Oliver Davis

South Bend Mayor James Mueller has said new standards for data centers will come from his office but common council members Oliver Davis Jr. and Sherry Bolden-Simpson say city government's legislative branch should create such rules.

Residents, along with South Bend Common Council members Sherry Bolden-Simpson and Oliver Davis Jr., want the city to do more to improve traffic safety and emergency response in the growing Lafayette Falls subdivision.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller says Oliver Davis Jr.'s bill to pause the Midwest Continental Divide Trail project is 'riddled with false and misleading claims.'

South Bend Mayor James Mueller has through Thursday to sign or veto a common council measure calling on the city to pause its work on the Midwest Continental Divide Trail project.

South Bend Common Council President Canneth Lee said he was "disappointed" with St. Joseph Superior Judge Jamie Woods' ruling in favor of the officers in the police tapes case. But on Friday Lee stopped short of calling for an appeal.

"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.