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A guard stands in a tower at Indiana State Prison on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Michigan City, Ind., where, barring last-minute court action or intervention by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Joseph Corcoran, 49, convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection before sunrise Wednesday, Dec. 18. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana’s 1st execution in 15 years

Indiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years by putting to death a man convicted of killing four people decades ago, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé.
December 18, 2024
A sign is posted outside of Indiana State Prison on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Michigan City, Ind., where, barring last-minute court action or intervention by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Joseph Corcoran, 49, convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection before sunrise Wednesday, Dec. 18. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Indiana law shrouds executions in secrecy, prompting new pushes for public oversight

December 18, 2024
Joseph Corcoran is led to the City-County Lockup on Aug. 26, 1999, in Fort Wayne, Ind., after being sentenced to death in the slayings of four people in July 1997. (Matt Sullivan/The Journal-Gazette via AP)

Man who killed brother and 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana’s first execution in 15 years

December 18, 2024
David Frank speaks during a gathering of the Indiana Abolition Coalition at the Statehouse, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

After a 15-year pause in executions, Indiana prepares to put to death a man who killed 4

December 15, 2024
FILE - Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse, July 9, 2018, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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December 9, 2024

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Joseph Corcoran is led to the City-County Lockup on Aug. 26, 1999, in Fort Wayne, Ind., after being sentenced to death in the slayings of four people in July 1997. (Matt Sullivan/The Journal-Gazette via AP)

Indiana Supreme Court denies stay of execution; first state execution in 15 years moves forward

December 6, 2024
FILE - A sign placed by death penalty opponents sits in front of the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind. Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 in protest of the execution of Matthew Eric Wrinkles, who was the last Indiana inmate to be executed. Republican Governor Eric Holcomb said Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the state is seeking to resume executions after acquiring a drug used in lethal injections. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

Indiana seeks first execution since 2009 after acquiring lethal injection drug, governor says

June 26, 2024
FILE - An Amazon logo appears on an Amazon delivery van in Boston, Oct. 1, 2020. Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the planned project Thursday, April 25, 2024 calling the data center planned near the town of New Carlisle, about 15 miles west of South Bend, “the largest capital investment announcement in Indiana’s history.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Amazon cloud computing unit plans to invest $11 billion to build data center in northern Indiana

April 25, 2024
Brad Chambers speaks during a debate organized and hosted by the Indiana Debate Commission, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Pool)

Indiana GOP candidates for governor make their pitch to voters at debate in Sen. Braun’s absence

April 24, 2024
FILE - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Jan. 8, 2024, in Indianapolis. Holcomb vetoed a bill that seeks to define antisemitism in state education code Monday, March 18, while simultaneously signing a proclamation condemning all forms of antisemitism. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signs proclamation condemning antisemitism while vetoing bill defining it

March 18, 2024
FILE - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks with reporters at the Indiana Statehouse on April 4, 2023, in Indianapolis. Gov. Holcomb has signed a bipartisan bill to support child care in the state on top of 74 other measures, according to his office. The signings on Wednesday. March 13, 2024 included several contested proposals, such as an overhaul of faculty tenure at state colleges and universities, the repeal of a state statute letting Ukrainian refugees get driver's licenses and broader gun rights for some state officials at the Capitol in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Davies, File)

Bipartisan child care bill gets Gov. Eric Holcomb’s signature

March 14, 2024

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signs literacy bill following conclusion of legislative session

March 11, 2024
FILE - The Indiana Statehouse appears on May 5, 2017, in Indianapolis. Four statewide elected officials in Indiana including the attorney general and secretary of state will be allowed to carry handguns in the state Capitol thanks to a bill sent to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Indiana nears law allowing more armed statewide officials at state Capitol

March 7, 2024
FILE - Students walk to classes on the Indiana University campus, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. Republican lawmakers in Indiana granted final legislative approval on a bill Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 that would impose new regulations on tenure for faculty at public colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Indiana lawmakers send GOP bill targeting tenure to governor’s desk

March 1, 2024
Janley Barco, 8, testifies on Senate Bill 1 in front of the Indiana Statehouse education committee, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Indianapolis. Indiana lawmakers advanced the bill Tuesday, Feb. 27, that would hold back thousands more third graders who don't pass the state's literacy test, rejecting opponents' arguments that it could burden schools and emotionally damage children. (AP Photo/Isabella Volmert)

Literacy bill that would hold back thousands more third graders advances in Indiana

February 28, 2024
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, center, and others look to the balcony during his State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb cites strong manufacturing, health initiatives, in State of the State

January 10, 2024
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Indianapolis. Holcomb unveiled his 2024 Next Level Agenda. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Indiana governor seeks childcare and education policies in his final year

January 8, 2024

Federal judge declines to block new Indiana law barring teaching of sex in grades K-3

July 31, 2023
FILE - Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana State Health Commissioner, speaks during a presentation of the proposed state spending plan during an announcement in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Officials say Box, who oversaw Indiana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will retire at month’s end after more than five years in the post. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office said Friday, May 12 that Box had notified the governor that she was will retire May 31. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

State health commissioner Box, who led Indiana’s response to COVID-19, to retire

May 12, 2023
FILE - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Statehouse on Jan. 10, 2023, in Indianapolis. Holcomb on Thursday, May 4, signed a bill that would require schools to notify a parent if a student requests a name or pronoun change at school, one of the final bills approved in a legislative session that had targeted LGBTQ+ people in the state, especially students. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Indiana governor signs bills targeting LGBTQ students

May 4, 2023

A look at key bills signed into law by Indiana’s governor

May 4, 2023
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, right, speaks during a news conference alongside State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box, center, and state Commerce Secretary Brad Chambers at the governor's Statehouse office in Indianapolis on Friday, April 28, 2023. Holcomb said he would gladly sign the new state budget agreement approved by legislators after several messy hours of negotiations on Thursday. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

Indiana governor signs bill easing birth control access

May 1, 2023
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, right, speaks during a news conference alongside State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box, center, and state Commerce Secretary Brad Chambers at the governor's Statehouse office in Indianapolis on Friday, April 28, 2023. Holcomb said he would gladly sign the new state budget agreement approved by legislators after several messy hours of negotiations on Thursday. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

Indiana governor endorses revised GOP state budget package

April 28, 2023
FILE - Sen. Ryan Mishler, R-Mishawaka, listens during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing at the Statehouse, April 13, 2023, in Indianapolis. Republican legislators are poised to direct only about two-thirds of the money that Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb sought toward tackling the state’s poor national rankings in areas such as obesity, smoking and life expectancy and improving local emergency services. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)

Indiana public health boost smaller than governor sought

April 24, 2023
Indiana House Public Health Committee Chairman Brad Barrett, R-Richmond, speaks during the House session at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, April 17, 2023. House members gave key approval to a bill sponsored by Barrett that would broadly expand the state's support for county-level public health programs toward improving Indiana's poor national rankings in areas such as smoking, obesity and life expectancy. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

Indiana public health expansion clears key legislative vote

April 17, 2023
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks with reporters at the Indiana Statehouse on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Indianapolis. Holcomb did not commit on Tuesday to signing a bill approved last week by Republican legislators that would ban virtually all gender-affirming medical care for those younger than 18 in the state. Holcomb faces a Wednesday deadline to sign or veto the proposal. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

Indiana trans health care ban ‘clear as mud,’ governor says

April 4, 2023
Indiana state Rep. Joanna King speaks before an Indiana House vote on a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday, March 27, 2023, in Indianapolis. The Republican-dominated House voted 65-30 to ban such care. (AP Photo/Arleigh Rodgers)

Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care sent to governor

March 27, 2023
Indiana House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jeff Thompson, R-Lizton, speaks with reporters about the state budget proposal at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The House Republican budget plan includes speeding up planned cuts to the state's personal income tax rates and further expanding the private school voucher program. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

GOP plan would speed up Indiana tax cuts, boost vouchers

February 17, 2023
Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box, left, speaks with reporters alongside Gov. Eric Holcomb about a proposed expansion of county public health services at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to endorse a bill laying out the responsibilities that local health departments would have under the proposal. (AP Photo /Tom Davies)

Indiana public health program boost clears legislative panel

February 1, 2023
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Indiana governor pushes big spending plan in annual address

January 11, 2023
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, right, speaks during a news conference with fellow Republican senators on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Indiana legislators on Monday opened their 2023 session that is scheduled to last until late April. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

Indiana lawmakers return for session of spending decisions

January 10, 2023
FILE - Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch introduces Gov. Eric Holcomb to make his re-election announcement at a campaign rally in Knightstown, Ind., Saturday, July 13, 2019. Crouch formally started her 2024 campaign for governor on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, and said she would not shy away from Holcomb's record despite discontent among many conservatives over his COVID-19 policies and other actions. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)

3 GOP Indiana governor hopefuls all have millions in bank

January 6, 2023
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb presents his proposed state spending plan during an announcement in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Holcomb's proposal comes as the Republican-dominated Legislature is set to start its 2023 session on Monday, with its primary business being the adoption of a new two-year state budget. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana governor proposes 6% boost for schools next year

January 4, 2023

Outgoing Indiana secretary of state taking job with PR firm

December 22, 2022
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, gestures as he answers a question during an interview in his Statehouse office in Indianapolis, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Holcomb is entering his final two years in office, with several candidates already lining up to take over his Statehouse desk as term limits prevent him from seeking reelection again. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Holcomb says he’s focused on last years as Indiana governor

December 16, 2022
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