St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts Manier

St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts-Manier on Thursday ruled that Republican Election Board Chair John Jurgonski and Republican Clerk Amy Rolfes acted outside the law when they told a Rolfes staffer to keep four Democratic candidates off the Nov. 3 election ballot.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen has gone to court to stop the Republican-run election board and clerk's office from keeping four Democratic candidates off the ballot over a candidate paperwork dispute.

The Indiana General Assembly amended the law this year to make it more favorable to Attorney General Todd Rokita's lawsuit against St. Joseph County Sheriff Bill Redman over cooperation with ICE.

South Bend Chocolate Company founder Mark Tarner says the South Bend International Airport has violated Indiana law by unfairly giving SkyDine Inc. advantages in the bidding process. A judge has denied to step in with an immediate injunction stopping SkyDine from starting to serve airport passengers Monday.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita's office says it's confident that an appeals court will reverse St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts Manier and uphold the will of the General Assembly — that the office can sue communities that it believes offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants.

In a statement he released Monday, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts Manier made a "novel and incorrect legal conclusion" in dismissing his immigration-related lawsuit against Sheriff Bill Redman.