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Mass shooting near Indiana University; Two dead as a powerful Storm sweeps across Texas; PA Democrats eye key districts to shift House control; Solar debate continues in Missouri as the legislative clock ticks; TX cities ditch license plate readers over surveillance concerns.

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The Public News Service daily newscast, April the 27th, 2026.

I'm Mike Clifford.

Five people were injured by gunfire in a shooting near Indiana University's campus just after midnight Sunday as thousands gathered for the little 500 weekend.

According to the IndyStar, police believe the shooting occurred after a fight broke out between two females near the Five Guys restaurant.

Multiple people drew their handguns.

Police believe two people, both males, then fired their weapons, injuring others in the crowd.

And a powerful storm with wind gusts up to 89 miles an hour pounded North Texas late Saturday, killing at least two people and displacing dozens of others.

The extreme weather in Wise County tossed vehicles and took down power lines.

Meantime, Pennsylvania's primary election is Tuesday, May the 19th, and the Keystone State is shaping up to be a key battleground in a midterm vote that will decide the control of the U.S. House.

Ardando Smith reports Republicans currently hold a narrow 217 to 214 majority, with one independent aligned with them and three seats that are vacant.

All of the House 435 seats are up for election.

Anne Augustusen with the Pennsylvania Independent is tracking the election and says the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates just 17 of those 435 seats as true toss ups.

She explains that Democrats are targeting some Pennsylvania districts they hope to shift from Republican to Democratic control.

The four districts in Pennsylvania that Democrats are hoping to flip, so that's the first congressional district in Bucks County, the seventh in the Lehigh Valley, the eighth in northeastern Pennsylvania, and then the tenth in Dauphin County, and so that's the Harrisburg area.

This story was produced with original reporting from Anna Gustafson for the Pennsylvania Independent.

Danielle Smith reporting.

And as the legislative session winds down, lawmakers in Missouri are still debating a proposal to pause solar energy development.

The controversial move comes as electricity demand continues to climb and renewable energy remains one of the fastest growing power sources in the U.S.

Policy experts discussed the proposal during a recent webinar hosted by Renew Missouri focused on expanding renewable energy.

Executive Director James Owens outlined their concerns about the legislation.

It prohibits any future construction.

It halts current solar construction, regardless of whether a project is just beginning or nearly completed.

If it is an Ameren project or an Evergy project or a Liberty Empire project, this could increase costs for utility customers.

Owen says the proposal includes an emergency clause, meaning it could take effect immediately.

Backers of the measure contend that a pause would allow time to address land use, safety, and oversight.

According to federal data, solar accounts for almost half of all new electricity generation added nationwide in recent years.

Crystal Blair reporting.

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San Marcos is one of many Texas municipalities canceling contracts with companies that provide automatic license plate readers.

The readers are computer-controlled cameras attached to streetlights, highway overpasses, and police cars that capture license plate numbers.

Proponents of the technology say they're a powerful law enforcement tool, but opponents say the cameras are too invasive.

San Marcos Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Elisa Garza says their residents were concerned about privacy and trust.

People were very concerned around the idea of having their movements tracked about their knowledge, especially like when they're not suspected of any wrongdoing.

There was also concerns about how data could be used beyond local policing, data being shared across agencies.

Garza says they opted out of their contract with Flock Safety last year. the city of Austin will also stop using the cameras starting in June.

The founder and CEO of Flock Safety says the allegations against its company are false.

I'm Freda Ross reporting.

And the pesticide maker Bayer will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court today that it should be immune from lawsuits if its products are found to cause cancer.

Driven by pressure from constituents and case studies across the state, the Iowa legislature recently defeated an immunity shield for Bayer, which would have meant the company can't be sued if there's evidence its products caused cancer among people who use it.

Food and Water Watch senior attorney Danny Repligal says Bayer has simply sidestepped state laws and taken its fight to the federal level.

If Bayer wins this lawsuit, then all the work that we've done on the Cancer Gag Act will be futile because those lawsuits will be preempted at the federal level, and the right to sue at the state level will be no longer available for cancer patients.

Bayer has argued that it is within EPA safety standards as set forth by product labeling rules.

I'm Mark Moran.

Finally, legal observers say a Department of Justice investigation targeting transgender women inmates in California prisons continues a pattern of intimidation by the Trump administration.

The DOJ says it will determine if what it refers to as biological male inmates are given preferential housing in women's facilities in violation of women inmates' constitutional rights.

Attorney Sean Meerkamper with the Transgender Law Center says the overwhelming majority of trans women are still incarcerated in men's facilities where they face a heightened risk of violence.

When the state takes away someone's freedom, when the state incarcerates somebody, it has an obligation, it has a constitutional duty to keep those people safe.

And that does not mean sacrificing one group's safety for another's.

A 2020 state law gives transgender inmates the right to be housed according to their gender identity.

I'm Katherine Carley.

This is Mike Clifford.

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