Indiana Supreme Court OKs walkout fines for House Democrats

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by House Democrats to rescind more than $100,000 in fines withheld from their paychecks by the Republican majority for shutting down legislative business to block a right-to-work proposal.

State Supreme Court lets decision on case heard at M'ville High stand

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court will not decide a case it heard last month at Merrillville High School.

RICH JAMES: Pope of Lake County's judiciary claims superiority

If you thought the Vatican was home to the greatest concentration of power in the world, you'd better think again.

Pence backs merit selection for new juvenile court judge

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence is siding with Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura, his new director of the Indiana Department of Child Services, in favoring merit selection to replace her as head of Lake County's Juvenile Court.

Chief Justice urges lawmakers to compromise on walkout fines

INDIANAPOLIS | The eyebrow-raising moments that have accompanied Indiana's becoming a right-to-work state continued Thursday at the State Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Brent Dickson all but demanded House Republicans and Democrats settle their dispute over walkout fines before the court does.

BRIAN HOWEY: Daniels era has obliterated Indiana Democrats

From a political perspective, the decade-long "Mitch Daniels era" has been devastating for Indiana Democrats.

Indiana Supreme Court ruling blocks transparency in health care pricing

INDIANAPOLIS | Dealing a major blow to free-market pricing for health care, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday hospitals can charge uninsured patients their highest possible rates for services without disclosing in advance how much a patient might be expected to pay.

Indiana Supreme Court scrutinizes school vouchers

INDIANAPOLIS | The fate of Indiana's school voucher program, which uses state tax dollars to pay tuition for some students attending private schools, appears to rest on how the Indiana Supreme Court interprets four words in the state constitution.

Ind. Supreme Court set to review constitutionality of private school vouchers

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's school voucher program, which has used state tax dollars to pay private school tuition for more than 13,000 elementary and high school students over the past two years, will be scrutinized Wednesday by the Indiana Supreme Court.

State bar association urges Hoosiers vote 'yes' to retain justices, judges

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana State Bar Association recommended Monday that Hoosiers vote to keep the two state Supreme Court justices and four Court of Appeals judges who are up for retention.

Retention election lets voters decide whether to keep, dump judges

INDIANAPOLIS | In addition to the dozens of candidates for local, state and federal offices that Hoosiers will elect on Nov. 6, Northwest Indiana residents will help decide whether two Indiana Supreme Court justices and three judges on the state's Court of Appeals will remain in their posts.

Indiana Supreme Court reviews sentencing dispute

INDIANAPOLIS | Sentencing rules for misdemeanor crimes were scrutinized by the Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday after lower courts disagreed on how to apply state law.

Region native takes oath as state's chief justice

INDIANAPOLIS | New Chief Justice Brent Dickson pledged Monday that the Indiana Supreme Court will remain as highly esteemed in the state and across the nation on his watch as it has been under his predecessors.

Governor to swear in new chief justice Monday

INDIANAPOLIS | A man born in Gary and raised in Hobart will be formally sworn in as Chief Justice of Indiana at 9 a.m. region time Monday at the Statehouse.

Indiana Supreme Court justice from Gary is running for retention

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana Supreme Court Justice Robert Rucker will seek another 10-year term on the state's high court.

Justice Rucker files for retention

Deadline nears for Gary Supreme Court justice to seek another term

INDIANAPOLIS | Time is running out for Indiana Supreme Court Justice Robert Rucker, a Gary native, to get on the November ballot and retain his seat on the state's high court.

Two with region ties in running for state's chief justice

INDIANAPOLIS | A new Chief Justice of Indiana will be selected May 15 from among four members of the Indiana Supreme Court, including two Northwest Indiana natives.

Another veteran justice leaving Indiana Supreme Court

INDIANAPOLIS | Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. announced Monday he will leave the Indiana Supreme Court this summer after 19 years to teach law at Indiana University in Indianapolis.

Ind. justice's swearing-in highlights state's merit selection

INDIANAPOLIS | The selection process that began in December when Chief Justice Randall Shepard announced his retirement ends Monday when Mark Massa takes the oath of office to become Indiana's 107th Supreme Court justice.