U.S. Rep. Jim Baird and wife recovering after ‘pretty bad’ car crash, Trump says
Baird, 80, represents Indiana’s 4th District, which includes much of Boone, Hendricks and Morgan counties.
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Senator seeks more policing, criminal prosecution from state in downtown Indianapolis
State Sen. Michael Young has introduced legislation that could lead to a state takeover of policing and criminal prosecution in downtown Indianapolis.
Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela
Republican leaders entered the closed-door session at the Capitol largely supportive of Trump’s decision to forcibly remove Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro from power, but many Democrats emerged with more questions.
Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after Democrats’ video urging troops to resist unlawful orders
Hegseth said the censure was “a necessary process step” to proceedings that could result in a demotion from Kelly’s retired rank of captain and subsequent reduction in retirement pay.
Lawsuit accuses Indiana Board for Depositories of wrongly withholding millions from banks
The board and Indiana State Treasurer Daniel Elliott issued a joint statement Monday, calling the lawsuit a “money grab” and saying they were fully committed to defending a fund that has protected Hoosier tax dollars from bank failures for nearly 100 years.
Taft completes merger with Morris, Manning & Martin
Taft said the combination creates an Am Law 100 firm with 25 offices nationwide and projected revenues exceeding $1 billion.
Muncie man gets 13 years in prison for firearm-related crimes
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Judi Calhoun sentenced De’Merio Strong, 28, to 13 years in prison after his conviction by jury for unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and intimidation with a deadly weapon.
Indiana attorney general sues Lilly over insulin prices
Attorney General Todd Rokita said the lawsuit, filed last Wednesday in the Lake County Superior Court, is part of his office’s intensifying efforts to lower insulin prices and improve health care affordability.
UPDATE: Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges
A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela.
Jury selection begins in trial for ex-officer accused in police response to Uvalde school shooting
Adrian Gonzales, one of the first officers to respond to the 2022 attack, is charged with 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment in a rare prosecution of an officer accused of not doing more to save lives.
Online lottery sales, new casino on Indiana’s gambling docket
Proposals for allowing the Hoosier Lottery to sell tickets online and the opening of a Fort Wayne-area casino are in the cards for what could be Indiana’s biggest gambling expansion since sports wagering was legalized in 2019.
Gov. Mike Braun reinstates workforce development board previously dissolved by Legislature
On Tuesday, Braun signed an executive order to reconstitute the Indiana Workforce Development Board, which was dissolved earlier this year.
Church files federal lawsuit alleging Indy violated religious freedom in blocked Holy Cross demolition
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church said in a press release that the boards’ October vote to prohibit the church from razing Holy Cross, the namesake of its east-side neighborhood, “intruded on St. Philip Neri Catholic Church’s religious exercise and violated its religious autonomy.”
ICE doesn’t plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge’s order banning it stands
U.S. immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands, according to a Tuesday court filing.
Indiana courts, lawyers prep for updated e-filing system
The new system was originally expected to roll out this month, but the release is now set for spring.
Indiana’s top legal stories of 2025
From the immigration crackdown that brought hundreds of detainees to Indiana jails to the Indiana Senate’s rejection of mid-cycle redistricting, the state saw plenty of legal news in 2025. See what story our staff picked as the top legal story of the year.
Our most-read online stories in 2025
There’s no mistaking that our readers gravitate to stories about attorneys and judges being disciplined by the Indiana Supreme Court. Half of our 10 most popular online stories in 2025 involved attorney discipline.
Melissa Hamer: A year loaded with environmental regulatory changes
Between Supreme Court rewrites of familiar statutes, extended methane deadlines, and Indiana’s new stormwater and water-pipeline rules, our regulated community spent 2025 chasing certainty.
Blake Hartz: A look at the year when generative AI became ‘legal’
The problem many AI companies have encountered is that their enormous training datasets contain enormous amounts of copyrighted content.
Trump’s executive order on AI creating uncertainty for businesses
The order seeking to preempt state regulation of artificial intelligence has added another wrinkle as attorneys attempt to advise their clients on AI usage and how to mitigate risk, as more and more companies incorporate the technology into their business practices.