Loretta Lynn plans 87th birthday all-star tribute concert
Country music queen Loretta Lynn has big plans for her 87th birthday this April in the form of an all-star tribute concert featuring Jack White, Garth Brooks, George Strait and many more.
Month: January 2019
Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census
NEW YORK — The Trump administration cannot put a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday in a boost to proponents of counting immigrants.
Police forced to play hide and seek a second time before arresting man with hypodermic needle
MORGAN TOWNSHIP — Porter County police said a 36-year-old man knew better this week than to hide in the same attic location where he hid the first time officers arrived at his home to place him under arrest.
UPDATE: Trump’s AG nominee asserts his independence
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, that the special counsel investigation sh…
White House shifts shutdown strategy, tries to bypass Pelosi
WASHINGTON — The White House ran quickly into the limits of trying to bypass Speaker Nancy Pelosi in shutdown negotiations when rank-and-file House Democrats declined an invitation to lunch Tuesday with President Donald Trump.
UPDATE: UK Parliament overwhelmingly rejects May’s Brexit deal
LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union, plunging the Brexit process into chaos.
NWI Forum CEO to talk workforce at Hobart luncheon
Northwest Indiana Forum President and CEO Heather Ennis will talk to the Society for Human Resource Management of Northwest Indiana about who’s hiring, how to find the talent and the overall local workforce climate Wednesday.
GUEST COMMENTARY: The rising support for single-payer health care
Public support for single-payer health care is soaring. Seven in 10 Americans want to adopt a “Medicare for All” system, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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State Sen. (Karen) Tallian (D-Ogden Dunes) wants Indiana to submit to a popular vote system, instead of an electoral vote, to determine national elections. Elections would then be determined by states with large cities which are, in most cases, majorit…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Networks providing work to recovering addicts might solve the opioid epidemic
When it comes to the opioids, the United States and nations around the world are well past the crisis point. Our jails are filled, rehab centers are overwhelmed, families are being destroyed and lives are being lost.