Month: July 2020
Violence, protests, arrival of agents put Chicago on edge
“I’ve never seen things worse in this city than they are right now,” said the Rev. Michael Pfleger.
Curtis Hill says Holcomb lacks authority to mandate masks
Attorney General Curtis Hill and Gov. Eric Holcomb are at odds over whether the governor can issue an executive order mandating Hoosiers wear masks.
Deal: City to require affordable housing near Obama library
Chicago will require new developments near the planned Obama Presidential Center to include affordable housing and provide other neighborhood protections under an agreement reached between Mayor Lightfoot and activists.
Slave owner Stephen Douglas’ name removed from Chicago park
A Chicago park will be stripped of the name of slave owner Stephen Douglas and may be renamed for abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a city’s parks commission decided Wednesday.
His grandfather’s history has been untold for decades. This book hopes to redeem him.
The book, published on Juneteenth, is a continuation of Andrew Bowman’s fight to correct the “lost cause” narrative.
Despite questions, Munster parents tend to support reentry plan
For now, the school corporation is offering families two options: in-person classes or remote learning. Even after choosing one plan, families can still change.
Did the Paycheck Protection Program save hundreds of thousands of Indiana jobs? Hard to know
Some Indiana companies appear to have received a windfall in Paycheck Protection Program loan funds. Others, not so much so.
Indiana Welcome Center installs bipolar ionization system to kill COVID-19
The South Shore Convention and Visitor’s Authority’s tourism information center just off the Borman Expressway at 7770 Corinne Dr in Hammond, which serves as Northwest Indiana’s front door for many visitors, invested in the high-tech needlepoint bipola…
Region teen dies in crash that hospitalized 1 other, police say
A Merrillville teen died following a two-vehicle crash in Homewood that hospitalized him and another driver, officials said.