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The Indiana Statehouse, as seen on January 4, 2021. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Gary must pay $12.3 million to East Chicago, Michigan City after state comptroller error

January 15, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

Gary will have to pay approximately $12.3 million to East Chicago and Michigan City after the Indiana State Comptroller made an accounting mistake. The Indiana State Comptroller mistakenly sent $12.3...

The Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis on Jan. 4, 2022. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Indiana Black Legislative Caucus announces agenda, addresses education bill, property taxes

January 14, 2025 at 4:18 p.m.

The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus announced its Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds 2025 legislative session agenda and shared insight on property taxes and an education bill that would impact Gary and...

The old Crown Point's Courthouse Square is pictured in this 2022 file photo. (Jim Masters / Post-Tribune)

Olthoff pulls food and beverage tax bill amid Crown Point business outcry

January 13, 2025 at 4:29 p.m.

Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point, pulled a bill Monday that would create a food and beverage tax for Crown Point after further discussion with the chamber of commerce officials. Olthoff...

FILE – Abortion-rights activists hold signs as they protest outside of the Supreme Court during a rally, March 26, 2024, in Washington. A new survey puts a number to how often medical providers in states with laws that seek to protect them from prosecution are prescribing abortion pills to women in states with abortion bans or limits on prescribing the bills by telehealth. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Indiana legislators consider banning abortion pills

January 11, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Indiana legislators are considering two bills related to distributing or taking abortion pills, which Indiana University professor of law says amounts to overkill because abortion is already illegal in Indiana.

Indiana Democratic Party chair Mike Schmuhl, left, and Jim Wieser from the Lake County Democratic Central Committee talk with fellow delegates at an Indiana Democrats’ breakfast, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Post-Tribune)

Wieser announces he won’t seek reelection as Lake County Dems’ chairman; Repay says he’s running

January 10, 2025 at 12:47 p.m.

Lake County Democratic Party Chairman Jim Wieser has announced he won’t seek reelection as county chair, and Lake County Commissioner Michael Repay has expressed interest in succeeding him in the...

Indiana Democrat Sen. Shelli Yoder speaks before legislators at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.(AP Photo/Arleigh Rodgers)

Senate Democrats to focus on healthcare, education and housing in 2025 session

January 9, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

The Indiana Senate Democratic caucus will focus on healthcare, education and housing in the 2025 session, which the caucus acknowledged differs from the majority’s agenda but focuses on important issues....

Property tax proposals abound as Indiana starts 2025 legislative budget session

January 8, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

The Senate kicked off the 2025 legislative session by honoring Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, who proceeded over the Senate for the last time Wednesday.

Indiana legislature kicks off 2025 budget session

January 7, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

As legislators meet Wednesday in Indianapolis to start a budget-focused session, a December revenue forecast projected the state’s minimal fiscal growth would go toward Medicaid expenditures.

State senators file bills addressing school districts, veterans benefits and sex trafficking

January 5, 2025 at 3:19 p.m.

As the Indiana legislature convenes on Jan. 8 for the 2025 legislative session, Northwest Indiana senators have filed bills addressing area school districts, veterans benefits and sex trafficking.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, applauds a speaker during a press conference to announce the expansion of intercity bus services in Gary at the Adam Benjamin Metro Center on Thursday. Oct 3, 2024. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Mrvan eyes areas of common ground in closely divided Congress

January 3, 2025 at 11:44 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said he will draw from the experience of his father, Frank Mrvan Sr., who worked in the Indiana State Senate as a Democrat amid a...

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