Administration attorneys said in the motion filed at the 5th Circuit that the ruling was too broad and vague, and had the potential to chill government officials’ speech on important matters.
Larry Nassar, a former doctor who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times Sunday during an altercation with another inmate, sources told the Associated Press.
Indiana Rep. Jim Lucas had the active ingredient in marijuana in his blood the day he was arrested for hitting a guardrail and driving the wrong way on an interstate entrance ramp, according to the report.
The Lawrence Common Council approved a budget in September 2021, but the mayor’s administration did not submit it to the state by the deadline. That meant the city in 2022 had to operate under the previous year’s budget.
Federal prosecutors say Steve Buyer should pay nearly $1.4 million to cover the legal bills of companies forced to incur expenses when he was prosecuted on insider trading charges.
A band with ties to The Satanic Temple wants to play at Indiana’s Statehouse in a bid for “religious liberty,” following a conservative Christian activist’s prayer rally at the site this spring. And it’s willing to sue to get in.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of Louisiana cited “substantial evidence” of a far-reaching censorship campaign and wrote that the “evidence produced thus far depicts an almost dystopian scenario.”
The state’s high court nixed a preliminary injunction that has kept the ban on hold since September.
The court held that the administration needs Congress’ endorsement before undertaking so costly a program.
In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
Jane Henegar plans to stay in her position with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana until a replacement is found, leaving by Jan. 1.
In Indiana, state leaders and others are already worried about the declining college-going rate, which is especially low for Black and Hispanic and Latino students.
The Supreme Court sided in part with a Sabbath-observant mail carrier who quit the U.S. Postal Service after he was forced to deliver packages on Sundays.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office, through its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, joined more than a dozen states and the federal government Wednesday in a nationwide enforcement action against 78 individuals charged with Medicaid fraud.
To guard against a chilling effect on non-threatening speech, the majority said, states must prove that a criminal defendant has acted recklessly, meaning that he “disregarded a substantial risk that his communications would be viewed as threatening violence.”
The high court has 10 opinions left to release over the next week before the justices begin their summer break. The last opinions to be released cover some of the most contentious issues.
The deal would compensate water providers for pollution with per- and polyfluorinated substances, known collectively as PFAS—a broad class of chemicals used in nonstick, water- and grease-resistant products such as clothing and cookware.
The largest U.S. newspaper publisher by total daily circulation alleges in the suit that Google controls how publishers sell their ad slots and forces them to sell an increasing amount of ad space to Google at lower prices.
After a lull during the pandemic, eviction filings by landlords have come roaring back, driven by rising rents and a long-running shortage of affordable housing.
U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon wrote Friday that he was blocking the law from taking effect because its opponents had demonstrated potential irreparable harm to those undergoing treatment and shown “some likelihood of success” in arguments that it was unconstitutional.
