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Kylea Foster and her son, Kai-Amir Golden, 6, line up for lunch at a free community relief event for Gary residents affected by recent storm damage on Aug. 24, 2026, in Gary. Foster and her family have been without power in her home in Gary's Etna neighborhood since the storm hit. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Lori Latham: Gary deserves better than a broken grid and broken promises from NIPSCO

August 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Without intervention, the same inequities that made Gary residents more vulnerable before the power outage will make it harder to rebuild.

U.S. Steel's Gary Works on Lake Michigan in Gary on Jan. 23, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Lori Latham: Steelmaking in the US is becoming cleaner. Will it happen in Gary?

June 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Nippon Steel is opening a cleaner plant in Arkansas, but at Gary Works, it has only committed to relining blast furnace No. 14.