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Crown Point Community Library is shown in January 2023. (John Smierciak/Post-Tribune)

Indiana Senate sends library budgets bill onto House

January 27, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

The bill would require some county, city or town fiscal bodies to review the proposed budget and property tax levy of a public library.

A space is set up for the upcoming Sand + Steel initiative as well as a new FLUID Coffee location at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Dunes Tourism links heart of region through sand, steel

January 26, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

Indiana Dunes Tourism started the "Sand + Steel" initiative, which works with the region to create partnerships and a tourism brand.

Lisa Vallee of Just Transition NWI (top left) holds a protest sign, one of many she passed out during the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission hearing on NIPSCO’s proposed 20% rate increase, which would drive up residential customers’ monthly bills around $45 per month. The meeting took place at the Woodson Branch Library in Gary on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

NWI Residents plan NIPSCO protests as bills continue to increase

January 25, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Two protests against rising NIPSCO rates will be held at the company's Hammond district office and Merrillville corporate headquarters.

Heavy equipment operator Michael Grace sits in the Michigan City Public Library on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Grace, 54, was injured Dec.16, 2025 while working on a new data center in Michigan City after two weeks on the job. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘In extreme pain’: Workers injured at Michigan City’s Project Maize data center site

January 25, 2026 at 8:07 a.m.

A Michigan City man said he was injured at the Project Maize data center site on Dec. 16, and police body camera footage shows another man was injured there on...

The ArcelorMittal steel mill (now owned by Cleveland-Cliffs) and permanently closed Bailly Generating plant, left, in Burns Harbor is seen from Indiana Dunes National Park in 2019. A nuclear power plant was propsed for the Bailly site in the 1970s, but never came to fruition. (Zbigniew Bzdak / baiduhai)

Indiana Senate passes nuclear facility bill on third reading

January 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

A bill aiming to preemptively shape how nuclear facility permits are awarded passed the Indiana Senate and will move to the House.

Interstate 90 passes alongside Roxana Marsh, a major restoration site along the Grand Calumet River, on July 31, 2025 in Hammond. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

EPA announces more than $200 million to cleanup Grand Calumet River

January 24, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Multiple organizations will clean up contminated sediments at Lake George Canal and Junction Reaches project areas in Northwest Indiana.

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

Gary council suspends consideration of wet processing system ordinance

January 21, 2026 at 4:48 p.m.

The motion to suspend consideration of the ordinance that would give a special use permit to Reconstruct Aggregates Inc. was unanimously approved.

Dr. Janet Seabrook, Valerie Denny and Jack Weinberg take part in a Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, news conference about Gary Advocates for Responsible Development’s new report. The community organization wants cleaner and greener steelmaking locally. (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune)

GARD unveils study on future of Northwest Indiana steelmaking

January 22, 2026 at 9:11 a.m.

The report claims the future of the region's steelmaking is in jeopardy and modernization would benefit the industry and public health.

Nuclear power is generated at the Dresden Generating Station in Morris, Illinois, on April 10, 2025. Illinois has more nuclear reactors than any state in the U.S. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Indiana Senate passes nuclear permit bill to third reading

January 21, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

The bill makes changes to state code about how permits to nuclear-powered generating facilities and fuel processing plants are issued.

Attorney Shaw Friedman (center) addresses the panel during the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission hearing on NIPSCO’s proposed 23% rate increase, which would drive up residential customers’ monthly bills by around $45. The meeting took place at the Carter G. Woodson Branch Library in Gary on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

Indiana House committee amends electric utility bill

January 20, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

The utilities, energy and telecommunications committee heard various amendments to House Bill 1002 — one of the priority bills.

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