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Our Opinion: A.G. smart to follow the gambling money
It's tough to see any downside to the case Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller makes for opening the books on gambling money that comes back to communities under a Local Development Agreement.
Arcelor Mittal East Chicago plant awarded 31 million in stimulus funds
ArcelorMittal has been awarded $31.6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funding by the U.S. Department of Energy for the steelmaker's No.
DOE Awards $155 Million to 41 Industrial Energy Efficiency Projects
DOE announced on November 3 its award of more than $155 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to 41 industrial energy efficiency projects across the country.
Stimulus to aid in energy recycling
A Hoosier company will get more than $31 million in stimulus money for an energy-efficiency project the government said will combine heat and power systems for industrial uses.
Lake County property taxes due at 7 tonight
Lake County property owners have until 7 tonight to pay the first installment of their 2008 tax bills.
A Gary man admitted he fondled the buttocks of a woman being held in the waiting room at the Gary police department lockup.
The air around two Northwest Indiana elementary schools contains a slew of hazardous air pollutants, but not enough to be of short-term concern, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.
Ind. Courts - 'Justices to hear East Chicago casino case Thursday '
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Ind. Courts - "Justices to hear East Chicago casino case Thursday " Dan Carden reports today in the NWI Times about the upcoming oral argument tomorrow in the case of Foundations of East Chicago v. City of East Chicago and the Attorney General of Indiana.
E.C. man pleads guilty to raping girl
With a jury already selected, an East Chicago man pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a 14-year-old girl in East Chicago.
Ind. Law - Attorney General Zoeller wants more authority over casinos and their funds
Eric Bradner reports in the Oct. 24th Evansville Courier & Press : Indiana's attorney general is calling for a new law that would pry open the financial record books of organizations to which casinos, in order to keep promises of economic development, funnel some of their revenue.
Ind. Courts - 'Proposal to close Lake County courts stirs opposition'
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Ind. Courts - "Proposal to close Lake County courts stirs opposition" Bill Dolan reports in the NWI Times : CROWN POINT Lake County Commissioner Roosevelt Allen, D-Gary, said closing the satellite courthouses would be unpopular among north county voters who would lose easy access to county government offices.
Weatherization effort storms through region
Agency fields more than triple the number of telephone calls it normally receives as residents apply for federal assistance Comments October 19, 2009 BY GITTE LAASBY, 648-2183 Northwest Indiana residents are eager to get their homes weatherized.
A Crown Point Chamber of Commerce official said Thursday a merger with another south Lake County chamber could create benefits for each.
Ind. Courts - Already, more on the DCS and the courts re who has...
Friday, October 16, 2009 Ind. Courts - Already, more on the DCS and the courts re who has authority relating to the placement of children in out-of-state rehabilitation and treatment programs My friend Ed Feigenbaum, editor / publisher of the subscription only Indiana Legislative Insight , must have called out "stop the presses" this morning, in ...
Bob Harper and the "Fab Four" from the Porter County Council seem to be the only ones trying to keep Lake County out of our wallets.
A cutting-edge engineering team in a century-old industry and a massive dairy farm that encompasses 25,000 acres are co-recipients of this year's Chanute Award for Team Innovation by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana.
No South Shore service here this weekend
The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District is alerting South Shore passengers of its planned construction service outage this weekend affecting Dune Park Station north of Chesterton and other stations to the east.
WASHINGTON -- Care doesn't end when a heart attack patient is released from Bloomington Hospital.
As a young boy in East Chicago, Ind., Miguel Torres watched his father and uncle, tears in their eyes, cheer for arguably the greatest boxer of their generation.