Aldermen used a parliamentary maneuver to stall the scheduled vote on the $830 million bond that Johnson wants to use to pay for a variety of infrastructure projects.
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After a spate of problematic bills, Gary council wants to create legislative committee
As Indiana’s 2025 legislative session continues, Gary Common Council members want to create more transparency between legislators and constituents. Councilman Kenneth Whisenton, D-at large, said multiple bills have targeted the city this legislative session. “The reality is, the city of Gary is under attack,” Whisenton said during the council’s Tuesday night meeting, “plain and simple. […]
Indiana House passes ban on transgender women participating in women’s college sports
The Indiana House passed a bill Tuesday banning transgender women from women’s sports at the collegiate level days after the NCAA amended its transgender athlete policy to align with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
Green social housing ordinance introduced at City Council meeting
The city would own a majority stake in the mixed-income rental buildings developed, a first-of-its-kind role for the city.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker likens Trump administration actions to Nazi Germany: ‘What comes next?’
In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump administration.
DOGE says it’s saved $55 billion in federal spending, but data show it’s much less
Elon Musk has pledged that DOGE would provide “maximum transparency,” but its accounting raises questions about the reliability of their self-reporting and their level of accountability.
Mayor Brandon Johnson escalates push for CPS to pick up pension payment, borrow more money
The pension obligation has been the subject of years of dispute between the city and school district over which body should be responsible for the payment.
President Donald Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as tensions rise between the leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow.
President Donald Trump moves swiftly on his agenda in a departure from his first-term stumbles
Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia investigation and ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to make sure that special counsel Robert Mueller got fired.
A deeper look at the talks between US and Russian officials as Trump suggests Ukraine is to blame
Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago, meeting for four hours Tuesday before President Donald Trump suggested that Kyiv was to blame for the conflict.