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Law - "Estate Tax Will Return Next Year, but Few Will Pay It"
Posted on December 19, 2010From Paul Sullivan's Dec. 17th column in the NY Times:Almost no one will have to worry about paying the estate...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "JUSTICE REINVESTMENT IN INDIANA: Summary Report & Policy Framework"
Posted on December 19, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 16th, here are some stories from the weekend: The Dec. 19th (today's) Fort Wayne...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Commission will seek your help to draw maps: Citizens group to suggest changes in districts to lawmakers"
Posted on December 19, 2010Updating this earlier ILB entry from yesterday, Ken Kusmer of the AP reports today:INDIANAPOLIS ? A citizen panel backed by...
Environment - Gas station UST leak renders house in Hobart uninhabitable
Posted on December 19, 2010The Gary Post Tribune today has several feature stories by Gitte Laasby about leaking underground storage tanks. The lengthy main...
Ind. Gov't. - "Law would let cities declare bankruptcy"; and more from the ILB
Posted on December 18, 2010Dan Carden of the NWI Times has this important story today -- some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS | Broke local governments could ask...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Commission will seek your help to draw maps: Citizens group to suggest changes in districts to lawmakers"; and some ILB observations
Posted on December 18, 2010Following up on this ILB entry from yesterday, Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star reports today on yesterday's redistricting...
Ind. Gov't. - "Former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick filed for bankruptcy Friday"
Posted on December 18, 2010Sarah Tompkins of the NWI Times reports today in a story that begins:HAMMOND | Former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick...
Ind. Law - More on "Zoeller seeks forfeiture law rewrite"
Posted on December 18, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 30th, Heather Gillers writes today in a long story in the Indianapolis Star that...
Environment - "Fertilizer handlers need certification"
Posted on December 18, 2010The Brazil Times reported Dec. 16th:WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Those hired to apply, handle or transport fertilizer for agriculture purposes...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Brizzi spokesman quits after DUI arrest"
Posted on December 18, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 21, 2010, the Indianapolis Star reports today:The former spokesman for Marion County Prosecutor Carl...
Ind. Courts - "Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards said her office will not assist the proposed Fort Wayne city court, limiting the types of offenses that could be tried there"
Posted on December 18, 2010Adding to the growing list of ILB entries on city and town courts (the most recent of which was Dec....
Courts - "After Iowa Judicial Ouster, a New Move to Bounce Other Justices"
Posted on December 17, 2010Ashby Jones has the report in the WSJ Law Blog:Apparently the ouster of the trio wasn?t enough for some new...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 8 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on December 17, 2010For publication opinions today (8): In Harold J. Klinker v. First Merchants Bank, N.A. , a 10-page opinion, Judge May...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides 2 Indiana cases today
Posted on December 17, 2010In U.S. v. Tanner (ND Ind., Lozano), a 33-page opinion, Judge Hamilton writes:Appellant Charles Tanner abandoned a promising career...
Ind. Gov't. - "Commission will seek your help to draw maps: Citizens group to suggest changes in districts to lawmakers"; and some ILB observations
Posted on December 17, 2010Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star has a long story today on redistricting. Some quotes:Legislators and citizens say there...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Judge removes Bren Simon as trustee over late husband's estate"
Posted on December 17, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Jeff Swiatek has this report in this morning's Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:A Hamilton County judge has...
Courts - "Sandra Day O'Connor Interviews John Paul Stevens"
Posted on December 17, 2010Read it here, in Newsweek. At one point, Justice O'Connor says:I was so stunned recently when I sat in the...
Ind. Decisions - Well, we have another opinion from the Supreme Court
Posted on December 17, 2010In Sheehan Construction Company v. Continental Casualty, a 6-page, 5-0 opinion on a petition for rehearing, Justice Rucker writes:Indiana Insurance...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues another awaited ruling
Posted on December 17, 2010In Indiana High School Athletic Association v. Jasmine S. Watson, a case about which the ILB has had a long...
Ind. Law - More on "Notre Dame's inquiry of alleged sex attack upsets parents of girl who accused athlete, killed herself"
Posted on December 16, 2010Updating this morning's ILB entry, the South Bend Tribune has now posted a response from Notre Dame, prefaced by:The University...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court hears oral argument in Brunner appeal
Posted on December 16, 2010Re the oral argument this morning at 10:30 AM before the Supreme Court in the case of Jeffrey Brunner v....
Ind. Courts - "Manchester May Nix Town Court"
Posted on December 16, 2010Yesterday the ILB had this entry, headed "Fremont To Fight State Efforts To Change Town Courts." Today this report by...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court hears oral argument in Desmond Turner appeal
Posted on December 16, 2010Oral argument was heard this morning at 9:00 AM before the Indiana Supreme Court in the case of Desmond Turner...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on December 16, 2010For publication opinions today (6): William Hurst v. State of Indiana In Anne W. Murphy, et al. v. Paul Terrell,...
Ind. Gov't. - Bills drafts for implementing Criminal Code changes
Posted on December 16, 2010Updating the earlier ILB entry about today's Criminal Code Evaluation Commission meeting, here are the bill drafts.PD 4074 - the...
Ind. Decisions - "Judge removes Bren Simon as trustee over late husband's estate"
Posted on December 16, 2010Cory Schouten is reporting in the IBJ in a long story that begins:A Hamilton County judge has ordered Bren Simon...
Ind. Law - "Notre Dame's inquiry of alleged sex attack upsets parents of girl who accused athlete, killed herself"
Posted on December 16, 2010The ILB has had earlier entries on this story. The most recent was Nov. 24, 2010. Today, Chicago Tribune reporters...
Courts - New Hampshire swears in its first woman chief justice
Posted on December 16, 2010This report today in the Concord Monitor, by Shira Schoenberg, begins:Justice Linda Stewart Dalianis took the oath of office yesterday...
Ind. Law - "Gov. Daniels would sign statewide smoking ban"
Posted on December 16, 2010So Dan Carden reports today in the NWI Times:Gov. Mitch Daniels is ready to sign a statewide smoking ban into...
Ind. Gov't. - "JUSTICE REINVESTMENT IN INDIANA: Summary Report & Policy Framework"
Posted on December 16, 2010Here is what looks to be the short version of the Pew Report. Maureen Hayden of CNHI has this story...
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The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....
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