South Bend Mayor James Mueller

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.

At a press conference Tuesday with common council and labor leaders, South Bend Mayor James Mueller announced his administration welcomes data centers but they'll have to follow new standards to make sure they're compatible with neighborhoods.

Democratic Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow has announced he'll run for South Bend mayor in the May primary election, for a term that starts in 2028.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller's spokeswoman says some political candidates are advocating putting back together the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit, but that would be a mistake for the city.

South Bend Common Council members Oliver Davis Jr. and Sherry Bolden-Simpson have filed a bill barring city officials from entering into non-disclosure agreements, after a James Mueller administration official citing an NDA in declining to attend a recent council committee meeting.

Amtrak and the city of South Bend are hopeful that downtown passenger rail service is closer to reality.

Indiana & Michigan Power on Wednesday filed a rate cut plan with state regulators that the utility says would save the average customer $100 a year, and the plan would freeze rates for three years.

The Downtown South Bend 2045 Plan called for investments to improve the viaducts at Lafayette Boulevard, Main and Michigan streets, areas that have historically drawn homeless encampments.

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.