INDIANAPOLIS – On Monday, State Senator Lonnie M. Randolph (D-East Chicago) proposed an amendment to House Bill (HB) 1265 aimed at ensuring all schools in Lake County will be tested for lead. HB 1265 would require all schools in Indiana to test their drinking water [...]
February is Black History Month--a time we set aside to recognize prominent African Americans figures who have helped move our nation forward. Without your voices, our country would not be as strong and vibrant as it is today [...]
INDIANAPOLIS – On Monday, the Indiana Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 214, authored by State Senator Lonnie M. Randolph (D-East Chicago). SB 214 would require all schools in Lake County to test their school drinking water for lead every two years. Sen. Randolph made the [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—State Senator Lonnie M. Randolph (D-East Chicago) introduced several bills in the 2020 legislative session in an effort to improve the lives of Hoosiers. Three of his bills focus on giving potential employees better hiring chances, reducing confusion in traffic stops and testing school drinking [...]
INDIANAPOLIS – This week Representative Pete Visclosky announced his intention to retire from his long-held Congressional seat in Northwest Indiana (NWI). The Senate Democrats’ NWI Delegation, consisting of State Senators Karen Tallian (D-Ogden Dunes), Eddie Melton (D-Gary), Lonnie Randolph (D-East Chicago) and Frank Mrvan (D-Hammond), [...]
Two things you may not have noticed about the new two-year state budget: the disregard of transit funding and the cutting of intercity rail travel (specifically the Hoosier State line). Whether we use it or not, public transportation and rail transit are two things that [...]