Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Indiana American Water briefly sought to charge customers for Pacers seats

Indiana American Water sought to charge customers for a season of court-side Pacers tickets — but backtracked after consumer advocates contested the expense. ... Read More

GOP leaders say changes in lieutenant governor selection unlikely

Although everyday Hoosiers vote for their party’s gubernatorial nominee, it’s party delegates that select that person’s second-in-command. Still, delegates typically fall in line with the gubernatorial nominee’s preference.... Read More

AES Indiana says state storm outage inquiry not warranted

AES Indiana says existing state regulations are sufficient — and no investigation is needed — following lengthy weather-related power outages in late June and early July that affected an estimated 100,000 people.... Read More

Little-known not-for-profit boosts Indiana’s economic development agency

Outside organizations donated nearly $3 million to a state economic development agency’s not-for-profit arm over the last three years — but who the donors are, and how the agency spends their contributions are largely unknown under state rules.... Read More

Survey: Most employers aware of staff mental health struggles

Almost two-thirds of Hoosier employers knew they had employees struggling with mental health last year, according to a Wellness Council of Indiana survey released Thursday — but just a quarter trained management on how to spot the signs and take action.... Read More

Hoosiers in debt $46 million to state’s biggest utilities

Indiana residents owed $45.6 million to the state’s “big five” investor-owned utilities in March, the most recent month for which complete data is available — with thousands among them cut off from service. Fewer were reconnected.... Read More

Dentists and state regulators at odds over compliance fund spending

Indiana dentists and hygienists have for a decade paid a $20 compliance fee every other year as part of license renewals. But that changes this year, after a long-simmering dispute between dentists and state regulators boiled over.... Read More

Settlement reached in Sen. Tyler Johnson malpractice case

An Indiana senator’s medical malpractice case involving the 2018 death of a young woman has an “agreed resolution,” according to court records, though no other details were available.... Read More

Room for individual, narrower legal action on abortion ban, legal experts say

A split ruling from the Indiana Supreme Court has left the door open to both individual future challenges and further restrictions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Now, some legal experts are warning that Hoosiers could directly petition the courts.... Read More

Indiana abortions jumped in 2022 but have dropped this year, reports say

Last year, as Indiana’s neighbors limited abortion, Hoosier providers performed hundreds more procedures than is typical, state reports released Friday shows. But after the state passed its own near-total ban — despite a statewide preliminary inunction — procedures dropped.... Read More