Regionally Speaking, March 7, 2022

Today: Republican Congressional District 1 candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green of Crown Point is the first candidate who is on the May 3rd primary election ballot to be on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the issues and her stand on them, should she be chosen by voters to face Democrat incumbent Congressman Frank Mrvan in the November general election. Maggie Stevens, the president and CEO of nonprofit "Foster Success," talks about a bill which is headed to Governor Holcomb that insures that foster youth get access to drivers' licenses and insurance for their vehicles. The 2022 General Assembly passed it last week. And Purdue University professor Ellen Wells, along with her academic colleagues Graham Peaslee of the University of Notre Dame and Kenneth Brown of Hope College will have an update on the research that they and other northwest Indiana academics are doing to help residents in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago deal with the toxic landscape in which they live.