Margaux Auxier, with the Indiana Department of Correction, on Thursday told the state’s Interim Study Committee on Corrections that the agency’s incarcerated population dipped during the pandemic but is now back on the rise. ... Read More
Gov. Mike Braun’s decision to give two of his top officials additional leadership posts has revived a longstanding constitutional question in Indiana: when can one person legally hold two government offices at once?... Read More
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun warned Wednesday that teachers who post online in celebration of political violence could face suspension or even revocation of their professional licenses.... Read More
The State Budget Committee on Wednesday approved a request from the Indiana Department of Correction for $15.79 million in state funding to prepare Miami Correctional Facility for use in a new federal immigration detention agreement.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Correction will begin sending payments to dozens of counties on Monday to cover costs for housing state prisoners, ending months of delays that left local jails without reimbursements.... Read More
The Indiana Office of Inspector General has filed a formal ethics complaint against former Public Safety Secretary Jennifer-Ruth Green—accusing her of ghost employment and misuse of state property. The investigation began months before her abrupt resignation.... Read More
The state’s ethics watchdogs met behind closed doors Thursday as questions mounted around former Indiana Secretary of Public Safety Jennifer-Ruth Green, whose recent resignation followed a remediation agreement connected to an inspector general investigation.... Read More
Indiana University is once again among the worst colleges in the country for free speech, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.... Read More
A remediation agreement signed in July shows Jennifer-Ruth Green was already the subject of an inspector general investigation into alleged misuse of state resources and workplace misconduct before her sudden resignation last week.... Read More
Indiana Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources Suzanne Jaworowski told attendees at the annual Indiana Water Summit on Thursday that a pending statewide water plan must be “transparent, data-driven and developed collaboratively."... Read More
