Legalization in Illinois also means that nearly 800,000 people with criminal records for purchasing or possessing 30 grams of marijuana or less may have those records expunged, a provision minority lawmakers and interest groups demanded.
John Westercamp’s bid comes as Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill faces an attorney disciplinary action and a civil lawsuit stemming for accusations he drunkenly groped four women at a party in March 2018.
The complaint asserts the shortcomings of Indiana’s foster care system have been well-known for years, but the reforms made since the Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group issued a report outlining widespread problems in June 2018 have not brought substantive change.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the century-old provision is an unconstitutional restriction on speech, handing a victory Monday to California fashion brand FUCT.
The Supreme Court ruled against a newspaper that was seeking to learn how much money goes annually to every store nationwide that participates in the government’s $65 billion-a-year Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, called SNAP.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to question President Donald Trump’s imposition of more than $4 billion in steel tariffs, turning away an appeal that challenged his use of national security as the legal justification for his trade agenda.
The private Indianapolis high school said it would lose its not-for-profit status and ability to call itself Catholic if it didn’t follow a directive from Archbishop Charles Thompson.
The federal lawsuit claims the Brownsburg Community School Corp. and its administrators violated John Kluge's First Amendment right to freedom of speech and free exercise of religion, among others.
Voting 5-4 along ideological lines, the court said Friday that property owners could go straight to a federal judge without first seeking compensation through state proceedings.
The National Rifle Association has sued its former president, Oliver North, for what it called “conduct harmful to the NRA” as turmoil that was exposed publicly when North resigned two months ago continued Thursday when the organization also turned against its longtime chief lobbyist.
The nation's biggest store chain said the two settlements close the books on federal investigations that stretch back to 2012 and have collectively cost the company more than $900 million.
The nation's biggest store chain said the two settlements close the books on federal investigations that stretch back to 2012 and have collectively cost the company more than $900 million.
In the lawsuit, a Pendleton financial adviser says he purchased client accounts from a fellow adviser who then defamed him and persuaded some of those clients to move their money elsewhere.
The groups say Indiana’s top elections official has made public misstatements about elections security and is not complying with numerous requests to turn over communications about the security of voting systems.
A small group of retirees paid a combined $6.2 million last year for stakes in a proposed event center in Carmel that never was built. The investors claim they were duped in a vast fraud involving financial advisers, a property broker and a bankrupt company called Noah Corp.
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of a $135,000 award against an Oregon bakery that refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in a case that revived a fractious debate over religious rights and equal treatment.
Prosecutors had sought a sentence of 13 months in prison for former Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer, who admitted to taking more than $500,000 in bribes for the sailing team in exchange for recruiting unqualified applicants to get them into Stanford.
Questions still linger involving the case of Johnson County Prosecutor Bradley Cooper, who pleaded guilty nearly two months ago to three felony charges and a misdemeanor domestic battery count.
The lawsuits arose from allegations that former counselor Shana Taylor had sex with two students while working for the district in 2015 and 2016.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office said officers were searching for the three suspects in the animal abuse at Fair Oaks Farms.
