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I'm disgusted with elected officials' job performance

I'm a senior citizen, and every four years I look forward to the election of politicians thinking it will get better in America. But it just gets worse.

Valpo disability council struggles with attendance

VALPARAISO | The Mayoral Advisory Council on Disability welcomed a new member Wednesday, but it continues to struggle to get a quorum for meetings.

Pence declares focus is jobs

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence has a simple explanation for why he's not hanging around the Statehouse while the Indiana General Assembly is in session – it's jobs.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Voicing opposition to Indiana Senate Bill 560

On behalf of the more than 80,000 Hammond residents and businesses whose households are almost all NIPSCO ratepayers, I would like to voice my opposition to Indiana Senate Bill 560. It unfairly shifts the risk and burden of capital investment onto ratepayers instead of on monopoly utilities …

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Offering perspective on today's issues

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Offering perspective on today's issues

US stocks edge up following Dow's record day

NEW YORK | After barreling through a record the day before, the Dow Jones industrial average meandered higher on Wednesday.

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GUEST COMMENTARY: U.S. still standing, pursuing S&P

"I am shocked, shocked to find … gambling …" This famous line of the cynical Captain Renault to night club manager Rick in the film classic "Casablanca" comes to mind in reflecting on the practices of American credit rating agencies.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Dodd-Frank net might ensnare family meal

Federal regulators recently roiled America's farmers with the release of new rules for financial instruments. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, one of the agencies charged with implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, officially announced the new requirements and said they…

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Demand end to D.C. gridlock to speed recovery

Our national elections are seven weeks away, with the economy as one of the key issues in political discussions on the airwaves, in workplaces and around kitchen tables. Not surprisingly, the economy is a question that often gets asked of this community banker. My answer: The economy is impr…

Stocks soar after ECB unveils bond-buying effort

NEW YORK | The last time the stock market was this high, the Great Recession was just getting started and stocks were pointed toward a head-first descent.

A word from Bernanke turns stocks around

NEW YORK | The stock market keeps getting tossed around by the Fed.

S&P 500 touches highest level since May 2008

NEW YORK | The Standard & Poor's 500 index touched its highest point in more than four years Tuesday. But a morning rally faded, and stock indexes were down slightly by the afternoon.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Financial scandals aid and abet continuing turmoil

“Greed … is good,” declared corrupt out of control investment banker Gordon Gekko in the hit film “Wall Street.” However, The Bible, Shakespeare and other influential sources argue to the contrary.

Investors see Spain rescue as only 'temporary fix'

NEW YORK | A burst of enthusiasm over a rescue of Spanish banks melted away within hours Monday, and investor anxiety about the troubled finances of Europe grew on both sides of the Atlantic.

Valpo 5th-graders, VU work together to test conditions at a basin

VALPARAISO | It was the kind of science a bunch of fifth-graders really could appreciate: poking around in creek water for snails, worms and creepy-crawly things.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Candidates should pledge to work together

Consumer confidence has turned positive in recent months resulting in increased hiring across several sectors of the economy. Our recovery has come a long way since the Great Recession began in 2008, but we still have work to do.