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U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, pressed the U.S. secretary of energy this week on high utility costs and an order that NIPSCO keep coal-fired electric generation going past its retirement date at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, which will cost an estimated $100 million and be borne by ratepayers.
Mrvan urged Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to reconsider the order during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing, urging him to consider the effect on ratepayers.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, is calling on the top executive at BP to end the lockout at its Whiting Refinery, which has kept some 800 union workers from their jobs for more than two weeks.
In a letter to BP CEO Meg O'Neill, Mrvan said he's concerned that the lockout instigated by BP is endangering public health and safety in and around the refinery, the Region's economic stability, as well as the nation’s energy security.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, sent a joint letter with Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, to BP CEO Meg O’Neill, urging the company to end the lockout at the Whiting refinery.
The South Shore Line’s new branch to Dyer is now up and running.
“Mister engineer, flip the switch. Let’s head south!” said Governor Mike Braun, officially opening Monon Corridor service Tuesday.
The eight-mile branch includes three new stations, with plans for a fourth in Downtown Hammond. Former Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland noted that the branch offers direct rush hour service to Chicago and off-peak shuttles to connect with the main line.
A tornado warning postponed Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting for the South Shore Line’s new Monon Corridor route, but it didn’t prevent it.
“This is the largest infrastructure investment since the Borman Expressway, and it was done in a collaborative effort,” said U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland.
“We’re standing at the Hammond Gateway Station, a true front door to our city,” Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said.
“Our downtown is on the rise, and this station will accelerate that growth even further,” he said.
The first passenger train on the new Monon Corridor pulled from the station on schedule Tuesday, undeterred by earlier storms that pushed back the start of opening-day ceremonies that concluded with a ribbon-cutting by Gov. Mike Braun.
A southbound train left the Hammond Gateway Station at 11:45 a.m., with public officials, railroad fans, long-time South Shore riders and the curious all aboard.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, is pressing further the effort to bring a post office back to Wheeler.
As reported in the Post-Tribune, most recently on Feb. 25, the Wheeler branch of the Post Office closed in July 2023 and a pocket of up to 75 homeowners must travel to the Hobart Post Office branch to collect their mail. The unserved pocket is limited to a small area south of Ind. 130 and north of County Road 450 North.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, wants to know why the "temporary" closure of the post office serving the unincorporated Porter County community of Wheeler has continued for nearly three years with no resolution.
In a letter sent Thursday to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner, Mrvan asks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to promptly restore mail service to Wheeler's 435 residents, so they no longer have to travel nearly five miles to Hobart to pick up their mail.
Northwest Indiana's representative in Washington believes Republican President Donald Trump must obtain congressional approval to continue the war in Iran that's already caused gasoline prices to skyrocket.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, voted Thursday in favor of a U.S. House resolution requiring the president to terminate the Iran war unless he obtains authorization for the use of military force, or a declaration of war, from Congress.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, spent a couple hours in St. John Monday night, answering voter questions about the war with Iran, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the upcoming election.
During the community conversation, Mrvan explained why it’s important for him to meet with constituents.
“I do my very best to absorb it and move forward,” Mrvan said. “Never give up hope that our government isn’t about engagement and civil activity, meaning being involved. Never, ever give up hope on that.”