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House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2.
Donald Trump is pushing for his federal election interference trial in Washington to be televised, joining media outlets that say the American public should be able to watch the historic case unfold.
Law professors across the country are increasingly drawing on popular culture and celebritydom — sometimes with the help of celebrities themselves — to engage a new generation of students and contextualize complicated concepts in the real world.
The Indiana Supreme Court’s 2022-2023 Annual Report has been released, highlighting several new developments for the court over the last year, including the addition of Justice Derek Molter and the rule change allowing cameras in courtrooms.
Indiana Supreme Court justices granted transfer to two cases last week, including one involving a woman who sued a Red Lobster restaurant for negligence after tripping on an unmarked elevated portion of the restaurant’s floor.
A ceremony Thursday unveiled new commissioned portraits of Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson inside their respective courtrooms.
Former Clark County sheriff Jamey Noel has been charged with 15 felonies alleging ghost employment, corrupt business influence and obstruction of justice, among other charges.
Memorial services for the late Marion Superior Judge Shatrese Flowers have been scheduled for Tuesday.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is poised to invest $9 million in COVID-19 recovery funds into cameras and other technology, even as some critics raise privacy and efficacy concerns.
Rep. Bob Cherry announced Friday he won’t seek reelection in 2024, retiring after serving out his current term.
Former Indiana State Rep. Sean Eberhart has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud as part of his dealings with a gaming company that has landed others in prison.
Two men in Indiana and Illinois were arrested this week and accused of separately assaulting peace officers with a flagpole and wasp spray during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned a meeting on Thursday without holding an expected vote on subpoenas for two conservatives who have helped arrange luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices.
A former Indiana University Foundation employee has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing more than $300,000 in donations from the foundation over a nearly four-year span.
A district court must consider on the merits an inmate’s request to modify the terms of his restitution obligation, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
A nurse who contracted a skin infection through her work at a Hobart hospital can pursue a medical malpractice complaint against a physician, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a Thursday reversal.
Thursday opinions
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Laurie Gardner v. Anonymous Physician
23A-CT-345
Civil tort. Reverses the Lake Superior Court’s order dismissing Laurie Gardner’s medical malpractice complaint against Anonymous Physician based on Indiana Trial Rule 12(B)(1) for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Finds that while Gardner may not proceed against Anonymous Physician based on his treatment of another patient or his actions as a medical director at the hospital, she may pursue a medical malpractice action related to any treatment she received from Anonymous Physician for her workplace injury. Remands for further proceedings.
The legal fight over Indiana’s new abortion law has reignited in the Monroe Circuit Court, where abortion providers are once again asking for an injunction against the law on Indiana constitutional grounds.
The man convicted of the 2015 murder of a pregnant Indianapolis pastor’s wife has lost his argument on appeal that inadmissible statements to law enforcement undercut his convictions of murder and other charges.
The man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, bludgeoning her husband with a hammer and seeking to kidnap her goes on trial Thursday.
