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Striking BP workers stand on a picket line outside the plant in Whiting, Indiana, March 31, 2026. U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan sent a joint letter with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, to BP's CEO, urging the company to end the lockout.
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Rep. Frank Mrvan urges BP to end lockout in letter to CEO

April 4, 2026 at 3:27 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan and Rep. Nikki Budzinski sent a joint letter to BP, urging the company to end the lockout at the Whiting refinery.

Graduate Malachi La Monte smiles and holds up his degree during Faith Farm and Orchard's Next Urban Agriculture Generation program on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Faith CDC, My Brother’s Keeper partner for youth agriculture program

April 3, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

The two organizations are partnering to bring middle and high school students closer to urban agriculture this spring and summer.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun speaks at the Gary/Chicago International Airport, Oct. 30, 2025. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana revokes all commercial driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

April 2, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

As of midnight Wednesday, Indiana has revoked all commercial driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

Volunteers Alexis Green, of Lowell, left, and Lacy Davis, of Cedar Lake, pick up trash during the habitat cleanup event at Gibson Woods Nature Preserve in Hammond, Indiana Wednesday April 1, 2026. Both women attend Ivy Tech Community College in Crown Point. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

DNR hosts cleanup at Lake County’s Gibson Woods preserve

April 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Volunteers, DNR staff and Lake County Parks and Recreation employees took a hike through Gibson Woods and picked up trash along the fenceline.

US Steel Gary Works, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs are falling behind other global companies in their investments into clean, green steelmaking, a recent report claims. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs receive failing grades in new clean steel report

April 1, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

The assessment measures progress toward near-zero emissions in steel production, including in low-emissions technologies.

Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to R.M. Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

DOE extends order to operate NIPSCO Schahfer generating station

March 30, 2026 at 2:22 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Energy has ordered NIPSCO to keep its R.M. Schahfer generating station operable through June 21.

Heavy equipment sits outside a data center construction site on Royal Road in Michigan City on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Michigan City residents want to halt Project Maize construction

March 29, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

Michigan City residents have taken multiple actions to halt construction, including sending a letter to IDEM and city officials and filing a zoning complaint.

Linda Benka reacts to cars honking their horns in support as she and her sister Nancy Klaja joined more than 1,000 people for the No Kings 3.0 protest along Lincolnway in downtown Valparaiso, Indiana, Saturday, March 28, 2026. Both women live in Hobart. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘Freedom is part of who we are’: 1,000+ join Valparaiso ‘No Kings’ protest

March 28, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

Protestors lined sidewalks in downtown Valparaiso for the third "No Kings" demonstration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

A goat stands near a fence as IUNited Student Group and IUN Cross country team members do volunteer work at Faith Farms in Gary on Friday, March 27, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

IUN staff, students volunteer at Faith Farms for day of service

March 27, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Volunteers helped feed and care for animals and mulch at Faith Farms for Indiana University Northwest's day of service Friday.

U.S. EPA remedial project manager Leslie Patterson speaks during a public hearing about a cleanup plan to remove lead from yards near the former Federated Metals facility on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

EPA gives Federated Metals lead cleanup update at Whiting hearing

March 27, 2026 at 12:41 p.m.

The EPA plans to remove soil at properties where samplings found concentrations of lead higher than 200 parts per million in summer or fall 2027.

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