Councilman Henry Davis Jr. is taking a medical leave of absence from the South Bend Common Council. As we previously reported, Henry Davis Jr. was arrested on two misdemeanor OWI charges on July 19. His court date is set for August 11. Davis Jr. was accused of driving on the wrong side of the bypass…
The New York Times is the first major national media outlet to call for an end to the prohibition of marijuana. “It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished….
A bill that just passed Congress will once again make it legal for US cellphone owners to unlock their phones. The vote was 295 to 114 in the House of Representatives. It had already passed the Senate. The ban has been in place since 2013 after vigorous lobbying from wireless carriers. President Obama says that…
The St. Joseph County Council and Commission sent out a memo on Thursday notifying department heads that the county would need to cut both the current 2014 budget and the upcoming 2015 budget. The memo is signed by County Commission President Andrew Kostielney, Council President Rafael Morton, and County Auditor Peter Mullen. According to the…
Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) offered tough words to Russia in an interview with a local TV station. The senator spoke to Tom Powell about the conflict in Ukraine and the recent attack on a civilian jetliner. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last Thursday in the rebel-controlled eastern half of Ukraine, killing all 295…
A second Indiana judge has ruled right-to-work unconstitutional. Lake County Circuit Court Judge George Paras struck down the 2012 law that bans employers from collecting union fees from non-union employees. Opponents of the law claim that right-to-work gives an incentive for employees at companies where unionization was approved to freeload and not pay their dues….
President Obama signed an executive order on Monday that bans workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity among federal contractors. The executive order gives the Secretary of Labor 90 days to come up with regulations implementing the requirement. “America’s federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the American people,” Obama said at the…
Baseball, apple pie, Chevrolet, and… prisons? America’s three most iconic things could probably be expanded to include incarceration. Consider this: nearly 1 in 100 Americans (including the childhood population) are behind bars. Amazingly, 1 in every 35 adults in the United States are either in probation, parole or incarcerated. China has a far lower prison…
A member of the South Bend Common Council was arrested Saturday morning on OWI charges. Councilman Henry Davis Jr. (D-District 2) was allegedly driving in the wrong direction on the US 31 bypass when police pulled his Cadillac over at around 3 am. St. Joseph County Police pulled Davis Jr. over near the Crumstown Highway…
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled on Friday that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The voter-approved referendum passed with 75 percent support in the heavily conservative state in 2004. The New York Times reports that the panel ruled that the ban was overly broad. “Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex…
