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Candidate for Indiana's 1st Congressional District Jennifer-Ruth Green watches as Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-04) speaks during a Republican National Committee-hosted roundtable in Gary on Thursday, October 20, 2022. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Jennifer-Ruth Green enters GOP race for Indiana’s First Congressional District

October 28, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

Jennifer-Ruth Green, the 2022 Republican congressional candidate, announced her candidacy to challenge U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, in the expected to be redrawn First District as Gov. Mike Braun has...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun participates in a fireside chat with Munster Chamber of Commerce Chair Katie Sannito during the chamber's May membership meeting on May 8, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun calls a special session to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries

October 27, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

Indiana will move forward with a special legislative session to address midcensus redistricting amid pressure from President Donald Trump, but the measure faces pushback from Hoosiers and a reported lack...

Volunteers Danae Johnson, on left, and Mary Gordon, both of Gary, pack food into boxes to be distributed by the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘People are going to be out here starving’: NWI food advocates react to potential SNAP cuts

October 26, 2025 at 11:31 p.m.

The fate of SNAP is a concern as it gets closer to Nov. 1, when the benefits could dry up without resolution of the government shutdown.

Indiana Republican House Speaker Todd Huston listens at the Statehouse, April 27, 2023, in Indianapolis. (Darron Cummings/AP)

Indiana-Illinois boundary commission holds first meeting without any Illinois members

October 23, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

The Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission held its first meeting Wednesday — though without any members from Illinois — and heard testimony from four people in favor of downstate Illinois counties...

Jonah Peterson, center, cast his ballot for the first time Tuesday at the Lake County Government Center on the first day of early voting. (Alexandra Kukulka/Post-Tribune)

Lawsuit: New Indiana election rules put unfair burden on naturalized citizens

October 22, 2025 at 4:08 p.m.

Four Indiana nonpartisan voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday for two new Indiana election proof of citizenship laws arguing that recently naturalized Hoosiers have been “needlessly...

Lake County election board defers Gary polling location change

October 21, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

The Lake County Board of Elections and Registration voted to defer a Gary polling location change after Republican members asked for the GOP precinct chairman to weigh in.

LaPorte County Councilman Randy Novak won a Saturday caucus to replace former State Rep. Pat Boy, D-Michigan City, in District 9. Boy retired effective Oct. 18. (Photo courtesy of Randy Novak)

LaPorte County Councilman Randy Novak wins caucus as next District 9 State Representative

October 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

LaPorte County Councilman Randy Novak will replace former State Rep. Pat Boy to represent District 9 following a Saturday caucus.

Ziv Berman, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip, gestures from the window of a helicopter landing at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Oct. 13, 2025. (Leo Correa/AP)

Jewish leaders, scholars respond to hostage release amid Gaza ceasefire deal

October 21, 2025 at 1:16 p.m.

Hoosier Jewish leaders and scholars celebrated the release of the remaining Jewish hostages from Gaza, but expressed caution about the next steps in the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

Jane Whedbee, of Gary, demonstrates during a No Kings protest in the Miller neighborhood of Gary on Oct. 18, 2025. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Immigration arrests, redistricting threat drive turnout at Gary ‘No Kings’ protest

October 18, 2025 at 1:38 p.m.

Jane Whedbee, 73, came to the Saturday's No Kings protest in Gary wearing a cardboard crown, a flashlight with a plastic flame on top, and a shawl wrapped around her....

Hammond resident Cassandra Seibert smiles as Lake County Health Department school liaison Susan Marcek prepares her for a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine during a Lake County Health Department immunization clinic on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Lake County reports measles case in unvaccinated child

October 17, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

An unvaccinated Lake County child has the measles, the Lake County Health Department announced Friday.

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