Democratic Rep. Joe Taylor said in a statement Monday that he is stepping down immediately to take a position with the United Auto Workers International Union.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that he'll decide by the end of the year if he'll run for president in 2020.

A South Bend abortion clinic is still barred from opening after an Indiana State Department of Health panel reversed an administrative judge's earlier ruling.

Whole Woman's Health Alliance applied more than a year ago to open an abortion clinic in South Bend.

The agency announced Tuesday an appeals panel consisting of two members of its executive board and an administrative law judge will hear the matter at an undetermined date.

An Indianapolis judge ruled Whole Woman's Health Alliance had provided all the necessary information, and that the health department hadn't provided a legitimate reason for the denial.

Mayors and representatives from about 18 Indiana cities heard more at the Climate Leadership Summit in Indianapolis on Thursday.

South Bend is included in United's push to increase service to select destinations during the college football season.

Whole Woman's Health Alliance, a nonprofit run by a board of directors, wants to open an abortion clinic in South Bend.

The judge will determine whether to grant Whole Woman's Health Alliance's appeal after the Indiana State Department of Health denied the group's application for an abortion clinic license in January.