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Ind. Law - "Getting off (nearly) scot-free: Is the penalty too light for convicted embezzlers?"
That is the headline to this story by Laurie Wink in the Sunday Michigan City News-Dispatch:LA PORTE - Local and area businesses, churches and organizations have lost thousands of dollars to trusted employees turned embezzlers. The embezzlers usually don't pay...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 15, 2009 05:07 PM
Ind. Law - "Mediation not about feeling good; it’s about making good decisions"
Nicole Brooks had this story yesterday ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times that begins:Mediation is not “feel good” work, said David Nosko, a victim-offender reconciliation case manager with Monroe County’s Community Justice & Mediation Center. There may be no punishment greater...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 31, 2009 10:47 AM
Ind. Courts - Greene County Courthouse lawsuit tops $1 million in legal fees and counting
From Nick Schneider's very long story yesterday in the Greene County Daily World, here is the beginning:If the Greene County Courthouse renovation project has had any common elements it has been delay and unexpected costs. The project was nearly five...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 28, 2009 09:12 AM
Ind. Courts - "What time is it? Check the courthouse clock"
Nick Schneider of the Greene County Daily World reported yesterday:The clock on the Greene County Courthouse in Bloomfield is working again after at least a decade of working only sporadically. The electric clock is not ticking, but it is quietly...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 9, 2008 09:59 AM
Ind. Courts - Greene County residents may receive advice re child support payments from ILS
The Green County Daily World reports today:Low-income parents struggling to keep up with child support payments will soon be able to get legal advice at the Greene County Courthouse. Tom Frohman, a lawyer with Indiana Legal Services (ILS), will talk...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 17, 2007 10:47 AM
Ind. Courts - Taxpayers irate at costs of Greene County Courthouse upgrade
Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries on the costs of renovation of the Greene County Courthouse. Today Laura Lane of the Bloomington HeraldTimes reports, in a lengthy story (not available online):BLOOMFIELD — Greene County taxpayers already have...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 15, 2007 10:55 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Greene County Courthouse work hits snag
Laura Lane of the Bloomington Herald Times reports on the standoff impacting the renovation of the Greene County Courthouse. Some quotes:BLOOMFIELD — Greene County owes Weddle Brothers Construction Co. more than $700,000 on a courthouse renovation project that began more...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 17, 2007 04:58 PM
Ind. Courts - Greene County Courthouse work hits snag
Nick Schneider of the Daily World reports, in a lengthy story that includes the following:Weddle Brothers Construction Company, Inc. - the general contractor for the Greene County Courthouse Addition/Renovation project - has walked off the job because of an apparent...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 30, 2007 05:18 PM
Ind. Courts - Yet more on: "More money needed to complete Greene County courthouse"
Dec. 14 was the most recent ILB entry on this story. Today the Greene County Daily World has a story by Nick Schneider that begins:Approximately $12.5 million has been spent on the Greene County courthouse addition/renovation project to date, Greene...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 18, 2006 07:23 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: "More money needed to complete Greene County courthouse"
Updating the ILB entry from Dec. 7th, a reader has sent the ILB a link to the Bloomfield Free Press (Serving Bloomfield and Eastern Greene County), which does not directly link to stories, but if you scroll down you will...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 14, 2006 04:13 PM
Ind. Courts - More money needed to complete Greene County courthouse
Apparently all is not well with the Greene County courthouse project, despite a number of previous positive reports (listed here). Nick Schneider of the Greene County Daily World reports:The Greene County Commissioners voted Tuesday morning to request that the Greene...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 7, 2006 08:13 AM
Ind. Courts - Greene Superior Court move is smooth
The Greene County Daily World reports today, in a story by Andrea McCann:Greene Superior Court was moved to its new home in the courthouse addition Thursday and Friday. “The move went very well in so far as I'm aware,” said...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 10, 2006 05:00 PM
Ind. Courts - More on Greene County Circuit Court vacancy
The Greene County Daily World reports:The Indiana Supreme Court has appointed a judge pro tempore for the Greene Circuit Court, who will serve until Gov. Mitch Daniels makes the appointment of an interim judge. The Honorable Judith Hayes Dwyer, former...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 26, 2006 10:07 PM
Ind. Courts - Greene County courthouse security system
From the Greene County Daily World, by Andrea McCann:When the Greene County Courthouse addition and remodeling are complete, a whole new security system will be in place, but exactly how it'll be used is still up in the air. “There's...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 7, 2006 04:33 PM
Ind. Courts - Old bell uncovered in Green County Courthouse
The Greene County Daily World reports today, via a story by Nick Schneider. Some quotes:A large historic bronze bell that has been tucked silently away in the rafters above the attic of the Greene County Courthouse since the mid-1950s may...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 16, 2006 04:11 PM
Ind. Courts - Greene County Courthouse project report
The Linton Daily Citizen is reporting that work continues on the new addition to the Greene County Courthouse.Reinforcing work is done on the Greene County courthouse addition, according to project manager Jim Corey. “Structurally, we're back where we oughta be,”...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 16, 2006 03:02 PM
Environment - Poisonous atmosphere in Greene County Courthouse
WTHI, ActionNews10, Terre Haute, is reporting today that:An attempt to get the lead out of a southern Indiana courthouse winds up closing down some offices. Parts of the Greene County Courthouse shut down over worries about lead contamination. The $10,000,000...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 15, 2004 03:07 PM