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Ongoing work at the Indiana Harbor and Canal in East Chicago is an economic development project with an environmental benefit, U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said Tuesday.
The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority authorized purchases that will upgrade its rescue and maintenance equipment with the help of $2 million in federal money included last spring in a bill that funded the government through September.
There is a movement afoot to bring social workers into the fold of law enforcement. Monday morning a variety of local agencies already doing so, as well as those seeking advice on how to get started, gathered for a meeting of the minds in Valparaiso.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, testified Thursday on the effectiveness of Section 232 steel tariffs before the International Trade Commission on the heels of testimony by industry to the Congressional Steel Caucus the day prior.
The future of steel is the future of jobs in Indiana, especially the northwest corner, which is one of the largest steel-producing areas in the United States. Rep. Frank Mrvan (D), who represents that area in DC, says the industry’s health will depend upon how much steel is called for. Much of that is for projects called for in the infrastructure law.
Steelmakers, union officials and Congressman Frank Mrvan testified before the International Trade Commission in favor of maintaining the 25% tariffs on most steel imports, as well as tariffs on China.
The State of the American Steel Industry
The annual Congressional Steel Caucus hearing on the state of the steel industry in Washington D.C. touted a strong sector that still faces challenges, such as decarbonization and the threat of imports.
Federal and local officials said clean Lake Michigan and Grand Calumet River waters are worth the $1 billion.
That is the amount President Joe Biden and a bipartisan U.S. Congress voted is pouring into the restoration of water ways contaminated by a century of industrial pollution.