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Feds seek to do away with subminimum wages for disabled
Due to a law created in 1938, some employees with disabilities can be paid well below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Wilson: How to maximize your use of Microsoft Word
Because Word is ubiquitous in the legal field, it makes sense to increase your understanding of the program.
Gaby and Llewellyn: With federal overtime rule, history is repeating itself
The rule would raise the minimum salary threshold to $43,888, meaning that any eligible employee making under those threshold amounts would be entitled to overtime pay on any work completed over 40 hours in a work week.
Langford: Learn to make the most of persuasion to the power of three
I recommend thinking, writing and arguing in threes. Considering the reasons behind the power of three underscores why, when and how to bring a nice case of the threes into your future persuasion.
IndyBar: IndyBar to Install 2025 Board of Directors for Association and Foundation on Jan. 30
IndyBar President Lee Christie of Christie Farrell Lee & Bell PC and IndyBar Foundation President Briana Clark of Dentons will take their oaths and officially take office for 2025.
New report shows more than 1,800 heirs’ properties without clear titles in Marion and Allen counties
A new report released earlier this month by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis and Black Onyx Management found more than 1,800 heirs’ properties — land or property passed down among family members without a formal will or estate plan after the owner’s death — collectively valued at more than $258 million in Marion and Allen counties.
ACLU requests 7th Circuit review court’s lifting of injunction against ban on gender-affirming care in Indiana
The American Civil Liberties Union has requested the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals grant a review of its earlier decision to reverse a preliminary injunction against the state law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
Lawmakers seek road-funding changes, hope to avoid fiscal cliff
While education dominates half of Indiana’s budget and Medicaid costs worry lawmakers, a projected transportation infrastructure funding shortfall creeps closer.
New bills seek to sever state business ties to companies in adversarial countries
A pair of recently filed bills seek to limit the state from making deals and contracting with businesses located in countries considered to be foreign adversaries.
Community Health to pay another $145M in whistleblower case, including $6.3M to former CFO
Community Health Network has agreed to pay out another $145 million to settle claims that it engaged in a years-long scheme to recruit physicians and pay them huge salaries and bonuses in return for referrals.
Chinese hackers accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, Treasury says
Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday.
Indy doctor sues state health department over abortion reporting requirements
The lawsuit argues a state law requiring physicians performing abortions to report certain information to the state is in direct conflict with new federal health privacy requirements.
Indiana Supreme Court to review sexual misconduct claims against doctor
The dispute centers on whether the claims should be heard by Lake Superior Court or by a medical review panel under the Medical Malpractice Act.
Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker
The endorsement provides crucial backing for the Louisiana Republican as he prepares for what is expected to be another contentious speakership race this week.
Federal appeals court upholds $5M award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
One-time bonus — but no pay raise — for state employees
Full-time employees of the executive branch will receive a one-time stipend of $1,250 in their Jan. 15, 2025, paycheck. Part-time and intermittent employees will receive $650.
Medicaid, prior authorization to be major topics for Legislature in 2025
What little new revenue is expected over the next two years likely will be swallowed up by Medicaid costs as lawmakers work to craft the state’s next budget.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia.
Gary’s Eddie Melton one of 20 mayors to sign letter of support for U.S. Steel acquisition
Earlier this month, the Japanese steelmaker said it would invest $1 billion in U.S. Steel’s Gary Works if the acquisition goes through.