HB 1369 ended up dying in the Senate, with only 21 votes for what had become a last-minute omnibus bill with lots of seemingly unrelated provisions . . . the most high-profile of which was the “harmful material” language [...]
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R) introduces the “No Oil From Terrorists Act,” legislation that would ban the importation of petroleum from Iran. He notes that despite decades of precedent prohibiting oil imports from Iran, the Biden Administration is refusing [...]
Indiana is part of a new multistate investigation of TikTok by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general over how the platform may cause harm to children. Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) joins his colleagues, tweeting, “I’m investigating Chinese-owned [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management sue the Northern Indiana Public Service Company in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana under Superfund laws. U.S., et al., v. No. Indiana Pub. [...]
In Lake Co. Bd. of Comm’rs v. State, No. 22S-MI-64, the Supreme Court grants transfer and, in a unanimous opinion authored by the Chief Justice, addresses “a question of first impression: for determining which entity is responsible for defending [...]
We told you over the past 18 months how difficult it would be for candidates without much of an organization to be obtain the required minimum 4,500 signatures for U.S. Senate ballot access (with at least 500 from each [...]
Terre Haute-based Hallador Energy Company, through its new subsidiary Hallador Power Company, LLC, will acquire Hoosier Energy’s 1-Gigawatt Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County in return for assuming certain decommissioning costs and environmental responsibilities. The transaction, which includes a [...]
Everyone has heard about heated Hoosier school board meetings requiring police intervention in the past year, and tempers even flaring over education issues at some Third House or crackerbarrel sessions this year, but you should know that the situation [...]
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R), the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and U.S. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Fred Keller (R-PA), [...]
CD 03 challenger Aaron Calkins (D) files an official challenge to the candidacy of U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R) with the Indiana Election Division, alleging that Rep. Banks is ineligible to run because he “supported an insurrection” and violated [...]