Oliver Davis

"To be able to add that to the stadium will also bring more sales taxes, more income taxes and so forth," South Bend Cubs Owner Andrew Berlin told the South Bend Common Council on Monday. "We’ll have to hire more people and more jobs."

The South Bend Common Council voted 6-1 to eliminate its formal complaint process for council members, drawing opposition from residents and prompting a walkout.

"The process is working fine," said council member Oliver Davis. "If people bring up a frivolous issue, it’s voted off and we move on."

New York data center developer Western Hospitality Partners plans a 10-shell data center on a 300-acre industrially zoned site on South Bend's southwest edge.

South Bend Common Council Member Oliver Davis and Black Lives Matter South Bend say the city should send some of its cash reserves to local food pantries if the federal government shutdown doesn't end by Saturday, when SNAP recipients would normally receive their November benefits.

South Bend Common Council member Oliver Davis says the juvenile's family and activists like Black Lives Matter South Bend are even angrier after hearing Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski's defensive tone and words at a press conference Wednesday.

The South Bend Common Council's Personnel & Finance and Residential Neighborhoods committees will hold a joint meeting to further discuss the bill sometime before the council's next regular meeting Aug. 11.

The Rev. Sylvester Williams Jr.'s decision stems from an extraordinarily tense meeting Thursday of the South Bend Common Council Rules Committee.

Oliver Davis held a press conference Friday in the County-City Building lobby, recounting the tense situation at Thursday's South Bend Common Council Rules Committee meeting.

Council Rules Committee Chair Rachel Tomas-Morgan stood over Council Member Oliver Davis for nearly two minutes, demanding that he sit in the audience and show her respect as chair.