be competitive in the presidential election. Trump carried the state twice with 57% of the vote. In the last 21 presidential elections, only two Democrats have won Indiana: Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Barack Obama in 2008

Also on Tuesday, Indiana voters will decide a crowded six-way Republican primary to replace term-limited GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb. The field features first-term U.S. Sen. Mike Braun , who has Trump’s backing, former state Commerce Secretary Brad Chambers , Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch , former state economic official Eric Doden , former state Attorney General Curtis Hill and conservative activist Jamie Reitenour.

With Braun running for governor, Republicans have coalesced behind U.S. Rep. Jim Banks to replace him in the U.S. Senate. His Democratic opponent in November will be either former state representative and trade association executive Marc Carmichael or psychologist Valerie McCray.

The most notable of the U.S. House races on the ballot Tuesday are competitive Republican primaries in the 3rd Congressional District, which Banks is giving up to run for Senate, as well as the 5th, 6th and 8th Districts.

Half of Indiana’s 50 state Senate seats and all 100 state House seats are also up for election this year.

Here’s a look at what to expect on Tuesday:

PRIMARY DAY

Indiana’s presidential and state primaries will be held Tuesday. The last polls close at 7 p.m. ET, although most polls close at 6 p.m. ET. Indiana is in both the Eastern and the Central time zones.

WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT

The Associated Press will report vote totals for the Republican presidential primary, as well as 57 contested primaries for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state Senate and state House. Trump and Haley will both appear on the Republican presidential ballot. Vote totals will not be reported for the Democratic presidential primary, in which Biden is running uncontested. There is no “uncommitted” or write-in option on either ballot.

WHO GETS TO VOTE

Indiana has an open primary system, which means any registered voter may participate in either party’s primary.

DELEGATE ALLOCATION RULES

Indiana’s 79 pledged Democratic delegates are allocated according to the national party’s standard rules. Since Biden is the only option on the ballot, he will win all 79 delegates.

There are 58 delegates at stake in the Republican presidential primary. Thirty-eight delegates will be awarded to the winner of the statewide vote. Twenty-seven delegates will be allocated according to the vote in each of the state’s nine congressional districts. The top vote-getter in a congressional district will be awarded three delegates from that district.

DECISION NOTES

In the Democratic presidential primary, Biden is the only option on the ballot and will be declared the winner once all the polls have closed in the state. In the Republican primary, Trump is the expected winner, as he is the only active candidate on the ballot. The first indications that he is winning statewide on a level consistent with the overwhelming margins seen in most other contests held this year may be sufficient to declare him the winner. If there is an anti-Trump protest vote in favor of Haley, it would likely be anchored in the state’s most Democratic-friendly counties of Marion, the home of Indianapolis, and Lake, where Gary is located. It may also do well in the three other counties Biden carried in 2020: St. Joseph (home of South Bend), Tippecanoe (home of Lafayette) and Monroe (home of Bloomington).

In the race for governor, Braun has the most recent history of winning a high-profile statewide Republican primary with his 2018 win over then-U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer. In that contest, Braun had an 11-percentage-point margin of victory over Rokita, though far below the 50% mark. Braun carried about two-thirds of the state’s 92 counties, including the most populous county of Marion. Rokita narrowly carried Lake County and parts of western Indiana. Messer carried much of southeastern Indiana. Trump carried almost every county in the contested 2016 presidential primary, as well as in two general elections, so his endorsement will likely give Braun a boost.

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

There are no automatic recounts in Indiana, but the losing candidate may request and pay for a recount regardless of the vote margin. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

WHAT DO TURNOUT AND ADVANCE VOTE LOOK LIKE

As of September, there were about 4.7 million registered voters in Indiana. The state does not register voters by party.

In the 2022 U.S. Senate primaries, turnout was 4% of about 4.7 million registered voters in the Democratic primary and 8% in the Republican primary. About 27% of votes in that election were cast before Election Day.

As of Thursday, more than 137,000 ballots had been cast before Election Day, about 74% in person and about 26% by mail. The state does not break down the advance vote by party, although we do know that almost two-thirds of the absentee ballots requested were for the Republican primary.

HOW LONG DOES VOTE-COUNTING USUALLY TAKE?

In the 2022 congressional primaries, the AP first reported results at about 6:11 p.m. ET, or 11 minutes after polls closed in most of the state and 49 minutes before the last polls closed. The election night tabulation ended at 10:22 p.m. ET with about 99.9% of total votes counted.

ARE WE THERE YET?

As of Tuesday, there will be 69 days until the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, 104 days until the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and 182 until the November general election.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2024 election at https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024 .

Copyright © 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.

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What to Know About the Campus Protests Over the Israel-Hamas War

Recent arrests at Columbia University spurred a nationwide movement of pro-Palestinian protests and encampments on campuses.

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By Colbi Edmonds ,  Anna Betts and Anemona Hartocollis

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war last year, students at scores of colleges and universities across the United States have come out to protest in support of Palestinians.

As the war in Gaza has escalated, universities have been caught in an often vitriolic debate over how to handle the protests, which many Jewish students and alumni say have often veered into antisemitism and instilled fear on campus. University leaders have also faced pressure from Republican lawmakers demanding they do more to quash speech that they say encourages violence against Jews.

Demonstrators and their faculty supporters say that these demands are intended to suppress their political speech and support for the Palestinian cause.

Several institutions have cracked down on pro-Palestinian protests and encampments. On April 18, Columbia University’s president called the police to clear out the encampment on its New York City campus, just a day after she vowed to members of Congress that the university would discipline some protesters. Over 100 protesters were arrested that night.

That move backfired. Students across the country protested and started their own encampments in solidarity with the arrested students. And at Columbia, student protesters simply re-established the encampment, with dozens of tents lined up on the campus lawn.

At nearly 20 universities, the police moved in and detained protesters, leading to more than 800 arrests so far. Scores of students have been suspended or threatened with disciplinary action. And yet, many protests have continued.

Here’s what to know about the protests sprawling across American college campuses.

Why are students protesting?

Most immediately, protesters are demanding an end to Israel’s war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians.

Students are also calling on their colleges and universities to divest from, or cut financial ties with, Israel or companies profiting from its invasion of Gaza. The means and scope differ, however. Some students at Yale and Cornell are demanding their schools to stop investing in weapons manufacturers.

Students at Columbia want their school to sell holdings in Google, which has a large contract with the Israeli government, and Airbnb, which allows listings in Israeli settlements on the occupied West Bank.

Students have drawn parallels between the current movement and activism in the 1980s, when protesters targeted companies that did business with South Africa while it was under apartheid rule. Columbia made headlines then, too, when it sold $39 million of stock it held in companies including Coca-Cola, Ford Motor and Mobil Oil following weeks of sit-in protests from students on its campus.

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Where are the protests happening?

The new wave of protests has taken hold coast to coast, including at Yale, the University of Southern California, Emory University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Minnesota.

On many campuses — including Brown, the University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, Virginia Tech and Emerson College — students set up encampments similar to the one at Columbia, and called them “Gaza solidarity encampment” or “Liberated zone.”

How have schools reacted to the protests?

Many protests have been peaceful, and most university leaders have allowed the protests to play out.

But pro-Israel students have said the encampments are fueling antisemitism, and that their universities are not doing enough to protect their safety on campus.

Since Columbia’s crackdown, there have been arrests at schools including Washington University in St. Louis, Northeastern University in Boston and Arizona State University in Tempe. (See a list of campuses where the police have made arrests.)

Most arrests have occurred without much resistance. But some clashes between the police and protesters have grown more intense, and there were some reports of injuries. At Emory University, for instance, the police used a “chemical irritant” to disperse the demonstrators and ultimately arrested 28 people.

Schools like Harvard and Cornell have tried other approaches to clear out protests. At Harvard, access to Harvard Yard was restricted to those with a university ID. Harvard also suspended a pro-Palestinian group, saying that it had held an unauthorized demonstration. Nonetheless, some protesters have set up encampments, which are still standing after several days, despite warnings from officials.

Cornell said it had suspended some students connected with the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus but declined to provide a number.

And last week, the University of Southern California canceled its main stage graduation ceremony, citing security risks. The school had arrested more than 93 protesters and canceled its plans for a graduation speech by this year’s valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim.

How have the students responded?

Many student activists have remained defiant, even as colleges try to restrict their demonstrations.

In several cases, students have brought back encampments that were cleared out earlier in the week — or even earlier this year, in Stanford’s case. An encampment there was taken down in February, but recent protests inspired students to resurrect it in late April.

College newspapers ’ editorial boards have also objected to the response by university officials and defended the rights of students to speak out. They have been particularly vocal about the threats of harassment and doxxing, which they say are stifling free speech.

At Columbia, some Jewish students said they felt targeted and unsafe after encountering separate protests outside of the campus gates by loud, aggressive demonstrators who seemed to be unaffiliated with the university. Antisemitic chanting has been captured in video and pictures, both inside and outside the campus, and the students called on the administration to do more to curb such acts.

Last week, Columbia barred from campus Khymani James, a leader of the pro-Palestinian encampment, after a January video of his saying “Zionists don’t deserve to live” resurfaced. The university did not make clear if he had been suspended or expelled.

Santul Nerkar and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs contributed reporting.

Colbi Edmonds writes about the environment, education and infrastructure. More about Colbi Edmonds

Anna Betts reports on national events, including politics, education, and natural or man-made disasters, among other things. More about Anna Betts

Anemona Hartocollis is a national reporter for The Times, covering higher education. More about Anemona Hartocollis

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