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St. Joseph County Council Member Amy Drake says the 55+ credit saved about 10,000 homeowners a combined $2.7 million in its first year, and says the credit's $280,000 cost to county government was worth it.

New York-based Washington Square Development says tariffs on materials needed to renovate their Liberty Tower caused delays that have made it miss its Dec. 31 deadline.

Democratic Elkhart Common Council Member Aaron Mishler says the proposed congressional district maps released Monday by Indiana House Republicans seem to violate the Voting Rights Act by splitting Elkhart's white and non-white voting populations.

Democrat Jamee Decio, daughter of the late businessman and philanthropist Art Decio, says she moved back to Elkhart from Los Angeles in April to run for the Indiana U.S. House Disrict 2 seat held by Republican Rep. Rudy Yakym.

Francis Rooney's gift to Notre Dame will endow an institute in the College of Arts & Letters committed to the preservation of American democracy through research, teaching and public engagement. Rooney quit the House after two terms when he started having fund-raising troubles as he opposed Trump initiatives.

Amy Coney Barrett was President Trump's third conservative nominated to the Supreme Court, paving the way in 2022 to overturn 50 years of abortion rights at the federal level.

The city of South Bend's Office of Sustainability has been planning to receive $3 million in federal grants to fund a new rooftop solar program for up to 150 income-qualified households.

New Day Intake Center organizers haven't sought federal money to build their new low-barrier facility and won't need it, but Trump's executive order ending support for their "housing first" approach could hurt the center's odds at winning federal money for operations once it opens.

St. Joseph County Council Republicans Amy Drake and Andy Rutten say its time for the county to follow the Supreme Court's and Trump administration's leads on ending affirmative action.

The St. Joseph County Health Department says the cuts were required because it's lost millions of dollars in previously committed state and federal funding this year.