Alexandria Burris
Investigative Reporter at IndyStar
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1 week ago |
indystar.com | Alexandria Burris
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration confirmed to IndyStar that it has awarded PCG-Indiana Inc. a 3-year contract, estimated at more than $19 million, for the firm to staff and operate Adult Protective Services starting July 1. An award letter released April 30 greenlighted contract negotiations with the company. The contract could contain an option for the state to add three one-year extensions, potentially lengthening the deal to six years.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Alexandria Burris
Antisemitism spiked across Indiana and the nation last year, spurring local Jewish community leaders and organizations to issue a call to action for Hoosiers of all faiths to stand against anti-Jewish hate and bigotry. The 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released by the Anti-Defamation League, found 142 documented acts of harassment and vandalism in Indiana last year — a 140% increase year over year and more than four times what was reported three years ago.
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1 month ago |
indystar.com | Alexandria Burris
Isabel Ponce has established a life in Seymour. She moved to the southern Indiana city 26 years ago, leaving Mexico to work in a factory. Since then, Ponce, who is of legal status, has opened several businesses — a beauty salon and a nail shop where she employs about six people — and now one of the town’s newest coffee shops, LatinUS Café.
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1 month ago |
indystar.com | Alexandria Burris
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using the Marion County Adult Detention Center to jail immigrants picked up in Indiana and neighboring states, according to local attorneys and advocates who say they are concerned by a lack of transparency about who is being held there and for how long.
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1 month ago |
indystar.com | Alexandria Burris
A bill that imposes harsher penalties on unlicensed motorists involved in auto accidents resulting in injuries passed the state Senate Monday, potentially setting back decades-long efforts to gain driving privileges for undocumented immigrants in Indiana. House Bill 1114 passed with a vote of 43-3. Lawmakers say the bill mirrors the state's driving while suspended statute.
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