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Now that Microsoft has announced a national policy of forgoing local property tax breaks for its data centers, four of the St. Joseph County Council's five Republicans have sent Amazon Web Services a letter asking it to renegotiate the 35-year, $4 billion property tax abatement it's receiving from the county for its New Carlisle data center under development.

Developer David Matthews' bankruptcy filing comes three years after the city of South Bend sued him, seeking $7.5 million in tax incentives and penalties because he failed to incorporate a grocery store in his apartment high-rise project.

Developer Dave Matthews has argued that he should be allowed to use the same job creation figures in the lawsuit that he's given the city of South Bend administration for years. Those figures count jobs that existed before Matthews built the high-rise.

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

A trio of economic development projects are set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in state incentives.

Indiana utilities have more influence on politics in the state than you might imagine. Net metering for rooftop solar — which will be phased down this year — is a good example.

Last month, Amazon announced plans for two facilities in Elkhart County — a robotics fulfillment center and delivery station — both projected to open in…