State press association gives award to AG Zoeller

Indiana

Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation’s highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons.Today 3:00 am

Exhibit at ISU features Bayh family

A new interactive display that documents the lives and accomplishments of Indiana’s politically prominent Bayh family has opened at Indiana State University, the western Indiana school linked to several generations of the clan.Today 3:00 am

State pulls fertilizer site backing

Indiana officials withdrew state backing Friday for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are doing enough at its overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used against U.S.Saturday

INDIANAPOLIS – The Hoosier State Press Association is giving its annual sunshine award to Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller for his work protecting First Amendment rights in a legal dispute over public records.

The South Bend Tribune nominated Zoeller for the award. Zoeller intervened in a lawsuit that would have blocked the newspaper from publishing an audiotape of a call to a Department of Child Services hotline reporting child abuse. The newspaper obtained the information from a public record.

Association Executive Director Steve Key says he commends Zoeller for his commitment to using his post to protect public access when his colleagues in state government wanted to restrict it.

The association presented Zoeller with the award this week during its annual legislative luncheon.