Casino Corruption Guilty Plea, Home Detention Food Initiative, State Comptroller Named, Narcan Education, Chief Justice Study Group

November 29, 2023

Former Indiana state Representative Sean Eberhart entered a guilty plea, to a fraud charge in connection with a casino corruption scheme, before a judge in federal court in Indianapolis on Tuesday. People who enter the Marion County Community Corrections home detention program will be connected with food options through a new initiative. The Welcome Home Initiative will provide food and hygiene products to people leaving the jail for home detention. Elise Nieshalla is Indiana’s new state comptroller after Governor Eric Holcomb appointed her to the position Tuesday. Narcan is a life saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses, but in two-thirds of adolescent overdose deaths the medication wasn’t used even though there was some nearby. An effort in Indiana hopes to address the growing concern. Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush says she’s convening a new group to study the future of the legal profession. That’s as Indiana, like many states, faces an attorney shortage.

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