The Indiana Supreme Court of has ruled the state's Bureau of Motor Vehicles is allowed to regulate what people print on their personalized license plates.

Individuals in 27 counties impacted by summer flooding were eligible to apply for federal Small Business Administration loans. But the state estimates that more than 100 Hoosiers were turned down - and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is putting up more than $300,000 to help those people.

A bill authored last session to terminate a rapist's parental rights failed to even get a committee hearing. But the hopes of its advancement this coming session are boosted by a unanimous recommendation from the Criminal Code Study Committee.

Indiana was part of an effort to block the EPA's power plant rule before it became final. The latest lawsuit - involving Indiana and 22 other states - takes aim at the regulation now that it's taken effect.

City Council President John Crawford said Thursday that he will file a complaint with the city's ethics board and the city attorney over possible city code and ethics code violations by former city clerk Sandy Kennedy, who retired Oct. 13 citing health concerns.

In the coming days, Indiana will pay off the remainder of a federal unemployment insurance loan. The governor says it will save employers $327 million next year.

The joint government of Marion County and Indianapolis is undergoing its first major changes since it began 45 years ago.

The state said its law banning people from taking pictures of their ballot - whether filled out or not - in the voting booth was to help prevent voter coercion and vote buying and selling. But federal judge Sarah Evans Barker says the state didn't show any evidence that those problems exist.

By loaning itself $250 million from the state's General Fund, Indiana will pay off the rest of the loan by early November, avoiding next year's penalty - and saving employers $327 million.

Indiana's synthetic drug law bars the sale of certain compounds and look-alikes, while allowing the pharmacy board to add new compounds to the list of banned substances. Two of the first people convicted under the law challenged the statute, claiming it was too vague to be constitutional.