Indiana's bar passage rate ticked up very slightly this year, to 61 percent. But it had gotten worse six consecutive years before that.

The state's highest court ruled a long-standing Indiana statute was regulating the railroad business.

The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case that challenges how Marion County police and prosecutors disburse proceeds from property they've seized and sold.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that rail transportation is governed by federal law.

Judge Geoff Robison had been deciding cases involving state law infractions, such as speeding, and offering deferrals, in addition to processing city ordinance violations without a prosecuting attorney practicing in the court.

Indiana has seven family recovery courts, with four more in the planning stages.

The Indiana Supreme Court could overturn a state law that bars cities from charging more than $5 in annual fees to landlords for their rental properties.

The high court receives between 7,000 and 8,000 certiorari petitions annually. A case is reviewed if four of the nine justices agree to accept it. The justices decided about 70 cases during the 2017-18 term.

The Indiana Supreme Court must decide whether a state constitutional requirement that "all forfeitures" be paid to the Common School Fund really means "all." Police and prosecutors have been permitted since 1984 to divert a portion of the revenue for "expenses."

Federal courts directed the Indiana Supreme Court to give guidance on whether or not daily fantasy sports companies can use athletes' names and likenesses.