By Niki Kelly | Editor-in-Chief
“I am also calling for accountability of any officials whose actions or failure to act contributed to these deaths and injuries.” — U.S. Rep. André Carson
Federal immigration authorities provided information regarding some serious allegations of medical maltreatment at the Miami Correctional Facility.
Indiana wants to hear from you if you owe back taxes.
Gov. Mike Braun pledged changes to aid struggling public access counselor’s office.
Indiana’s attorney general sued Merrillville officials.
Plus, obesity medication for Medicaid and more.
U.S. Rep. André Carson speaks to reporters outside Miami Correctional Facility after meeting with detainees and touring the prison on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
ICE responds after reports of medical, staffing failures at prison holding immigration detainees
By Jack Forrest
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provided new details on conditions inside the Indiana prison contracted to hold immigration detainees amid reported widespread medical shortfalls.
In a July 23 letter responding to an inquiry by 7th District U.S. Rep. André Carson, acting ICE Director David Venturella answered some of the congressman’s questions on operations at the Miami Correctional Facility near Peru.
The Indiana Department of Revenue logo outside its State Government Center offices. (Photo by Tom Davies/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana tax amnesty program underway with prospect of collecting at least $100M
By Tom Davies
Inquiries about Indiana’s tax amnesty program are off to a quick start from businesses and individuals with overdue state taxes, according to state officials.
The general public, however, won’t notice much promotion of the effort as the Indiana Department of Revenue is focused on directly notifying delinquent taxpayers about the chance to pay off those bills without penalties.
COMMENTARY
A protester carries a sign about free speech in Oregon. (Photo by Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Are we losing our freedom of speech?
By Niki Kelly
Everywhere I look, the concept of free speech is getting a workout. A food truck, a cake, a flag — all have stirred up emotions recently here in Indiana.
Of course, the First Amendment applies only to freedom of speech as it pertains to government action. That’s why you hear people say, "freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences."
But I’m tired of how society has become a game of gotcha. It’s practically a national pastime to drag people online and call for their firing over their opinion.
NATIONAL NEWS
Diseases like measles have surged to the highest level in decades in the United States. (Photo by Getty Images Plus)
String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to do everything in his “power to put the health of America back on track.”
Less than two years into his tenure at the helm of the department responsible for the health of millions of Americans, a string of outbreaks has repeatedly made headlines. Public health experts interviewed by States Newsroom said the upswing is the result of several factors, but that Kennedy’s decision to cut back the country’s safety net while spreading misinformation about vaccines has aggravated the problem.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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