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On Friday, July 24, Indiana American Water welcomed Congressman Frank Mrvan to its new Northwest Indiana Training Facility, offering a firsthand look at the nearly completed training center that is expected to open in the fall.
The visit began with welcome remarks from Drake Abramson, government affairs lead at Indiana American Water, and Barry Suits, president of Indiana American Water.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, left, speaks with PNW student researchers who are working on initiatives in the PNW Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS).
Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) hosted U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan on July 17 to share updates on key initiatives spearheaded by the center.
The tenant of the Gary/Chicago International Airport’s new $12 million hangar will help boost the city and Northwest Indiana, multiple speakers said Friday.
“Today is about more than a new hangar — it’s about new opportunities,” said Gary’s Chief of Staff Ellis Dumas. “This $12 million, 47,000-square-foot facility represents confidence in Gary, it represents confidence in Indiana, and it represents confidence in the future of this airport. It’s another visible sign that Gary is on the move.”
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.