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A year ago, Hammond Morton junior Josue Pedraza couldn’t get his Robotics friends to leave him alone about joining the team.
The 16-year-old was into music and couldn’t imagine getting into nuts and bolts and math and physics. And he certainly didn’t know the lingo it took to be proficient in the realm, nevermind good, he said.
The U.S. Minority Contractors Association (USMCA), Indiana-Kentucky Chapter and member F.H. Paschen, announced that United States Congressman Frank Mrvan (IN-1) has received the 2025 National Legislative Excellence Award. The presentation took place at the newly-opened F.H. Paschen Merrillville office, located within the Congressman’s district. This award recognizes Congressman Mrvan’s steadfast commitment to the success of small, disadvantaged businesses and contractors throughout the country and right here in Indiana.
Northwest Indiana’s congressman is working to make more federal grant funding available to revitalize neighborhoods across the country by demolishing vacant homes and other abandoned structures.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, recently filed House Bill 6217 that aims to reduce blight and improve property values, enhance public safety and promote livable communities.
Highland’s Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center will receive a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), the office of U.S. Congressman Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, announced on Monday.
Founded in 2005, the organization provides medical and legal guidance to Lake, Porter and LaPorte County residents in the aftermath of a domestic or sexual assault. It also offers counseling and other longer-term programs aimed at helping survivors recover and thrive.
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan released the following statement after voting in opposition to the Republican Majority’s Continuing Resolution:
“‘I voted against the Republican Majority’s Continuing Resolution after serious deliberation with my colleagues and with input from constituents who participated in my Community Conversations and contacted my office. I am deeply grateful for the civic engagement and passion that so many constituents demonstrated to myself and my office throughout this difficult period.
Volunteers in bright green safety vests quietly packed food Monday at the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana as U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan talked about the impact of America’s longest government shutdown on poor and vulnerable Hoosiers.
Mrvan, D-Highland, came to the Merrillville food bank to learn about its elevated emergency response plan after food stamp benefits ended on Saturday as the shutdown dragged on.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan wants Northwest Indiana residents struggling to put food on their tables amid the federal government shutdown, and the interruption of the federal food assistance program, to know they're not alone.
As the nation entered the second month of a full federal government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, answered questions from constituents Saturday about a wide range of topics, including redistricting, frozen SNAP benefits, immigration and ICE and the cost of living.
Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced his Community Conversations to be held in Indiana’s First Congressional District on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan is hosting two town hall-style events Saturday in Lake County to listen to the needs of Region residents and update them on what he's accomplished on their behalf in the U.S. House.
The free events featuring the Highland Democrat are scheduled for 1-2 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium at the Lake County Government Center, 2293 N. Main Street, Door S2, Crown Point; and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Calumet College of St. Joseph, 2400 New York Ave., Room 200, Whiting.