Expanding smoking ban would hurt casinos, study committee chair says
In a brief hearing Thursday, members of the Interim Study Committee on Public Policy voted to leave the state’s smoking ban alone.
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Indiana part of lawsuit challenging EPA carbon rule
Indiana and 22 other states filed a legal challenge Friday to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule requiring existing power plants to make technological changes to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The rule change is expected to unleash a flood of lawsuits from lawyers challenging everything from the timing to the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s signature climate initiative.
Case latest example of difficulty in prosecuting insider trading
The U.S. dropped insider-trading charges against Michael Steinberg, a former fund manager at SAC Capital Advisors LP who was convicted by a federal jury, in the latest fallout from a major appeals court ruling that made such prosecutions more difficult.
Preventable medical errors hit new high in Indiana
New data released from the Indiana State Department of Health shows that the state has set another record for medical errors.
Pence decides to pay off federal unemployment loan
Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday morning announced that the state would use about $250 million from Indiana's surplus to finish paying back the federal government for a loan the state took out to pay unemployment benefits during the recession.
Indiana officer faces 13 felonies including voter fraud
A police officer faces 13 felony charges in connection with the 2015 primary election in Ohio County.
FBI opens hate crime probe in Indiana attack on Muslim woman
The FBI has opened a hate crime investigation into an attack on a Muslim woman in which police say a 19-year-old Indiana University college student shouted racial slurs and tried to remove her headscarf.
Has it become impossible to prosecute white collar crime?
For close watchers of the interactions between the Justice Department and the financial industry, the mistrial in the Dewey & LeBoeuf case was about more than just the fact that a handful of jurors were too overwhelmed by the evidence presented to reach a verdict. The mistrial, after four months in court and 22 days of deliberations, hints at a much deeper problem: Perhaps most financial crime has simply reached a level of such complexity that it's beyond the reach of the law.
UPS agrees to pay $4M to settle late-delivery probe
Indiana is set to receive a portion of a $4 million settlement with UPS Inc. following allegations that the shipping company overcharged government customers in 14 states.
Steele: Deal close on medical malpractice reform bill
Plaintiff and defense lawyers and state officials are close to an agreement on legislation to reform Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act, a key state senator said Tuesday.
Advisory council approves recommendations for DOC funds
A recommendation to sprinkle $5 million in new state funding across nearly half of Indiana’s counties has been unanimously approved by the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council, paving the way to expand treatment and rehabilitation programs to help low-level offenders.
Study panel recommends opening adoption records
A legislative study committee Tuesday recommended opening records to thousands of Hoosiers born before 1994 who cannot access their own birth certificates.
US prosecutors probing UN have plenty of work, documents show
When U.S. federal prosecutors charged a senior United Nations official on Tuesday, it was the Justice Department’s first foray into the activities of the international organization in a number of years. The prosecutor behind the push says there’s more to investigate – and internal UN documents suggest he has a point.
East Chicago councilman pleads not guilty to murder charge
An East Chicago councilman who's running unopposed in the upcoming election has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.
Officials, groups push for hate crime law in Indiana
At least two Indianapolis-based officials and two organizations are calling upon state lawmakers to establish a hate crime law.
DCS ‘became the abusers’
A jury has awarded $31.3 million in an "arbitrary and capricious" case against parents in their child's death.
New law part of effort to block school-to-prison pipeline
National statistics show Indiana is the wrong kind of leader in school discipline.
Indiana programs help public sector attorneys with loans
Along with the government repayment and forgiveness programs designed to help new attorneys in the public sector pay their student loans, law schools and bar associations have established similar programs.
Forgiving student debt
The American Bar Association launched a campaign in response to proposed changes to federal loan forgiveness and repayment programs.
Study panel to hear proposal to open adoption records
Whether some 350,000 adopted people born between 1941 and 1993 should be allowed access to their birth certificates – and knowledge of who their biological parents are – will be considered Tuesday by a legislative study panel.