Indiana Senate leaders release their latest state budget proposal. Here’s what’s in and what’s out.
Senate fiscal leaders presented a conservative state budget plan Thursday morning that drops universal school choice and extraneous spending.
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Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave, AP sources say
Officials said stripping the immigrants of their Social Security numbers will cut them off from many financial services and encourage them to “self-deport.”
Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man
The court acted in the case of a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over fears he would face persecution from local gangs.
Opinions April 10, 2025
Indiana Court of Appeals
Melvin Lee Weaver v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-766
Criminal. Affirms Melvin Weaver’s reckless homicide conviction in Delaware Circuit Court. Finds Weaver’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence amounts to nothing more than an invitation to reweigh the evidence. Also finds that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the redacted BMV record into evidence. Attorneys for appellant: Mark Leeman, Tom F. Hirschauer, III. Attorneys for appellee” Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Samuel Dayton.
Drug trafficking on Indiana Toll Road results in 16-year sentence for Ohio man
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U. S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Kortney Moore, 27, of West Akron, Ohio, after Moore pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
House increases homeowner relief in property tax compromise with Braun
The governor and legislative leaders have for weeks gone back and forth on the key components of Senate Bill 1.
After third committee vote, Delta-8 regulations head to Indiana House floor
Senate Bill 478 sets out advertising, age-limit, licensing, packaging, testing and other requirements for the hemp-derived products.
Supreme Court allows Trump’s firings of independent agency board members to take effect, for now
Chief Justice John Roberts signed an order pausing a ruling from the federal appeals court in Washington that had temporarily restored the two women to their jobs.
Appeals court clears the way for the Trump administration to fire thousands of probationary workers
A split panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the terminations of federal workers should probably be appealed through a separate employment process rather than fought out in federal court.
Trump administration appeals court decision ordering AP journalists back into White House events
President Donald Trump has dismissed the AP, which was established in 1846, as a group of “radical left lunatics” and said that “we’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree it’s the Gulf of America.”
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act, after judges’ review
The court’s action appears to bar the administration from immediately resuming the flights that last month carried hundreds of migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Appellate court to travel to IU East to hear negligence case
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The case involves an Avon woman who sued the owner of a pit bull after the dog bit her.
Opinions April 9, 2025
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ryan David Quartier v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-1381
Criminal. Affirms Ryan Quartier’s convictions and his 26-year sentence in Hendricks Superior Court for Level 3 felony criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon and Level 5 felony battery with a deadly weapon. Finds there is sufficient evidence that Quartier was armed with and used a deadly weapon. Also finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting Alicia Conner’s out-of-court statements. Attorney for appellant: Zachary Stock. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General J.T. Whitehead.
Braun orders state-affiliated nonprofits to produce missed transparency reports
The Governor’s Office singled out the Indiana Economic Development Foundation, which supports IEDC travel and business-attraction efforts, for failing to produce years of transparency reports.
Indiana House OKs bill to increase scrutiny around state agency contracts
The bill would require all Indiana agencies, statewide offices, local governments, nonprofit organizations and state educational institutions to input contracts into the state’s transparency portal within 30 days.
Trump signs executive orders to help dying coal industry
The president directed federal agencies to loosen various restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports.
Latest IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration authorities
Acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause—the tax agency’s third leader since President Donald Trump’s inauguration—will participate in the deferred resignation program offered by the Trump administration, sources say.
Domestic violence victim tries to start new life after murder conviction is overturned
Sabrina Dunn said she will always firmly believe she acted in self-defense and used reasonable force when she shot and killed her ex-husband, William “Bill” Dunn.
Investigators deploy new methods to identify Westfield serial killer’s victims
By the late 1990s, several men had been identified as likely victims of Herb Baumeister at his Fox Hollow Farm. Now a new team of investigators is trying to finish the task for as many as 25 victims.
Q&A with Rodric Bray: Indiana Senate’s top leader talks legal experience, decriminalizing marijuana
Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, an attorney, said he doesn’t see himself as dictatorial, but as a consensus builder.
