Holcomb calls lawmakers back into session to consider $1B in refunds
Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he is calling lawmakers back to the Indiana Statehouse on July 6 to consider his plan to send $1 billion in refunds to Indiana taxpayers.
State Government
-
Naloxone vending machines designed to curb opioid overdose deaths
It took less than a week for Indiana’s first-ever naloxone vending machine to need a restock.
Read More -
New law establishes process for removing no-show elected officials from office
Motivated by a Lake County recorder who did not show up for work for more than a year, the Indiana General Assembly took an unusual step during the 2021 session and created a narrow pathway for local governments to remove one of their own instead of waiting for the voters to take action.
Read More -
‘Ordered freedom’: AG Rokita sets agenda focused on ‘liberty’
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita recently sat down with Indiana Lawyer to answer questions about his first 100 days in office and his agenda for the next four years.
Read More -
Web Exclusive: COA considering legislation limiting child sex abuse victim depositions
A one-year-old law is before the Indiana Court of Appeals, which is considering whether the Legislature properly placed restrictions on when defense attorneys can take a deposition of a minor child alleged to be a victim of a sex crime.
Read More
Articles
Challenger defeats Holcomb appointee to secure GOP nomination for secretary of state
Challenger Diego Morales’ campaign to defeat Gov. Eric Holcomb’s appointee for Indiana secretary of state succeeded on Saturday, when Indiana Republican Party delegates nominated Morales to be their candidate in November’s general election.
Holcomb, associates attacked as too moderate as GOP prepares to nominate candidates
Political mail directly attacking Gov. Eric Holcomb and associated GOP candidates as too moderate has been delivered to delegates in advance of this weekend’s Indiana Republican Party convention, heightening an already looming intra-party showdown.
Holcomb proposes $1B refund for Indiana taxpayers
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a plan on Thursday to call a special legislative session at the end of June and propose that $1 billion in state reserves be returned to Indiana taxpayers.
Virginia DMV hire of former Indiana BMV head scuttled after newspaper’s reporting
A former Indiana official had been set to take a job leading Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles, but that plan fell apart Tuesday after a newspaper’s reporting about allegations that the official had behaved inappropriately at work.
Indiana secretary of state doubles post-vote audits
As election security continues to be a hotly debated topic two years after the 2020 election, Indiana’s secretary of state says a plan to double the number of post-election audits this year is another step toward assuring voters that the state’s election results are accurate.
Is Marion County’s tradition of slating candidates nearing its end?
Indiana automatic taxpayer refund to be sent out this summer
Hoosiers should expect to start receiving the promised one-time $125 automatic taxpayer refund in the coming weeks, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday.
Meet the five Democrats running for Indy’s new state Senate seat
Five Indianapolis Democrats are in a crowded primary election battle to become their party’s nominee for a newly drawn seat in the Indiana Senate.
Several Indiana cities opting back in to opioid settlement
Indianapolis and several other Indiana cities are joining an estimated $507 million statewide opioid settlement after previously opting out of the state’s lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
Fight over special session bill arrives at Indiana Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court looked closely at the state’s constitution, peppered attorneys with questions and, at times, appeared skeptical of the answers during an hourlong oral argument as the justices waded into the Statehouse feud over who has the authority to call the Indiana Legislature into special session.
Indiana to double post-election audits in general elections
Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan on Friday announced the state will double its number of post-election audits following each general election.
Council resolution is latest effort to upend merit selection in Lake County
The Lake County Council has joined the push to give local residents the ability to elect their superior court judges rather than have the governor select the community’s judicial officers.
Indiana GOP lawmaker apologizes for remark on Black students
A top Republican Indiana legislator on education policy has apologized for comments suggesting Black students don’t perform better academically because they lack “respect for learning.”
Indiana House unanimously supports sanctions against Russia
The Indiana House unanimously supported sanctions against Russia, just hours after the commencement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week.
Indiana State Police leader blasts GOP on gun permit repeal
A proposal that could ultimately repeal Indiana’s handgun permit requirement remained alive in the Legislature on Thursday despite the objections of major law enforcement groups and officials, including the head of the State Police.
Holcomb decries ‘political’ motivations in HEA 1123 litigation
Contending the Legislature is injecting politics into the litigation over House Enrolled Act 1123, Gov. Eric Holcomb is reiterating his argument to the Indiana Supreme Court that the dispute is not about public policy but rather about whether the state’s constitution allows the General Assembly to call itself into a special session.
Legislation attempts to ban sale of ‘weed light’ in Indiana
Some Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly are trying to ban the sale of a popular derivative of hemp at concentrated levels that can give users a high.
7th Circuit won’t revive Illinois churches’ COVID suit
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to revive a lawsuit filed by two churches requesting an injunction forbidding Illinois’ governor from reinstating capacity limits on religious services in the future like he did at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Secretary of State Sullivan seeking to stay in office
Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan, who was appointed to her position by Gov. Eric Holcomb in March, announced Monday that she plans to seek the Republican Party’s nomination to run for the position in this year’s general election.