On July 1, most of the legislation passed by the General Assembly during the 2018 session became law. If you have municipal clients or work frequently with local government entities, check out Aim’s 2018 Statehouse Report for information on all the new laws with municipal impact. 

A clean, white barn with red trim breaks the repetition in the acres of farmland that define Converse, Indiana. On its face, a sign—printed with sunflower patterns and the company’s name, Healthy Hoosier Oil—hints to passersby what products come out of the Miami County facility 20 miles west of Marion.

A lawsuit challenging Indiana’s civil forfeiture procedures will be heard by the United States Supreme Court after the justices granted a writ of certiorari to a case that a national legal organization says will have significant implications on Eighth Amendment protections nationwide.

While walking her dogs through Versailles State Park one unseasonably warm afternoon in December 2011, Melodie Liddle heard her 9-year-old beagle, Copper, yelping after becoming caught in a hidden raccoon trap.

During a recent radio interview, Representative Bob Morris discussed his plan to introduce legislation during the 2019 session to freeze property tax increases in Indiana for qualifying individuals (think those on fixed incomes). Indiana would be one of six states to implement such a program and most programs are optional.

You may walk the shore of Lake Michigan, Indiana’s Supreme Court held recently. Justices settled that question in a landmark case, finding that the state’s public trust rights to the Lake Michigan shore extend to the ordinary high-water mark.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced he will call a special legislative session after a chaotic finish to the 2018 legislative session that let a couple of his priorities die without a vote.

In January, the Indiana Supreme Court concluded in L.G. v. S.L., et al., 18S-AD-32, that a trial court judge was “not required to recuse himself from a case solely because counsel for one of the parties served as a professional reference and wrote a recommendation letter in support of a judge’s application for another judicial role.”

On March 12 and 13 the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee (MCJSC) will conduct interviews of the incumbent trial court judges seeking retention. The interviews will take place in Room 319 of the State House in Indianapolis. The interviews are open to the public, and the schedule is as follows.

A bill expanding the Indiana Attorney General’s ability to intervene in certain settlements that do not involve constitutional issues cleared a Statehouse committee Monday on a party-line vote.