On Wednesday, the Holcomb administration unveiled a new rent assistance program for Hoosiers struggling to pay rent as a result of coronavirus-related economic fallout. This program, which requires landlord permission to participate, was announced in conjunction with a one month extension to the statewide moratorium [...]
On Monday, State Senator J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis) asked the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to deny a recent petition filed by several investor-owned utility companies seeking to increase consumer rates to make up lost revenue due to a COVID-19 related decrease in energy demand. In [...]
On Thursday, information was released confirming that five Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) inmates had tested positive for COVID-19. One of the prisons with positive cases is the Indiana Women's Prison, located in Senate District 29 and represented by State Senator J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis). Sen. [...]
On Wednesday, Governor Holcomb vetoed Senate Enrolled Act (SEA) 148, a contentious proposal that would have prohibited local government from passing legislation regulating landlord and tenant relationships. If signed, SEA 148 would have immediately invalidated a recently approved Indianapolis ordinance to provide more protections to [...]
On Wednesday, the Senate approved Senate Bill (SB) 148 with a vote of 29-19. SB 148 contains sweeping language that creates new, statewide landlord-tenant statutes and restricts local governments from passing any of their own ordinances. This proposal was introduced in the last weeks of [...]
On Monday, Attorney General Curtis Hill issued an official opinion that the Indiana BMV is not permitted to allow Hoosiers to use a gender-neutral marker on their licenses. State Senator J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis) had the following response to the issued opinion: "Why are we so [...]