On June 25, Sarah Waddle (AARP Indiana State Director) and Linda Dunno (AARP Indiana State President) traveled from the Indiana State Office at 1 North Capitol Avenue to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. to attend the 2025 AARP Lobby Day. The summer weather was in full force with heat indexes reaching over 100 degrees. Sarah and Linda even came across a woman who had the sole of her shoe melted by the heat! Despite the heat, Sarah and Linda had a day full of meetings with legislators and their teams.
The Indianapolis Vision Zero Task Force is a city-wide initiative directed at eliminating traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries by 2035. The 15-member Task Force focuses on improving safety for all road users (pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and drivers) throughout Indianapolis and Marion County.
The names of the first 10 Medicare drugs whose prices the federal government will negotiate directly with manufacturers were released Aug. 29. Popular but pricey blood thinners, diabetes medications, cancer treatments make historic list.
AARP Indiana hired Ron Weatherford for a pilot Tai Chi session in March 2024, drawing more than 500 registrants. The classes went bi-monthly this year, with 200 to 300 attendees each time.
In a recent AARP survey, 86 percent of Hoosiers ranked staying in their own homes as they get older as their top issue when it comes to independent living.
AARP Indiana is celebrating election season by partnering with the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science and offering discounted tickets to a new exhibit that any political buff would adore.
IndyGo and the Indianapolis Public Transportation Foundation (IPTF) recently announced several annual awards. The foundation named AARP Indiana as the 2021 winner of the annual Partnership Award.
Hoosiers can help make their communities more livable for all residents by conducting walk audits that help evaluate how safe and easy (or not) it is for pedestrians to get around neighborhoods.
The Indiana General Assembly concluded this short session and adjourned Sine Die, with both chambers burning the midnight oil until approximately 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9th.