Another Hammond joins Taft’s growing public affairs group
John R. Hammond IV previously served as the deputy chief of staff for Gov. Eric Holcomb, as well as in several roles on the staff within the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Indiana Supreme Court to hear arguments in CHINS case
The Indiana Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in November for a child in need of services case after determining it merited a hearing.
Department of Justice partnering with Indianapolis to reduce domestic gun violence
The U.S. Department of Justice will work with the U.S. Attorney’s office and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Field Division to design and execute a plan to reduce intimate partner gun violence under Section 1103 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022.
Proposed pay raise aims to attract more election workers in Marion County
It hasn’t been easy in recent years to find seasonal workers willing to manage Marion County’s elections at a rate of $11 an hour, nor to fill positions for a 14-hour Election Day at $100 per day. Indianapolis officials hope a proposed pay increase to be introduced Monday at the City-County Council meeting will make a difference.
FSSA provides update on growing waitlist, hears about provider issues under managed care
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.
Interim panel hears testimony on signal jammers with ‘terrorism’ potential
Until June, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson hadn’t considered the kind of havoc signal jammers could wreak upon law enforcement operations.
Former Indiana congressional candidate’s arrest connected to online intimidation, per new documents
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
Trump vows to be ‘best friend’ to Jewish Americans, as allegations of ally’s antisemitism surface
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday decried antisemitism hours after an explosive CNN report detailed how one of his allies running for North Carolina governor made a series of racial and sexual comments on a website where he also referred to himself as a “black NAZI.”
Hendricks County agrees to pay $300K to settle zoning discrimination claims from Muslim group
The agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice would settle allegations that the county violated federal laws by denying zoning approval for an Islamic seminary, K-12 school and accompanying housing.
Six candidates to interview for Allen County judicial vacancy
The Allen County Judicial Nominating Commission will interview each candidate next week and select three finalists for the post.
Indiana Legal Services receives $5M in new grant funding
The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute is providing the bulk of that money — $3.1 million — to fund legal services over two years for victims of crime through five separate programs.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Zionsville HQ site of FBI activity
The race team—which fields cars in the IndyCar and IMSA racing leagues—issued a statement Wednesday saying it is “cooperating fully with investigators” but did not elaborate on the type of inquiry underway.
Supreme Court justices have a job for life, but some left to make their mark
Legislation pending in Congress would end life tenure on the Supreme Court, though there is little chance term limits will become law anytime soon.
Inside the federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death
Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday — a place that’s been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy” — after pleading not guilty in a case that accuses him of physically and sexually abusing women for more than a decade.
House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown
The next steps on government funding are uncertain. Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year.
Federal court in Indy warns of scammers posing as law enforcement officials
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is warning residents to beware of a scam in which callers are falsely accusing people of failing to appear in court and trying to extract phony fine payments from them.
Independent polling shows Rokita with strong lead over Wells in AG race
In the attorney general race, Republican incumbent Todd Rokita holds a 14-point lead over Democratic candidate Destiny Wells, a new poll shows.
Constitution Day lecture focuses on relevance of 26th Amendment
Constitutional rights litigator and election law scholar Yael Bromberg said the future implications of the amendment that gave 18-year-olds the right to vote are still unwritten.
Porter County judge named to the Indiana Court of Appeals
Porter Circuit Judge Mary DeBoer is Gov. Eric Holcomb’s seventh appointment to the 15-member Indiana Court of Appeals.
For jury duty, David Letterman auditioned for a role he’s never gotten
The longtime host of “The Late Show with David Letterman” found himself answering questions rather than asking them when a federal judge in New York City put the entertainer through an audition of sorts for a possible role as a juror in a criminal trial.