For five years, Sen. James Merritt chaired the Senate Utilities Committee while serving as an executive of a small railroad that hauled millions of tons of coal to Indiana power plants, raising cries ...

Leslie Merritt Jr. has been out of jail for less than 24 hours and is already receiving job offers. ABC15 has learned Merritt was offered several jobs since being released from jail on Tuesday night.

Merritt's dual jobs "violates the intent of what the legislature passed." In a statement earlier this month, DHHS officials described Merritt's job as "working to analyze and correct the lack of ...