Indiana Supreme Court keeps state abortion ban on hold
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday that prevents the state from enforcing a Republican-backed abortion ban while it considers whether it violates the state constitution.
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Smith & Wesson sued over link to July 4 parade mass shooting
The suits accuse gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting its ads at young men at risk of committing mass violence.
Rokita goes directly to Indiana Supreme Court to try to overturn pause of abortion law
The attorney general is appealing a local judge’s ruling that clinics can resume providing abortions for women who are up to 20 weeks pregnant.
Doriann H. Cain: Abortion ruling raises privacy and security questions
The ruling raises difficult privacy and security questions related to how the digital surveillance economy might be used to track women seeking health care services.
Indiana appeals judge’s order blocking state’s abortion ban
The appeal was filed Thursday night after Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the abortion ban, putting the new law on hold.
Indiana abortion clinics reopening after judge blocks ban
Indiana’s abortion clinics, which were to lose their state licenses under the ban, are preparing to resume the procedures.
City reaches $200K settlement over Towne & Terrace housing complex
Indianapolis officials said the agreement announced Thursday is expected to give the city more control of the crime-plagued housing complex.
UPDATED: Judge puts Indiana abortion ban on hold; AG pledges to appeal
The ban was approved by the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature on Aug. 5 and signed by GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb. The ruling comes one week after it took effect.
New York attorney general sues Donald Trump and his company for fraud
The lawsuit is the culmination of the Democrat’s three-year civil investigation of Trump and the Trump Organization. Trump’s three eldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump, were also named as defendants, along with two longtime company executives.
Indiana legislators hear testimony for, against legalizing marijuana
Over the course of four hours, committee members from the interim health committee heard testimony for and against legalization, from veterans using it to treat chronic pain to prosecutors worried about unintended consequences.
Indiana judge weighing bid to block state’s new abortion ban
A judge heard arguments for about an hour in a Bloomington courtroom on a request from abortion clinic operators to block the Indiana abortion ban that went into effect on Thursday.
Indiana court hearing set after abortion ban takes effect
The special judge overseeing the case issued an order Monday setting a court hearing for Sept. 19, which is four days after the ban’s effective date.
Indiana officials appeal ruling against trans sports law
The appeal filed this week argues that U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis was wrong in granting a preliminary injunction against the law and allowing a 10-year-old transgender girl to rejoin her school’s all-girls softball team.
Indiana abortion ban challenged under religious freedom law
The ACLU’s lawsuit contends that the new abortion ban would violate Jewish teaching that “a fetus attains the status of a living person only at birth.”
Citizens Energy says apartment landlord to sell complexes, avoid utility disconnection
Citizens Energy Group on Thursday announced an agreement with landlord JPC Affordable Housing that will result in the sale of four properties and relieve most of JPC’s past-due utility-bill debt, now totaling more than $1.9 million.
IU Health gears up to comply with new abortion law with ‘rapid-response team’
Indiana University Health, the state’s largest hospital system, has set up the teams to help its doctors seeking guidance on whether they can legally perform an abortion to protect the health of the mother and other situations.
State high court sides with Archdiocese in firing of gay Cathedral High teacher
The Indiana Supreme Court found the church-autonomy doctrine prohibits the state from interfering in the Catholic Church’s dispute with a high school teacher who claimed he was fired for being in a same-sex marriage.
Susan Brooks, John Tinder denounce Indiana AG Rokita, say actions smack of ‘McCarthyism’
The former congresswoman and the retired federal judge wrote in a column that they are “deeply concerned” about Attorney General Todd Rokita’s actions toward Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana physician who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio girl.
Bill amendment lets AG step in when local prosecutors won’t enforce law
The amendment has potential ramifications for Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, a Democrat who has announced that he will not prosecute cases involving abortion or possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Boone County employee alleges harassment in suit against councilor, county
The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by the county’s director of human resources lists Boone County Councilman Aaron Williams and Boone County as co-defendants.