Today: Northwest Indiana community activist Ruth Needleman and a group of citizens attended Monday night's Gary-Chicago International Airport Authority's first public workshop on the Master Plan Update. She joined us to talk about what issues were brought up that weren't related to the Master Plan -- but affect the Airport and the community at large. Ruth also talked about efforts underway at the Statehouse to force Lake County precinct changes, even though the County Election Board promised lawmakers that they'd make the changes themselves.
The Indiana Senate voted 49-0 on Monday for a bill that, if the Indiana House also approves, will order the Gary Community Schools board to turn over its financial control of the district to an appointed emergency manager and a three-member fiscal management board. We talk with NWI Times Statehouse reporter Dan Carden about this.
Andy Downs of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics talks about Governor Eric Holcomb's first news conference -- held one month into his new administration -- the first executive orders he made, including one affecting East Chicago, and lawmakers' overturning vetoes that Governor Mike Pence made before he left office for his new role as Vice President.
And a Valentine's Day feature from Lakeshore Public Radio's Sharon Jackson on relationships.
