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“I love the court and I love the Constitution, and I want to share it with people," Justice Amy Coney Barrett said during a visit to the University of Notre Dame on Friday.
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Michael Gallenberger/WVPE“I think it’s important that people understand the things that we fight off every session or we push back on every session because we spend most of our time playing defense,” said Rep. Ragen Hatcher (D-Gary). -
screenshot from Sept. 11 South Bend Redevelopment Commission meeting videoSouth Bend is looking to capitalize on redevelopment efforts in the Lincoln and Kennedy Park area. About half of the lots in the neighborhood are vacant, but that could soon change. -
ProvidedTo promote bipartisanship, Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will come to Notre Dame on Friday, Sept. 19 for "Pragmatism Over Polarization: A Conversation with U.S. Governors." -
Mike Murrell/WVPESt. Joseph Medical Center in Mishawaka held a September 11 remembrance ceremony Wednesday to mark the 24th anniversary of the attacks. -
Mike Murrell/WVPENotre Dame opens its home football schedule this weekend, and fans heading to campus will see some changes inside the stadium along with familiar rules outside of it. -
It’s been four months since a box truck crashed into the New Prairie High School baseball team’s buses. Now, one of the players seriously hurt in the crash is finally leaving the hospital.
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