The riots that took place in several Indiana cities over the summer are on the minds of a few of your state lawmakers in Indianapolis. State Sen. Jim Tomes, a Republican from Evansville, has helped authored a bill that would stiffen the penalties for people in Indiana arrested for rioting. Don’t expect to hear much more about the bill. It will not be getting a committee hearing this session, according to State Sen. Mike Young, the chairman of the Committee on Corrections and Law Enforcement. Some law experts say the bill would create more ambiguity among current rioting laws
