Election officials leave Munster polling places in place for May 7 referendum

CROWN POINT | The Lake County election board voted Tuesday to keep polling places for the May 7 referendum in Munster unchanged from last year's locations.

"Do you believe Northwest Indiana is a good place to live?"

Kevin Smith, Miller | "Excellent. Midwesterners are full of ambition and drive. If you offer opportunity, they would be willing to take advantage."

Gary City Council fires 15 first responders effective New Year's Eve

GARY | Juana McLaurin's 32 years of service with Gary will end at midnight Monday when the city cuts her job and those of 14 other first responders.

Critics continue to test Lake Central officials

CROWN POINT | Two critics of Lake Central school officials continued their attack Monday on a successful 2011 campaign to raise taxes for new school construction, despite election board rulings rejecting most of their accusations of wrongdoing.

Election board raps school referendum critics

CROWN POINT | Election officials have dismissed more complaints against a political action committee that won last year's Lake Central School Corp. referendum.

Discussion about redistricting in Lake County open to the public

CROWN POINT | State election officials have chosen a Hammond venue to discuss where politicians should draw the line in terms of new districts for the Lake County Council and Board of Commissioners.

Lake Central referendum is on after school officials get a rap on the knuckles

CROWN POINT | Lake Central School Corp. officials received a tongue-lashing Tuesday along with approval for the new wording of a $160 million construction referendum.

BRIAN HOWEY: Are there mayoral killing fields this year?

In 2006, Hoosier voters threw out three sitting congressmen. A year later, 15 incumbent mayors were defeated in the November general election as an aching symptom to the property tax crisis. In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democrat to carry the state in a presidential election since 1…