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Gary City Hall is pictured on Sept. 16, 2025. (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune)

Gary council approves short-term rental property in city

August 4, 2026 at 11:41 a.m.

The short-term rental property's special use permit was approved in a 6-1 vote during the Gary Common Council's Monday evening meeting.

Dr. Kyle Gospodarek, assistant professor of clinical family medicine with IUN's School of Medicine, sits in front of a CAT scan taken when he was younger as he speaks about living with hydrocephalus on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘He’s unstoppable’: IUN professor uses hydrocephalus diagnosis to help teach, advocate

August 2, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

IUN Professor Kyle Gospodarek has had 68 surgeries because of his hydrocephalus diagnosis.

Water gathers in an area adjacent to the the Oak Savannah Trail in the Oak Ridge Prairie in Griffith on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Activists worried about wetlands as DNR program is ruled out of compliance

August 1, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

When Annette Hansen saw the federal government’s concerns with Indiana’s wetlands program, she felt sick to her stomach. “Especially when you’re somebody who was out here in the trenches trying...

Researcher Nicholas Muller points to a graph showing the share of mortality risk in the region for polluters in Northwest Indiana during a Just Transition Northwest Indiana event in Gary on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

New report pushes for green solutions to industry pollution in NWI

July 31, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

JTNWI's new study looks at 20 industrial facilities' effects on air quality and public health in Northwest Indiana, finding monetary damages are substantial.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita talks at a press conference at DriveCo CDL Learning Center in Gary on Thursday, July 30, 2026. Rokita said his office is launching "a serious lawsuit" against the Merrillville Town Council for expressing opposition to a potential ICE detention center in the town. (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune)

Indiana AG suing Merrillville for opposing potential ICE facility

July 30, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has taken further action in a dispute with the Merrillville, suing the town council after its resolution opposing U.S. ICE processing centers.

Angelita Soriano, on right, hugs a fellow "No Data Centers Hobart" member during a Hobart Plan Commission meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. She and other opponents of the data center are concerned over a recently filed air permit application for the project. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Amazon files for ‘frustrating’ Hobart data center air permit, activists say

July 28, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

Angelita Soriano already knew that Amazon’s Hobart data center would be massive, but she said seeing the numbers in a recently filed air permit application was shocking. “I guess it’s...

BP Whiting Refinery in Indiana on Jan. 28, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

BP Whiting Refinery included on new greenhouse gas emissions report

July 27, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

The study lists the BP Whiting Refinery as one of the 10 largest suppliers of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide.

Buildings in Chicago are obscured by haze from the Canadian wildfires on July 17, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘It makes me furious’: IDEM’s move to loosen NWI ozone rules criticized

July 24, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

IDEM Commissioner Clint Woods asked the EPA to rescind 2023 and 2024 reclassifications of the federal ozone rule, which directly affect Northwest Indiana.

Gary council passes resolution advocating for Medicare for All

July 24, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

The Gary council passed the resolution advocating for the federal Medicare for All bill in an 8-0 vote at its Tuesday's meeting.

Gary council votes to amend city zoning map amid resident concerns

July 23, 2026 at 3:02 p.m.

After working on the changes for more than a year, the Gary Common Council unanimously approved the amendments at its Tuesday meeting.

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