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During a visit to Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso, first lady Jill Biden made a case for the value of community colleges, boasted of her husband's achievements in investing in the nation's infrastructure and spoke about how students at institutions like Ivy Tech can fill the jobs created by that infrastructure.

"Two years ago, my husband President (Joe) Biden made a promise to rebuild the middle class," Biden said. "Who does that is community colleges. And as Joe has said, they provide the best career training in America."

The Congressional Steel Caucus is calling for tariffs to be maintained to protect American steel jobs, including at the steel mills along the lakeshore in Northwest Indiana.

Congressional Steel Caucus Chairman Rick Crawford and Vice Chairman Frank J. Mrvan wrote a letter asking the administration to keep the Section 232 tariffs and subsequent quotas in place.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan joined Opportunity Enterprises officials in standing at the edge of the mud where OE’s new Lakeside Respite Center is being built.

Concrete for the foundation and basement for the building have been poured for the project. Millions of dollars also have been poured into the project, including $310,000 from the federal government, part of the $1.7 trillion appropriations act President Joe Biden signed into law at the end of 2022.

The federal money is to be used for technology and equipment at the new center.

Almost a year after Opportunity Enterprises broke ground on its new $6.7 million Lakeside Respite Center, officials returned to share the progress and tout recently received federal funding.

Congressman Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, toured the Lakeside property with the staff and board Thursday, greeting the facility’s clients, who smiled, shook hands and even shared a couple hugs with the legislator.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, had the ear of President Biden for about a minute Tuesday following the State of the Union Address in a moment caught on camera.

“I want to seize the opportunity to talk about the region every time I see the President of the U.S.,” Mrvan said.

It's becoming a tradition for Northwest Indiana's congressman to briefly chat with the president of the United States following his annual State of the Union address.

For the second year in a row, U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, managed to get nearly a minute of one-on-one time with Democratic President Joe Biden as the president walked the center aisle to exit the House chamber after his speech.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan is continuing in his second term to serve on two House committees focused on the needs of organized labor, workers, veterans, teachers and students.

The Highland Democrat recently announced that he's retained his seats on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Education and the Workforce for the 118th Congress, which runs until Jan. 3, 2025.

Hammond, Gary and East Chicago are getting federal funding to help reduce traffic fatalities. The cities have been awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.