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Ind. Gov't. - "Prosecutors group assails proposal to cut prison sentences"

Posted on January 19, 2011
Updating a long list of entries on the Governor's proposal to reform Indiana's sentencing laws, including this one from Jan....

Ind. Gov't. - "Unforeseen obstacles in the mix for startup doughnut factory"

Posted on January 19, 2011
Ruth Holliday's blog entry today reminded me that I'd intended to post about this lengthy story from the Sunday Star...

Ind. Gov't. - "If not townships, then what? Governor calls for end to system; most legislators favor incremental reform"

Posted on January 19, 2011
That is the headline to a story in today's Bloomington Herald-Times. It is behind a paywall, but here are a...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 7 NFP)

Posted on January 19, 2011
For publication opinions today (2): In Jeffrey Allen Rowe v. Indiana Dept. of Correction, a 6-page opinion in a pro...

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Ind. Courts - New tax court judge takes office but robing ceremony won't be until March 8, 2011

Posted on January 19, 2011
A press release announces that new Tax Court Judge Martha Wentworth is already at work:Ms. Martha Blood Wentworth will take...

Courts - "The Oldest Bench Ever: Extreme aging in the federal judiciary?and the trouble it causes."

Posted on January 19, 2011
Long, very interesting article by Joseph Goldstein, published in Slate on Jan. 18, 2011. Some quotes:Life tenure, intended to foster...

Ind. Gov't. - "Clark drainage rules violate Indiana law, suit argues"

Posted on January 19, 2011
Ben Zion Hershberg reported in a lengthy Jan. 14, 2011 story in the Louisville Courier Journal:A couple has sued the...

Ind. Decisions - One Indiana opinion today from 7th Circuit

Posted on January 19, 2011
In Anthony Smith v. Gil Peters (SD Ind., Young), a 6-page opinion, Judge Posner writes:Anthony Smith, an Indiana state...

Ind. Courts - "Starke County Prosecutor Replaces Chief Deputy Prosecutor Todd Wallsmith"

Posted on January 19, 2011
From Kankakee Valley K99.3 WKVI FM, published Jan. 19, 2011:WKVI has learned that new Starke County Prosecutor Nicholas Bourff has...

Ind. Courts - "Starke County Prosecutor Replaces Chief Deputy Prosecutor Todd Wallsmith" [Updated]

Posted on January 19, 2011
From Kankakee Valley K99.3 WKVI FM, published Jan. 19, 2011:WKVI has learned that new Starke County Prosecutor Nicholas Bourff has...

Ind. Gov't. - What is the role of the new House Committee on Government Reduction?

Posted on January 18, 2011
There was much fanfare late last year when House Speaker Bosma appointed Democrats to head two House committees. One was...

Ind. Gov't. - Bill to end lengthy legal battle over high-fenced deer hunting

Posted on January 18, 2011
From a story Sunday in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, reported by Niki Kelly:Rep. David Wolkins, R-Winona Lake, wants to...

A teaching moment - "Is it usual to use 'big poster/charts' in oral arguments?"

Posted on January 18, 2011
This entry is the first of an occasional series ... In this ILB entry on Jan. 11, 2010 the ILB...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)

Posted on January 18, 2011
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Desmond Parks v. State of...

Ind. Law - "Traffic Camera Companies Renew Push in Indiana"

Posted on January 18, 2011
Adding again to what is by now a long list of ILB entries on red-light cameras, an item in the...

Ind. Gov't. - NYT editorial on "Indiana?s Answer to Prison Costs"

Posted on January 18, 2011
A favorable national editorial today on Daniels' plan. A quote:Governors seeking wisdom on how to proceed could start by looking...

Ind. Gov't. - Storms didn't make hiring cut for Duke job until Reed got involved

Posted on January 18, 2011
Today, another John Russell / Indianapolis Star story involving Duke Energy and the IURC. Russell interviews Duke's chief executive, James...

Ind. Courts - Some thoughts about Indiana NFP opinions; isn't it time to abolish all distinctions?

Posted on January 17, 2011
On Jan. 5th, the ILB posted this entry, headed "In Illinois, "Can you cite to unpublished opinions?" What about Indiana?"...

Ind. Gov't. - "Everybody wants reform but hardly anybody wants to be reformed"

Posted on January 17, 2011
That is the CNHI Indiana Statehouse Bureau's Maureen Hayden's conclusion so far into this, her first session observing the Indiana...

Ind. Gov't. - Targeting townships

Posted on January 17, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 15th, the Indianapolis Star yesterday published an editorial headed "Wasted Dollars, Broken Trust." It...

Ind. Law - "Big changes appear likely in state criminal law: A booming prison population has officials reconsidering how Indiana sentences offenders to serve time"

Posted on January 17, 2011
Douglas Walker of the Terre Haute Trib-Star had this story Jan. 16th. A quote:The Indiana Department of Correction's population increased...

Ind. Law - Bill to repeal Indiana inheritance tax introduced

Posted on January 17, 2011
From a story yesterday in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, reported by Niki Kelly:[Sen. Jim Banks, R-Columbia City] is getting...

Here is the answer to "What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?

Posted on January 17, 2011
But first, please think about becoming an ILB supporter! From Sunday, January 16, 2011: Ind. Decisions - Search transfer...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next

Posted on January 17, 2011
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 1/17/11): Thursday, January 20th 10:00 AM - State of...

Ind. Courts - Order to clarify the operation of Appellate Rules 25(B) and 25(C) as they relate to determining the due date of a Rule 34(D) motion

Posted on January 17, 2011
The Supreme Court filed this 2-page order Jan. 14, 2010,in In re the Marriage of Bir. The relevant paragraph:Per Appellant?s...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit hears oral argument re "whether newspapers have a constitutional right to stream entire high school sporting events online"

Posted on January 16, 2011
Michael Tarm of the AP has this story in the Washington Post Jan. 14, 2001. A sample:The case pits community...

Law - Cost of indefinite detention of sex offenders shocks Virginia lawmakers

Posted on January 16, 2011
The ILB has had a number of entries on the high cost of civil commitment of sex offenders. The most...

Ind. Gov't. - A planned day at the races for then-Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chairman David Lott Hardy and his wife, and NIPSCO officials

Posted on January 16, 2011
A lengthy story today in the NWI Times, written by Keith Benman, reports:A day after Indiana's top utility regulator approved...

Ind. Decisions - Search transfer lists for the past 7 years

Posted on January 16, 2011
You may now search 7 years of transfer lists via a special ILB search engine, which searches a database the...

Courts - "Kentucky judges can grant out-of-state minors permission for abortions, appeals court rules"

Posted on January 16, 2011
Andrew Wolfson has this story today in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes from the lengthy story:Minors from other states...

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