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Families eager to hit one of the most popular beaches in the Region Friday morning instead sat in their cars for three hours waiting for a stopped train to move. Some cars stayed baking in the sun, others peeled away and one man on a bicycle rode by and flipped off the train.

This was nothing new for regulars at Whihala Beach in Whiting. However, for the first time, the city may have taken its first step to solve the problem.

Washington, DC – Rep. Frank J. Mrvan is pleased to announce the nominees who have accepted their appointments to the U.S. Military Service Academies from Indiana’s First Congressional District.

Military Service Academy Nominations are recommended to Congressman Mrvan by his Military Service Academy Board, which includes veterans, community leaders, and active duty and retired servicemembers from across Indiana’s First Congressional District.

Megaphones, whistles, rattles and even a few vuvuzelas blared in the canyon of glass-and-steel skyscrapers in the Loop on Friday as hundreds of workers rallied to call for an end to the lockout at the BP Whiting Refinery.

Leading steelmakers, including Cleveland-Cliffs and Nucor, and the United Steelworkers union pressed for continued tariffs and other measures at the "State of Steel" hearing in Washington, D.C. this week.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, showed the BP Whiting Refinery’s union workers Tuesday that they have supporters nationwide while they’re locked out from their jobs.

“We stand behind labor, and we stand behind (United Steelworkers) Local 7-1 and those families who are out of work for 92 days,” Mrvan said. “When the steelworkers are locked out in Northwest Indiana, Northwest Indiana stands in solidarity.”

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, United Steelworkers International President Roxanne Brown and members of the Congressional Labor Caucus called on BP to end its lockout of Whiting Refinery workers for more than 90 days.

Rep. Frank Mrvan is urging the Department of Energy to lift emergency orders requiring NIPSCO to keep two coal-fired units at its R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield running past their scheduled retirement.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued an order to keep Schahfer Units 17 and 18 open for another 90 days past their retirement for the third time last week. Mrvan sent a letter arguing it would impose an unnecessary increase on costs for ratepayers and would negatively impact utility affordability.

Northwest Indiana U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan announced the House Appropriations Committee has included his economic development Community Project Funding requests for Indiana’s First Congressional District in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 House Appropriations measure. The measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee, and an identical version of this measure must be approved by both the House and Senate and signed into law by the President in order for it to be enacted.