Councilors question Carmel attorney’s 2-week paid leave, then hefty raise
After going on paid administrative leave this fall, Carmel City Attorney Dough Haney received a 23 percent raise that will take effect in 2016.
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After going on paid administrative leave this fall, Carmel City Attorney Dough Haney received a 23 percent raise that will take effect in 2016.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ada Brown v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
87A01-1501-PL-38
Civil plenary. Reverses imposition of a transfer penalty by FSSA against Brown, after finding she is eligible for Medicaid benefits, based on the sale of Brown’s home in 2010. Evidence shows the proceeds from the sale of the home were placed back in her irrevocable trust and the fair market value of her home was $75,000, not $91,900 as FSSA had valued it.
Once again, the Indiana General Assembly is being asked to expand law enforcement’s ability to collect DNA.
The Indiana Court of Appeals found a man’s due process rights were violated because the state couldn’t prove he was advised of his constitutional rights at his probation revocation hearing. The appeals court ordered further proceedings on the matter, including reducing his period of probation to comply with statute.
Based on evidence presented that a Medicaid recipient’s home sold for $75,000 – the fair market value – and proceeds went back to the irrevocable trust that held legal title of the home, the Family and Social Services Administration incorrectly imposed a transfer penalty against the woman after it found the fair market value was $91,900, the Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
The top Republican in the Indiana House on Tuesday endorsed tightening state law to require a doctor's prescription for cold and allergy medications that can be used to make methamphetamine.
Indiana Senate Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would extend state civil rights protections to LGBT people while also carving out broad exemptions for religious institutions and some small businesses that object to working with gay people.
An East Chicago councilman charged with murder has pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing in federal court.
A Florida-based company has withdrawn its request for a zoning variance to build an 800-bed immigration detention facility near the Gary Chicago International Airport.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed tougher new limits on Tuesday on smokestack emissions from nearly two dozen states — including Indiana — that burden downwind areas with air pollution from power plants they can't control.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Luis Fuerte v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
45A03-1501-CR-15
Criminal. Affirms aggregate 19-year executed sentence and convictions of Class B felony attempted incest, Class C felony child molesting and Class D felony sexual battery.
An Indianapolis nonprofit is accused in a lawsuit of taking millions of dollars in excessive fees from trusts owned by people with disabilities.
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and a former top staff member must obey subpoenas in a Securities and Exchange Commission insider-trading investigation tied to health-care legislation, a federal judge ruled, rejecting their claims of immunity from such an inquiry.
Indianapolis Legal Aid Society is kicking off its annual holiday fundraiser this week, hoping to raise $175,000 to $200,000.
The federal courtroom where former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will be sentenced Thursday morning will be a cellphone-free zone, according to a decorum order issued in the case late Monday.
A Republican state legislator is resigning his seat a year after winning a re-election campaign that cost nearly $500,000.
A northwest Indiana man charged with strangling two women and who could face the death penalty if convicted is asking a judge to allow him to represent himself during the trial.
Republican Gov. Mike Pence says he has not reviewed a GOP proposal to address LGBT rights as well as religious protections during the coming legislative session.
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