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Statewide advocates for electric ratepayers and the environment came to Granger Wednesday night to talk about the data center that Microsoft will start building this summer. They urged Microsoft to be more transparent and they called on St. Joseph County officials to watch out for constituents as they negotiate a development agreement.

On Tuesday St. Joseph County commissioners will consider whether to hire a consultant to study whether the county should move out of the County-City Building and into the former Studebaker Building 113 on Lafayette Boulevard.

St. Joseph County Economic Development Director Bill Schalliol says the county hopes the gas station on the opposite corner can remain, while noting the overpass has not yet been designed.

Republican County Council President Dan Schaetzle voted with Democrats to approve the budget, saying economic development director Bill Schalliol deserves more money for the big projects he's helped land.

St. Joseph County Economic Development Executive Director Bill Schalliol says the county could be years away from construction

Advocates say the diverging diamond interchange requires less land, has half the potential crash points between vehicles, and moves traffic faster

St. Joseph County officials haven't yet determined how to distribute the projected $476,000 it would receive from Amazon

The county will forward to Amazon invoices from contractors building new water and sewer infrastructure

Microsoft will buy 900 acres of land near Cleveland and Bittersweet roads in addition to $1 billion in LaPorte County

The New Carlisle Town Council called for a moratorium on the proposed Indiana Enterprise Center at a meeting Tuesday night. Activists have been vocal…