‘A complete backflip’: NWI activists react to reported EPA air pollution changes By Maya Wilkins January 17, 2026 at 3:18 p.m. The EPA plans to stop considering health benefits when setting air pollution rules, specifically from...
Save the Dunes, Shirley Heinze Land Trust complete land transfer By Maya Wilkins January 17, 2026 at 1:08 p.m. Save the Dunes transferred conservation properties in Michigan City, Long Beach, Gary and Lake Station...
Old Gary elevated train line envisioned as part of Marquette Greenway By Maya Wilkins January 16, 2026 at 2:06 p.m. The coalition will help convert Gary's elevated railroad in Midtown into a trail that will...
How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes By Jonathan J. Cooper January 16, 2026 at 12:19 p.m. The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the...
Indiana Senate committee passes nuclear facility permit bill By Maya Wilkins January 16, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Nuclear power is closer to coming to Indiana as the state Senate's utility committee passed...
Gary residents express concerns with wet processing system proposal By Maya Wilkins January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. The Gary Common Council planning and development committee looked at an ordinance that would issue...
Environmental groups file petitions against U.S. Steel, BP permits By Maya Wilkins January 15, 2026 at 11:32 a.m. The petitions claim that air permit renewals for U.S. Steel's Midwest Plant and the BP...
Nearly a year after asphalt spill in Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, EPA criticized for leaving cleanup unfinished By Christiana Freitag January 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Officials and environmentalists say there is still asphalt in the waterway and along the shore...
As Chicago Harbor Lock faces federal cuts, Illinois senators push for more funding By Talia Soglin January 13, 2026 at 2:09 p.m. President Donald Trump proposed a funding cut of more than 90% for the Harbor Lock...
Scientists and advocates hail catch of smallmouth bass as sign of improved Cal-Sag Channel water quality By Addison Wright January 12, 2026 at 5:05 a.m. Mike Ress and Mike Portala of the MWRD say the catch of a large smallmouth...