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A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program.
The Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future, tasked with brainstorming attorney shortage fixes, has released a final report packed with new recommendations and updates on ongoing initiatives.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of several Indiana professors over the state’s intellectual diversity law, claiming the case lacks jurisdiction.
A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Dewight Allen v. Anonymous Physician, Anonymous Provider 1, and Anonymous Provider 2
24A-CT-2260
Civil tort. Affirms the Allen Superior Court’s denial of Dewight Allen’s petition for a preliminary determination of law, seeking a default judgment as a sanction for Providers’ alleged violations of Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act. Finds that the trial court’s decision to decline Allen’s request to enter the extreme sanction of a default judgment against the providers was not an abuse of discretion. Judge Elaine Brown dissents with separate opinion. Attorneys for appellant: Michael Simmons, Hannah Brady. Attorney for appellees: Benjamin Ice.
Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Monday that Indiana is expected to receive $16.5 million as part of a multi-state opioid settlement.
Federal immigration authorities have arrested increasing numbers of people suspected of being in Indiana illegally — but have yet to deputize officer nominees from at least two Hoosier counties in President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign.
The threat of disability rights center cuts comes as the groups expect more demand for help after Republicans’ tax and budget law complicated Medicaid health coverage with a new work-reporting requirement.
Americans’ views of the Supreme Court have moderated somewhat since the court’s standing dropped sharply after its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.
A former officer with the Kokomo Police Department was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in June 2024 and lying to investigators to try to cover it up, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
U.S. District Court Judge Phillip Simon sentenced Kareim Coverson to 41 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $614,597.50 in restitution to the victims of the offense.
A migrant from Venezuela deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador has taken the first step toward suing the U.S. government.
Indiana would redirect $25 million in annual federal school improvement funding away from low-performing schools under a state proposal for more flexibility in how it spends federal funds.
President Donald Trump has directed federal agencies to find ways to make it easier to forcibly hospitalize homeless people with mental illness and addiction for longer periods.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to roll back federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president’s relationship with the wealthy financier and the Justice Department’s announcement this month that it would not be releasing any additional documents from the case.
Derrick Barbour, 28, also was sentenced for possession of a machine gun and having keys that opened U.S. Postal Service blue collection boxes.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Heather Schroeder and Misty Tanner v. Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company and Progressive Southeastern Insurance Co.
24-1559
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson. Reverses the district court’s class certification order for a group of Indiana car owners insured by Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company and Progressive Southeastern Insurance Company (whose cars Progressive deemed total losses after collisions. Finds the district court’s class certification decision rested on an erroneous interpretation of Progressive’s Indiana auto insurance policy. Remands for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Multiple attorneys listed for both appellants and appellees.
U.S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Solomon Newcomb, 30, after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
