Bears Pick Hammond for New Stadium; Indiana Leaders Cheer, Caution Wo…

A programming note: IndyPolitics was first to report, back in the spring, that an announcement was expected on the Bears coming to Hammond — at a point when much of the Illinois press still treated Indiana as a bluff. Friday’s vote was the announcement.

The Chicago Bears are coming to Indiana — or at least, that’s the plan.

The team’s board of directors voted Friday to…