the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has voted to ratify a three-year agreement with AT&T. Employees covered under the contract are spread across the country, but the majority — about 8,650 out of about 8,900 — are part of IBEW Local 21 in Illinois and northwestern Indiana.
Roughly half of the 120,000 employees covered under AT&T’s [...]

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In an annual National Park Service survey, 97 percent of the visitors coming to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore this summer were satisfied with the park’s services, facilities and recreational opportunities.
“The National Park Service works hard to assure that visitors have a good experience in their national parks and this rating is a tribute to the [...]

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Plummeting global milk prices are hitting area dairy farms hard.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has tossed a lawsuit attempting to stop Porter Health from building a new hospital at the junction of routes 6 and 49.
Not everyone is a fan of the idea of bringing the 2016 Olympics to Chicago.
The next in a series of [...]

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