Fifteen cities, including Indianapolis, were asked to bid on whether they could host the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Besides Indianapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Las Vegas, Miami, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City were asked to review a Request for Proposals and submit bid in June. But in a […]

In a decision that the City of Indianapolis refused to comment about, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana won a case in Federal Court on First Amendment grounds against the City’s attempt to illegally restrict panhandling and begging downtown.  The City agreed to drop prosecution of persons who were passively panhandling and begging downtown, […]