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The Indiana House on Monday passed a bill to give local communities 1% of state sales tax that data centers are exempted from, while eliminating the public rezoning process that a growing number of communities have used to stop data centers.

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.

After receiving the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission's unfavorable recommendation Tuesday, the rezoning request needed for a data center near New Carlisle goes to the county council for a final vote Sept. 23.

City of Elkhart officials plan to soon take input from experts as they update their zoning ordinance for battery energy storage systems.

A delay on a proposed 275-foot telecommunications tower in Clay Township is giving nearby residents more time to organize before it returns to the agenda next month.

A new 275-foot wireless tower planned on the border of Saint Joseph County and Michigan has stirred concern among local residents and county council members.

South Bend Common Council Member Sherry Bolden-Simpson voted against the request because Trinity School, despite being eligible for publicly funded tuition vouchers, does not offer special education like public schools are required to provide.

There was a contentious debate Thursday night for the vote on a future data center in Bristol.

After blocking it last year, the Elkhart County Commissioners approved a zoning change and economic development agreement for a proposed $120 million solar farm Monday.

A Mishawaka hotel at the corner of Lincolnway East and Capital Avenue on the St. Joseph River may be redeveloped into apartments after the common council unanimously approved a needed zoning change Tuesday.