The USDA says Lake County has 24 food deserts and 14 of them are in Gary.

The plan presented Wednesday eliminates 170 of the county's 523 precincts, including 54 in Gary, 33 in Hammond and 14 in East Chicago.

A 2017 law required Lake County to develop a plan to consolidate voting precincts with fewer than 600 active voters.

Assistance could include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property and other programs.

Three Indiana county prosecutors don't want to defend the state's new anti-abortion law against a suit brought by Planned Parenthood.

Indiana now has 284 nature preserves covering more than 50,000 acres across the state.

An increasing number of school corporations have turned to this community-based funding solution, after property tax caps were passed in 2008.

The city took out an ad in the New York Times Monday that addressed Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos.

Lake County and East Chicago could have new affordable housing by 2020 as part of a state tax credit program called Moving Forward.

The new allocation from the state's Blight Elimination Program can only be used to tear down vacant structures that were "beyond repair" during a prior review.