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Search results for "Indianapolis Star and News" ...
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The tarnished years: How the nursing home system fails our seniors
A six-day series by the Indianapolis News and Indianapolis Star documents alarming accounts of mistreatment and unnecessary suffering in Hoosier nursing homes, where neglect, incompetence and exploitation led to broken bones and bedsores, raging infections and dangerous weight loss, theft, embezzlement and even death.
Tags: Elderly Abuse Reform
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Open Records, Closed Doors
Seven Indiana newspapers teamed up for an investigation on the difficulty of obtaining open records in the state. In each county, the group requested five common public records: a police incident report, the sheriff's daily crime log, a death record, school board minutes and the salary of the basketball coaches at each county's largest high school. The investigation found widespread disregard of the law by government officials, especially among local sheriffs' units, to disclose documents.
Tags: Indianapolis Star and News; TheJournal Gazette; Fort Wayne; Tribune-Star; Terre Haute; Times of Northwest Indiana; Star Press; Muncie and Tribune; South Bend; County Government Adoption Police
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State of Secrecy
This investigation was done by seven Indiana newspapers, and documented that many government officials routinely violate Indiana law by refusing to release public records. This takes a look at open meetings and open records laws.
Tags: The Indianapolis Star and News; The Times of Northwest Indiana; The Star Press of Munice; South Bend Tribune; The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne; The Evansville Courier; public access law; FOIA