National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith says the administration wants to limit that designation to certain types of sites.

The high court receives between 7,000 and 8,000 certiorari petitions annually. A case is reviewed if four of the nine justices agree to accept it. The justices decided about 70 cases during the 2017-18 term.

A state analysis of local wind patterns suggest that the lead released by the mill complex could be blowing north and west toward Chicago or south toward the Indiana community of Chesterton.

WVPE's Jennifer Weingart spoke with Jamie Racklyeft the founder of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium about safe swimming in the great lakes and his remarkable personal story.

The public comment period on the proposed settlement ends June 6.

The ruling, issued in February, says Lake Michigan's shoreline is open to all and property owners can't exercise exclusive control of the beach between their homes and the water.

City officials expect to finish many of the improvements by May and complete others over the summer.

The measure requires companies removing sand from the Port of Indiana and around industrial water intake pipes to deposit it directly onto northwestern Indiana's badly-eroded beaches, instead of offshore.

Plans call for a 70-foot, 150-seat ship that would offer tours and dinner cruises

U.S. Steel says the lawsuit is "unnecessary" because it's cooperated with "government and regulatory entities to swiftly remediate" the plant's issues.