South Bend Common Council

The South Bend Common Council Monday night voted 7-1 to pause the city's involvement in work to develop the Midwest Continental Divide Trail project, despite a veto threat from the Mayor James Mueller administration.

A study earlier this year found South Bend, with the lowest home prices, to be the nation's best college town for investing in short-term-rentals.

The South Bend Common Council this week filed a motion to appeal a recent ruling by St. Joseph Superior Judge Jamie Woods finding that recorded phone conversations involving police officers, capturing them saying allegedly racist things, violated privacy laws.

After initially declining interviews on the issue, South Bend Mayor James Mueller on Tuesday held a press conference to talk about the South Bend Reparatory Justice Commission's report, after the commission formally presented it to the common council Monday night.

Indiana statute requires city common council members to have lived in the city for a year and in their council district for six months, but property records show Heidi Beidinger bought her South Bend home only nine months ago.

South Bend Common Council President Canneth Lee has called a closed door meeting for Wednesday over whether the council should appeal a judge's ruling in favor of officers in the South Bend Police Tapes Case.

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.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller won't publicly discuss the South Bend Reparatory Justice Commission's report because he says it's not finalized, but the commission says it is. The commission is waiting for Common Council President Canneth Lee to introduce the report to the council so they can start publicly discussing its findings.

Heidi Beidinger, an associate professor of the practice in global health at Notre Dame, defeated Hodge Patel, Derrick Perry and Angela Smith in a Democratic Party caucus Wednesday.

A caucus has been scheduled to replace Troy Warner on the South Bend Common Council. Warner is stepping down from the council next Friday, to become Mayor James Mueller’s chief of staff.