By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
On this day in 1813, during the War of 1812, Gen. William Henry Harrison — previously governor of the Indiana Territory — and his forces took Detroit and the British retreated to Canada.
Up until now, if you wanted to see all of Indiana’s official governor portraits you had to know someone or be very lucky. But Gov. Mike Braun’s administration is putting them all on display in the halls of the Indiana Statehouse.
Indiana throws its hat in the ring for U.S. Space Academy.
President Donald Trump is again refusing to spend money that Congress approved.
Portraits of former Govs. Mitch Daniels, left, and Joe Kernan hang side by side at the Indiana Statehouse as part of a permanent display intended to make the paintings more accessible to visitors. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana’s gubernatorial portraits get a new home in Statehouse hallways
By Casey Smith
Indiana’s governors are moving out of their offices — at least on canvas.
Official gubernatorial portraits that have hung inside state offices or spent time in storage are being gathered for a long-term display in the Statehouse’s public hallways, giving visitors a chance to see the former Hoosier leaders without having to track them all down.
Airmen from the Grissom Air Reserve Base near Kokomo, Indiana, participate in the military appreciation lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the Brickyard 400 on July 26, 2026. (Photo by Ben Mota/434th Air Refueling Wing)
Indiana ‘making the case’ to host US Space Academy
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz
Indiana has entered the latest space race.
An increasing number of states are jockeying for the honor — and the benefits — of hosting the nation’s first Space Academy.
NATIONAL NEWS
The White House on June 11, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
The $810 million in the “pocket rescission” would have gone to refugee assistance programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, a Treasury Department program that provided “debt forgiveness to foreign countries that make climate change-related investments for coral reefs and tropical forests” and a grant program at the Minority Business Development Agency, among several others.
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