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Rep. Frank J. Mrvan on Friday announced the details of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for high school students from Indiana’s First Congressional District.
Northwest Indiana high school students have the chance to have their artwork displayed inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The office of U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, is accepting entries for the annual Congressional Art Competition, which recognizes and promotes artistic talent from each of the congressional districts across the country.
On March 12, 2025, Congressman Frank J. Mrvan released the following statement after voting in opposition to the full-year continuing resolution. The measure is currently pending consideration before the U.S. Senate.
Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery and a list of the potentially rescinded Fiscal Year 2025 Community Project Funding requests.
A continuing resolution moving through U.S. Congress is a legislative tragedy for Northwest Indiana, Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said in a Wednesday statement.
Region agency leaders that could have project funds rescinded agree.
More than $11 million in federal funds designated for specific economic development projects and law enforcement agencies in Northwest Indiana were omitted from the spending legislation endorsed Tuesday by the Republican-controlled U.S. House.
Since 2015, Penelope Love and her fellow neighbors of the Aetna Manor Revitalization Program have worked to restore the neighborhood through various cleanup projects. But eliminating blighted structures would take more than they could muster alone.
Now, an ongoing city initiative fueled largely by volunteer efforts gives Aetna the boost Love sought.
More vacant homes are being torn down in Gary's Aetna neighborhood. The city says more than 20 blighted structures were set to be demolished, thanks to five construction companies, the Lake County Highway Department and others who've volunteered their time.
Officials from the City of Gary announced the start of the next phase of an ongoing effort to eliminate blight in the Aetna neighborhood.
In a city targeting the demolition of hundreds of blighted structures, this one in Gary’s Aetna neighborhood felt personal to contractor Jim Wiseman on Monday.
“If you look behind you, that green house with the white smokestack was my childhood home for 15 years,” Wiseman told a crowd Monday morning in the 3700 block of East 13th Avenue.
As the Representative for Indiana’s First Congressional District, I believe that all elected officials have a sacred trust with their constituents and a responsibility to be held to the highest standard, to unite and collaborate with vested stakeholders to solve problems, and to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars.