WHO: Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and Leadership from the Department of Community Development WHAT: Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson will host a press conference to announce the details of the updated version of the Dollar Home Program. Known for its wide appeal in the 1980s and 90s, the Dollar Home Program was developed by HUD to combat [...]

(Gary, Ind.) – Earlier today, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and 4th District Councilwoman Carolyn Rogers announced the launch of the Neighborhood Revitalization Project, an initiative that has taken shape with the help of University of Chicago graduate students, the City of Gary department heads, the Gary Common Council and community volunteers.   “Since we announced our [...]

A Walk to End Lupus will take place Saturday May 18, 2013 9:30 AM at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Join us as we walk to end a disease that is widespread in our community! Ask someone to sponsor you for as little as $5 to help us reach our goal of $1,000. To register or [...]

Congressman Peter Visclosky (IN-1), Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and other city officials from Gary, Ind., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Gary Black Oak phase II sewer improvement project:   When: Friday, May 3, 2013 Where: TA Travel Center (note: park on [...]

Earlier today, Vice President Joe Biden joined several U.S. mayors in a Google Hangout focused on gun violence. The participants included Gary, Ind. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Oak Creek, Wis. Mayor Steve Scaffidi. “I was honored to be selected to participate in this critical conversation,” said Freeman-Wilson. “Although [...]

The Senate will vote today on the bipartisan Toomey-Manchin Amendment to S.649, the comprehensive gun package, which will require enforceable background checks for all gun sales online, at gun shows, and in classified ads. Did you know? 1. 90% of Americans, and even 74% of NRA members, support requiring background checks on private, commercial gun [...]

On Wednesday, April 10 at 10:00a.m., Representatives from the federal government’s General Services Administration, Ann Kalayil, Regional Administrator of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Great Lakes Region, along with Dr. Sharon Johnson-Shirley, Superintendent of the Lake Ridge Schools; and Cassandra Cruz, Grissom Elementary School Principal will join Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson for a laptop donation press [...]

On March 28, 2013 at 5:00p.m. (Central Time) and every Thursday at 5:00PM until April 25, 2013, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson invites you to call in to hear legislative updates and ask questions. Legislators Rep. Charlie Brown, Rep. Vernon Smith and Sen. Earline Rogers will also be on the calls as their schedules permit. The call-in [...]

By Melissa Harris and Corilyn Shropshire, Chicago Tribune February 17, 2013 Richard M. Daley has kept a low profile since leaving office in 2011. That doesn’t mean he has lost interest in urban issues. The former mayor has turned his attention in a surprising direction, beyond Chicago’s borders to one of the most intractable urban [...]

As the nation continues to mourn the tragedy of Newton and other similar tragedies that took place after it, public officials ask the citizens to take action. Today, U. S. Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein will introduce an updated version of her bill to reinstitute the assault weapon/large capacity clip ban that [...]