Lake County might ease up on prosecuting marijuana possession
A northwestern Indiana county near Michigan and Illinois is proposing to relax penalties for marijuana possession after the neighboring states legalized pot use.
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Holcomb backs ban on drivers using handheld phones
Indiana’s governor on Tuesday threw his support behind a statewide ban on drivers using handheld cellphones as well as a plan to raise the minimum age for smoking and vaping to 21. Gov. Eric Holcomb made the proposals central to his 2020 legislative agenda.
Deal struck between school district, family of boy who died
The family of a 14-year-old Lake County boy who died after being found unresponsive in a northwestern Indiana high school’s swimming pool has reached a legal settlement with the school’s district, the family’s attorney said Monday.
US Supreme Court rejects Arizona opioid case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Arizona’s attorney general to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they took out of the company.
Democrats unveil 2 articles of impeachment against Trump
House Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
House Democrats lay out case for formal Trump impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee received a detailed summary of the impeachment case against President Donald Trump on Monday as Democrats prepare formal charges against him. Trump and his allies lobbed fresh assaults on the proceedings they dismiss as a hoax and a sham.
More languages for Indiana driver’s manual in lawsuit deal
The Indiana driver’s manual will be translated into four more languages in order to settle a federal lawsuit.
SCOTUS leaves Kentucky’s pre-abortion ultrasound law in place
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions. The decision comes as a ruling is expected from the high court on a more restrictive Indiana abortion ultrasound law that was struck down last year.
Supreme Court keeps federal executions on hold
The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from restarting federal executions this week after a 16-year break. Executions had been scheduled to resume today at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
Celadon files for bankruptcy, plans to shut down
An Indianapolis-based trucking company with nearly 4,000 employees said Monday it filed for bankruptcy and will shut down all operations, just days after two former officials were charged in a fraud scheme.
3 Indiana homeowners aim to limit Lake Michigan beach access
Three lakefront property owners in a northwestern Indiana town are challenging a state Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed public access to Lake Michigan beaches.
Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides in 2018.
Indianapolis car-bus crash injured 2 students, 2 others
Four people including two students were injured when a speeding drunken driver struck a school bus on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis, Indiana State Police said.
Chicago man gets 10 years after ATF agent injured in ambush
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an ambush of federal agents in Gary.
Trump asks Supreme Court to void financial records subpoena
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to void a subpoena from the House of Representatives that seeks the president’s financial records from his accounting firm.
Across Capitol Hill, impeachment saga shifts
A different chairman. A committee twice the size. A shift from evidence to law. Wednesday’s Judiciary Committee hearing was full of signs that the impeachment of President Donald Trump is advancing away from the drama of his Ukraine conduct toward the grave business of approving charges against him.
US seeks high court permission to resume federal executions
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday for permission to begin executing federal inmates as soon as next week. The Justice Department said in a filing late Monday that lower courts were wrong to put the executions on hold.
House report: Trump misused power, obstructed Congress
President Donald Trump seriously misused the power of his office for personal political gain by seeking foreign intervention in the American election process and obstructed Congress by stonewalling efforts to investigate, a House report released Tuesday concluded in findings that form the basis for possible impeachment.
4 charged in slaying of man whose body was found in Lake Station lake
A man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man and three others were charged with helping take the body to a northwest Indiana lake and throwing it into the water.
Judge dismisses lawsuit in John Dillinger exhumation case
A judge will hear an Indianapolis cemetery’s bid Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a relative of 1930s gangster John Dillinger who wants to exhume Dillinger’s gravesite to determine if the notorious criminal is actually buried there.