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Hammond-area faith leaders and elected officials noted the work still left to be done to achieve Martin Luther King's dream.
"Who would've thought that in 2023, brothers and sisters, we'd still be talking about an attempted overthrow of the United States government that happened two years ago?" Pastor Regan Robinson of St. John Baptist Church in Gary asked during Hammond's annual Martin Luther King Day celebration Monday. "How did we get here? Nobody is supposed to be here. Who would've thought that in 2023, we'd have to remind white and Black folk that Black lives do matter?"
On the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the federal holiday for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s time to reignite the village values that King endorsed, the Rev. Regan Robinson said.
Borrowing from the song “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here,” he asked, “What caused village values to be extinguished?”
The pastor at St. John Baptist Church in Gary, Robinson keynoted the annual King march and celebration Monday at the Hammond Civic Center.
The Valparaiso University College of Nursing and Health Professions will receive $1 million to update its Simulation and Experiential Learning Centers. The funding was made possible from federal appropriations secured by U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan, and is part of more than $20.5 million designated specifically for Northwest Indiana projects. This award will ensure that the next generation of health care professionals have the opportunities they need to provide their respective communities with exceptional care.
Mayor Steve Spebar said the city has secured a $215,000 federal grant.
"That's going to provide an additional license plate reader," Spebar said. "We're planning on putting that at 119th (Street) and the (Indianapolis) Boulevard."
Tthe grant will also be used to install security cameras up and down 119th Street and near Whiting High School.
Spebar said Whiting Redevelopment Director Brian Lowry worked with the office of U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, to obtain the grant.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan released the following statement on the start of the 118th Congress.
Federal spending legislation soon to be signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden includes more than $20.5 million designated specifically for Northwest Indiana projects, in addition to the regular funding for federal programs and services in the Region.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, secured the extra money through Community Project Funding requests, more commonly known as earmarks, inserted in the omnibus appropriations measure that funds the federal government through the 2023 budget year.
When President Joe Biden signed the $1.7 trillion bipartisan omnibus spending bill last Thursday, a lot of happy people in the Duneland area greeted the news. More than $20 million of those funds are earmarked for projects in Northwest Indiana.
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN 1st District) made the announcement before the bill was signed, in order to thank community partners who advocated for receipt of funds for services throughout the region.
Washington, DC– Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan has announced that over $20 million in Community Project Funding requests have been included in the final Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations package.
Veterans who have been exposed to chemicals, Agent Orange, and burn pits may no longer be getting the short end of the stick with the PACT Act. But, though the new law provides for people exposed those chemicals to get proper treatment and benefits, an Indiana congressman has some concerns.
“We do not want to punish individuals who are taking time to care to ask the proper questions so that veterans…aren’t being rushed through the process,” said Rep. Frank Mrvan (D), who represents northwest Indiana, in an oversight hearing on the implementation of the PACT Act.
Veterans who have been exposed to chemicals, Agent Orange, and burn pits may no longer be getting the short end of the stick with the PACT Act. But, though the new law provides for people exposed those chemicals to get proper treatment and benefits, an Indiana congressman has some concerns.
“We do not want to punish individuals who are taking time to care to ask the proper questions so that veterans…aren’t being rushed through the process,” said Rep. Frank Mrvan (D), who represents northwest Indiana, in an oversight hearing on the implementation of the PACT Act.