Gov. Mike Braun wants to ensure Hoosier children can continue receiving free books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library despite omitting funding for the literacy program from his proposed state ...

Advocates in New York, where Parton’s Imagination Library is available in 79 locations, want Gov. Hochul to take the program statewide.

When announcing in 2023 that the state would allocate $6 million over the next two years for The Imagination Library, then-Gov. Eric Holcomb aptly stated that reading is “the key to further education ...

Gov. Mike Braun. The big picture: Braun is aligning himself with the environmental groups that are opposing U.S. Forest ...

The Pulaski County Public Library Board of Trustees and Pulaski County Public Library Foundation Board are asking the community to contact their state elected officials and show their support for the ...

Dolly Parton issued a statement thanking fans to their support following the death of Carl Dean, her husband of nearly 60 years, earlier this week.

As remembered by Parton (Dean—who died March 3, 2025, at the age of 82 —never spoke to the press), he was driving by in a white Chevrolet when he called out, "You're gonna get sunburnt out here, ...

Though he stayed out of spotlight, Carl Dean — who died this week — was a constant presence in the life and work of his ...

Mike Braun for advancing his top legislative priority to the House. "As Senate Bill 1 moves to the House, I want to be clear on a key point — a real tax cut means taxpayers keep more ...

The program sends free books to children from birth to age 5. It is credited with helping Indiana's child literacy ranking ...