Federal judge blocks police buffer zone law in media lawsuit
A federal judge late Friday blocked a law creating a 25-foot buffer zone around law enforcement officers during certain activities.
A federal judge late Friday blocked a law creating a 25-foot buffer zone around law enforcement officers during certain activities.
Two units of local government with “delinquent” pension plans told lawmakers Monday that they’d find ways to bridge the shortfalls. The Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corporation, known as Citilink, and Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office both had to state their cases.
Indiana’s top elected officials will see significant pay bumps in the next year just as lawmakers convene to craft a budget with little leeway for extra spending. At the very top, Gov. Eric Holcomb’s successor will become one of the highest-paid governors in the nation while other offices will see raises between 44% and 66%.
With Hoosier students set to face another year of financial aid application delays, Indiana higher education officials are ramping up efforts to highlight — and encourage — post-secondary options for high school graduates.
Two committees tasked with studying and addressing issues related to aging met Thursday, concluding that Medicaid waitlist progress was “barely treading water” and dissecting ongoing provider issues with the transition to managed care.
Until June, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson hadn’t considered the kind of havoc signal jammers could wreak upon law enforcement operations.
Newly-unsealed court documents reveal a former Hoosier congressional candidate’s arrest and ongoing criminal case are connected to allegations of online threats and harassment he made against Indianapolis-based political commentator Abdul-Hakim Shabazz
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young granted a preliminary injunction sought by the ACLU of Indiana in a lawsuit concerning Autumn Cordellioné’s access to gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that it has made a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.559 billion to Wabash Valley Resources, LLC for a West Terre Haute fertilizer development.
The Indiana Public Retirement System last week finished disbursing almost $60 million to more than 160,000 retired former public employees.
Hoosier representatives and senators all maintain homes in Indiana, and some additionally rent or own separate houses or apartments in D.C. Several of those with dual residences told the Indiana Capital Chronicle they chose to do so for their family’s sake, as well as to cut down on travel time and costs that mount up quickly from circling back and forth between cities.
State and local legislators in Tennessee and Pennsylvania are cracking down on the use of “license plate flippers,” devices that allow drivers to obscure or conceal their license plates at the press of a button.
If elected governor, Democrat Jennifer McCormick would work to establish a medical marijuana industry before transitioning to full adult-use cannabis, she said Thursday.
Several Hoosier women on Tuesday detailed horrific cases of rape and child molestation as they asked lawmakers to take up legislation ending the statute of limitations for some sexual assault offenses.
A new program spearheaded by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita seeks to train up the state’s law enforcement officials to “combat antisemitism” and implement “zero-tolerance” policies that ensure Jewish Hoosiers are protected.
A Marion County judge on Tuesday dismissed a case that sought to overturn a state agency’s decision to exempt terminated pregnancy reports from public record — though an appeal in the case is almost certainly guaranteed.
Indiana’s state agencies collectively spent $5 million on travel during the 2024 fiscal year, with the favored hotel chain being Holiday Inn.
A Marion County judge on Friday heard attorneys wrestle over the definition of a medical record as he prepared to either dismiss an abortion records lawsuit or let it move forward.
Indiana Gaming Commission Executive Director Greg Small will step down this month, Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office announced Wednesday. General Counsel Dennis Mullen will lead the agency in an acting capacity.
Legal counsel for an Indiana police officer who was arrested — but later had a drunk driving charge dropped and his record expunged — argued before the state supreme court on Thursday that pending disciplinary action related to the incident should not be allowed to move forward.