Indy Council Finishes 2023, Tippecanoe Pipeline Update, Child Sex Sting, Landlord Accountability

The Indianapolis City-County Council held its final meeting of the year Monday night, and the council passed a number of significant measures. An ordinance blocking large water withdrawals from Tippecanoe County unanimously passed at the county commissioner's meeting Monday, as the state looks into the feasibility of a pipeline that would move water from Tippecanoe County to an industrial district in Lebanon. Police arrested twenty-one men in Johnson County for child sex solicitation, part of a three-day sting operation in late November. The “Civically, Indiana” project from Indiana Public Broadcasting answers your questions about the how and why of Indiana’s state government. This time a listener asks, how are landlords in the state held accountable when they have nonprofit or charitable status? Want to go deeper on the stories you hear on WFYI News Now? Visit wfyi.org/news and follow us on social media to get comprehensive analysis and local news daily. Subscribe to WFYI News Now wherever you get your podcasts. Today's episode of WFYI News Now was produced by Darian Benson, Abriana Herron, Drew Daudelin and Kendall Antron with support from Sarah Neal-Estes.