EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Cook County's economic development challenges, opportunities

Last month, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and her Council of Economic Advisers released the “Partnering for Prosperity” report, which lays out a clear economic growth action agenda for Cook County.

Steel: Forging a future

"We are competitive."

GUEST COMMENTARY: Accessible, comprehensive mass transit system needed

Northwest Indiana has been shaped and continues to be sustained by transportation.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Trust local officials to do what's right

Why would mayors around the state support mass transit legislation that only affects central Indiana residents?

"What is a reasonable expenditure for tax dollars?"

Robert Comer, Hammond | "Bettering the roads and the school system. Beautification projects and tearing down old abandoned buildings."

EDITORIAL: We pick Gregg for Indiana governor

For Northwest Indiana, the choice for governor this year should be easy.

EDITORIAL: Keep Amtrak's funding on track

Even as the Midwest continues work on preparing a high-speed rail network, Amtrak is proposing to discontinue service between Chicago and Indianapolis because of federal penny-pinching.

EDITORIAL: Make Toll Road-Borman interchange safer

The direct connection between the Indiana Toll Road and the Borman Expressway needs to be made safer but not eliminated.

DOUG ROSS: Governor must attract jobs that pay better

Democrat John Gregg and Republican Mike Pence, both running for governor, both said to Northwest Indiana audiences Aug. 24 that the primary focus now should be on jobs. And each is right.

EDITORIAL: Building bridges, but not in NWI

The Indiana Department of Transportation has offered $10 million in spare change to help replace an aging toll bridge over the Wabash River in New Harmony. So why is that news in Northwest Indiana? Because the bridge situation here is anything but harmonious.

SE Side road projects expected to last until 2020

CHICAGO | Residents of the neighborhoods on the city's Southeast Side had better get used to road construction and detours, because it is going to be a part of the area's character for the next several years.

Study panel: path to future or road to ruin?

I figure, if a meteor, you know, a small one, were expected to collide with Kokomo soon, destroying most of the state but not any of our neighbors, our state Legislature would respond with lightning speed to form a study committee to spend five years assessing the problem and trying to come …