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East Chicago to launch business inspections for health, safety
EAST CHICAGO |Inspections are scheduled to begin this week for a survey of all commercial properties in the city to check on compliance with h…
East Chicago City Council rejects convenience store plan
EAST CHICAGO | The City Council has rejected an Illinois merchant's plan for a new Calumet-area convenience store.
East Chicago joins Shared Ethics Advisory Commission
EAST CHICAGO | Elected officials and city employees alike are now eligible for training in good behavior through membership in the regional Sh…
E.C. gives mayor OK to transfer Cline bridge to tollway operator
EAST CHICAGO | Mayor Anthony Copeland received a green light from the City Council on Monday night to finalize plans for replacement of the cl…
Two longtime East Chicago employees plan retirement
EAST CHICAGO | Two longtime city department leaders have announced they will retire within the next few weeks.
Democratic 3rd District Lake County commissioner candidates in photo finish
HAMMOND | The Democratic primary race for 3rd District Lake County commissioner was too close to call Tuesday night, with Lake County Councilm…
Prompt Ambulance takes over East Chicago's EMS
EAST CHICAGO | Few city medics chose to sign up with the private company that assumed responsibility over the weekend for emergency medical services.
Council appointees do their homework
EAST CHICAGO | City Council appointees to city boards and commissions have begun reporting back to the council about their activities.
East Chicago code violations target of enforcement
EAST CHICAGO | Homeowners and landlords have been put on notice that city code enforcement inspectors will be looking at their properties.
E.C. demolitions clear new homes' path
EAST CHICAGO | Dozens of blighted and abandoned structures are scheduled for demolition to make room for new single-family homes the city plan…
East Chicago officials take to streets to meet constituents
EAST CHICAGO | Some North Harbor residents and businesses got a visit from police and other authorities Wednesday, but it was a friendly visit.
Money flows to E.C. dredging sponsor
EAST CHICAGO | Users of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal have begun paying to maintain the permanent resting place for toxic materials to be …
E.C. privatizes emergency medical services
EAST CHICAGO | A contract approved late Friday will transfer responsibility for city emergency medical services to a private vendor in just tw…
1,247 days into trash-to-ethanol contract, little to show for it
Lake County Solid Waste Management District Board meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lake County Government Complex in Crown Point to discuss the…
Scheub touts trash-to-ethanol on eve of discussions
On the eve of discussions that could decide the fate of Lake County's trash-to-ethanol contract, the plan's biggest political supporter touted…
Early voting in Lake County attracts more than 600 in first week
CROWN POINT | More than 600 people took advantage of the first week of Lake County's early voting period for the May 8 primary.
Former water official pleads guilty in Hammond pollution case
HAMMOND | A former Hammond Sanitary District official agreed to plead guilty Friday to federal charges pertaining to illegal discharge of wastewater.
Cuts trim $1.3M from E.C. budget deficit
EAST CHICAGO | Cost-saving measures outlined this week to reduce this year's projected $3.7 million budget shortfall will leave city departmen…
East Chicago prepares for new anti-nepotism law compliance
EAST CHICAGO | Department leaders have begun compiling employee genealogies in anticipation of new state restrictions on nepotism.
East Chicago recognized for North Harbor project
EAST CHICAGO | Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman visited the city's North Harbor revitalization initiative Thursday and called it a good return …
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Copeland advances Shared Ethics Advisory Commission cause
EAST CHICAGO | A stalled initiative to require ethical behavior by city employees and elected officials is being revived by Mayor Anthony Copeland.
The Times to check candidate claims
In a special initiative during the primary election season, The Times will investigate claims made by candidates for public office.
E.C. opens bids for private ambulance service
EAST CHICAGO | Proposals for ambulance service in the city were opened Wednesday as current paramedics sought help from City Council members t…
E.C. council rejects call to privatize EMS
EAST CHICAGO | The administration's plan to trim this year's multimillion-dollar budget deficit by privatizing city ambulances will have to pr…
Teens meet mayor on E.C. City Hall tour
Thirty-five students from the East Chicago Urban Enterprise Academy, led by their social studies teacher, Ceretta Morris, visited East Chicago…
Candidate financial disclosure among 23 laws Daniels signs
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels signed 23 bills into law on Friday, including a measure sponsored by region lawmakers promoting government t…
Board to Langbehn: Draft plan to rein in credit card expenses
CROWN POINT | The executive director of Lake County's solid waste district — criticized by some of his elected bosses and a state audit for pa…
Experts to analyze E.C. police force
EAST CHICAGO | An internationally recognized security management firm has been hired to conduct a top-to-bottom examination of the East Chicag…
Daniels signs 27 bills into law
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels signed 27 more bills into law Thursday, including five sponsored by Northwest Indiana legislators.
Governor signs property tax amnesty, 31 other bills into law
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels signed 32 bills into law Wednesday, including a measure allowing counties to offer a one-time amnesty to pro…
Scavengers in E.C. to face fines for going through recycling, garbage bins
EAST CHICAGO | Scavengers caught rummaging through recycling or garbage bins outside residences can be fined $250 under new rules approved Mon…
East Chicago reviews proposals to privatize emergency medical care
EAST CHICAGO | A healthy competition is brewing among companies eager to provide emergency medical care to residents should the city privatize…
New East Chicago water plant still not working
EAST CHICAGO | The city's new state-of-the-art water filtration plant has yet to produce a single drop for residents as engineers scramble to …
East Chicago Council approves business license fee increase
EAST CHICAGO | The cost of a city business license is going up for the first time in nearly 30 years, but by a lot less than was sought by the…
East Chicago budget reduction proposal draws fire
EAST CHICAGO | What appeared a few months ago to be a crushing $15 million deficit in the city's 2012 budget has been whittled through a numbe…
Program helps youth leaders better serve organizations
EAST CHICAGO | Leading Through Relationships is the topic of an Indiana Youth Institute Youth Worker Cafe from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at…
East Chicago expands duties of building inspectors
EAST CHICAGO | City building inspectors were sworn in as code enforcement officers last week, expanding their authority to correct health and …
Harbor dredging engineer reassigned
EAST CHICAGO | The longtime top engineer for the federal plan to dredge the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal was reassigned last week to another …
Two spots filled on five-member E.C. Police Merit Board
EAST CHICAGO | Two seats have been filled on the city's fledgling Police Merit Board, while three slots remain open on the panel to oversee de…
East Chicago reviews personnel policy guidelines
EAST CHICAGO | The City Council will consider modernization of the city's decades-old personnel policy guidelines tonight in a public workshop.
E.C. Police Merit Board election undetermined after ballot changes
EAST CHICAGO | Just who will serve on the city's nascent Police Merit Board remained undetermined Thursday after reports that some names were …
Ind. House approves Little Cal levee fee
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana House on Monday overwhelmingly approved a plan to charge most Lake County property owners an annual fee for Little …
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East Chicago gets help with development plans
EAST CHICAGO | The city has enlisted a nationally known development specialist to keep up with plans to increase public access to the Lake Mic…
East Chicago boards of public works, safety elect officers
EAST CHICAGO | Members of the city's boards of public works and safety returned their sitting officers to new one-year terms in separate actio…
East Chicago council denies medical waste plant plan
EAST CHICAGO | City Council members unanimously rejected plans for a medical waste processing center on the city's south side Monday night, ci…
Indiana Senate votes to ban nepotism, conflicts of interest in local government hiring
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 39-11 on Monday to limit nepotism and conflicts of interest in local government em…
Panel approves emergency manager option for financially distressed governments
INDIANAPOLIS | School corporations were added Tuesday to legislation permitting financially distressed local governments to ask a state board …
East Chicago Redevelopment Commission changes Wednesday meeting time
EAST CHICAGO | The East Chicago Redevelopment Commission Board of Directors has changed the time of its meeting Wednesday.
Hammond to begin sewage basin construction
HAMMOND | Contractors lined up earlier this week to bid for work on a massive environmental project designed to keep raw sewage out of local w…
Morrisroe returns as East Chicago city planner
EAST CHICAGO | Richard Morrisroe returned to work as city planner on Thursday, a post which he first held nearly 40 years ago.
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