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BILL MASTERSON JR.: Leetz family values drive successful business

Some of my columns are pretty vanilla. Others provoke a strong response.

BILL MASTERSON JR.: Another $200,000 to Boys & Girls Club

By Bill Masterson Jr.

Putting their money where their mouth is, Tolleston Boys & Girls Club project co-chairman Wil Davis, owner of the Gary Jet Center, committ…

WILLIAM NANGLE: Visit Lake Michigan ... it's our greatest asset

By William Nangle

Have you visited the Lake Michigan shoreline lately? Well, I got to leave my office Tuesday to enjoy the lake at the Portage Lakefront Park an…

WILLIAM NANGLE: End Powers waiting game

By William Nangle

The wait continues and continues and, well, continues.

DOUG ROSS: Pence missed a fun opportunity for NWI

By Doug Ross doug.ross@nwi.com, (219) 548-4360 or (219) 933-3357

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence missed a chance Monday to strike a blow at the Lake County Democratic Party. Instead, he chose s…

DOUG ROSS: Tea Party wasn't only reason Lugar lost

By Doug Ross doug.ross@nwi.com, (219) 548-4360 or (219) 933-3357

For months now, I've been calling the U.S. Senate race a battle for the heart and soul of the Indiana Republican Party. Now I'm not so sure we…

MARK KIESLING: There are no losers in this refinery agreement

The agreement BP reached to pay $400 million to upgrade its environmental controls at its Whiting Refinery is a winner for all sides.

MARK KIESLING: Don't like the Lake County GOP? Then jump ship!

There is much sound and fury about Lake County GOP Chairwoman Kim Krull allegedly "falsifying" information about certain Republican candidates.

PHIL WIELAND: Paradise is a place called Northwest Indiana

By Phil Wieland

Boy, I hope I'm around in 2040 because I really want to see the "vibrant, revitalized, accessible and united region."

PHIL WIELAND: Preserving our water is something we oughter

By Phil Wieland

After penning a week's worth of informative articles in observance of National Drinking Water Week, the poetry Muse pummeled with her lyre and…

BRIAN HOWEY: The forging of the gender trend line

By Brian Howey

It was one of the most utterly painful political episodes I have ever had to watch as a political writer.

BRIAN HOWEY: Brooks, Walorski take aim at GOP glass ceiling

By Brian Howey

Susan Brooks’ 5th Congressional District campaign conducted internal polling in mid-April and the news was disheartening. She trailed the fron…

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