McDermott-Cid WJOB clash, part 3

McDermott returns to the WJOB studio to provide a rebuttal to Cid's claims.

McDermott-Cid WJOB clash, part 2

Cid calls into WJOB's "JED in the Region" show to respond to McDermott's criticism.

McDermott-Cid WJOB clash, part 1

At his weekly radio show on WJOB, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. discussed the Lake County income tax and County Councilwoman Christine Cid.

Lake income tax vote will wait for another day

CROWN POINT | False alarm. Lake will remain the only county in the state without a local option income tax, for at least a few more weeks.

Senator drops plan to direct Lake income tax spending

INDIANAPOLIS | A controversial plan to have the General Assembly decide how revenue from a Lake County income tax could be spent likely is dead.

State may direct how Lake income tax is spent

INDIANAPOLIS | The General Assembly may control how most of the money raised by a Lake County income tax can be spent.

Thaw of levy freeze not a done deal

INDIANAPOLIS | Lawmakers will take another look at legislation lifting the Lake County property tax levy freeze and providing for studies of region economic development projects.

No consensus yet in Lake income tax debate at Statehouse

INDIANAPOLIS | Legislation intended to entice the Lake County Council to finally enact an income tax is likely to be approved next week by the House Ways and Means Committee, but it's not yet clear what might be in it.

Senator: If Lake council wants higher income tax, it should act now

INDIANAPOLIS | If Lake County leaders want a local income tax rate higher than the 1 percent maximum under consideration by the Indiana General Assembly, they should enact one.

Legislature embracing cooperation over conflict at midpoint of session

INDIANAPOLIS | For the first time since 2010, the Indiana General Assembly has made it to the midpoint of its annual session without a walkout, boycott or protest shutting down the business of the legislature.

Senate votes 50-0 for Lake County income tax plan, Gary projects

INDIANAPOLIS | Lake County may be more likely to adopt an income tax and Gary could become home to a new trauma hospital and port under legislation that breezed through the Indiana Senate on Tuesday.