INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said Saturday the state has settled a lawsuit with a former utilities regulator filed just 12 days earlier.
- Fired IURC commissioner files lawsuit against Gov. Braun alleging ‘unlawful removal’
Former Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chair Andy Zay filed the complaint in Marion County court on Aug. 10, claiming his firing in early August was “unlawful.”
In citing reasons for his firing, the state said Zay committed “multiple potential violations of state policy; including failing to file a required financial disclosure after his removal as Chair, improperly awarding payments and personal gifts to employees, and directing staff to alter a public meeting agenda without consulting the new Chair.”
Details of the settlement weren’t clear as of Saturday. Braun said in a statement the agreement was “mutual.”…