County jails on the hook as state stops paying prisoner costs
County jails haven’t received payments in months, and there are still four months left in the July-to-June fiscal year.
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Senate Republicans approve limiting health insurance program for Hoosiers
The bill would to impose various Medicaid restrictions like work requirements on an insurance program for moderate-income Hoosiers between the ages of 19 and 64.
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs
Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race.
Meet Dale E. Ho, the judge weighing the future of the NYC mayor’s corruption case
Ho, an Ivy League-educated former civil rights lawyer and law professor, has shown no signs of being a rubber stamp — one way or the other.
A$AP Rocky returns to a life of music, fashion, film and Rihanna with his acquittal
It’s no ordinary life jurors sent him on to when they quickly returned not guilty verdicts Tuesday on two counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic handgun.
Indy attorney charged with soliciting nude photos from minors
The attorney has been charged with crimes that include vicarious sexual gratification with a minor under 14, child exploitation, dissemination of matter harmful to minors and child solicitation.
Fishers talent agency sues former employee for operating competing business
Top Talent LLC’s lawsuit accuses the former employee of simultaneously running Career Headhunter LLC and stealing confidential information.
Indiana panel advances Rokita-backed immigration crackdown
The measure would further loop all levels of Hoosier government into federal immigration enforcement while cracking down on the state’s employers.
Senate advances property tax relief over bipartisan opposition
Gov. Mike Braun says the amended proposal has a long way to go before it gets his signature.
Illinois secession bill passes first hurdle
Republican House Speaker Todd Huston’s proposal would create a commission tasked with exploring the secession and transfer of certain Illinois counties to Indiana.
Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid
Republicans, who are looking to slash federal spending and offer lucrative tax cuts to corporations and wealthier Americans, see Medicaid as ripe for trimming.
Mike Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0
The former vice president’s refusal to break with Trump defined their time together in office until the two had a falling out over Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election.
Attorney disbarred for sexual relations with three ‘vulnerable’ clients
The court determined the Winamac attorney’s actions were predatory, not “merely exercises in poor judgment.”
Opposition brings likely end to Indiana utility siting bill, but the issue isn’t going away
A key lawmaker called the bill a response to ongoing resistance of local governments to greenlight solar, wind and other renewables projects that are necessary to support the state’s growing energy demands.
Five takeaways from the House Republican state budget plan
The two-year spending plan funds many of Gov. Mike Braun’s agenda items—including additional funding for private school vouchers—but doesn’t include several state tax cuts the new governor proposed.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
The news comes as roughly 150 million taxpayers prepare to file returns by the April 15 deadline.
ICE struggles to boost arrest numbers despite infusion of resources
The administration has stopped publishing daily numbers, and Trump officials said they will release the data on a monthly basis to conserve resources.
Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed
The emergency appeal is the start of what probably will be a steady stream of moves by the Trump administration seeking to undo lower court rulings.
Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges from backlogged courts
Immigration courts are backlogged with more than 3.7 million cases, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, and it takes years to decide asylum cases.
Tariffs could reach deep into manufacturing-heavy Indiana
Tariff talk is big these days as economists, manufacturers, industry groups and consumers—everyone, it seems—consider the potential impact of tariffs announced by the Trump administration. Indiana’s manufacturing-heavy economy is especially vulnerable to the uncertainty from tariffs and retaliatory tariffs between nations.