The federal lawsuit comes after the Indiana State Department of Health denied the Alliances original application.

Dyngus Day is a Polish holiday celebrating the end of Lent with eating, drinking, dancing and otherwise making merry. Through the years in South Bend the celebration has turned into a political event.

The lawsuit was filed last year after the state denied the organization's application.

Buttigieg announced his exploratory committee for a presidential run about a month ago. On Sunday afternoon in South Bend he was in front of a hometown crowd, trying to translate mayor into president.

Holly Brady of Fort Wayne and Damon R. Leichty of South Bend were nominated a second time this past week after the Senate didn't vote on them during the congressional session that ended in early January.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is among a number of potential candidates who believe the 2016 and 2018 elections showed that voters are looking for fresh faces and that the old rules of politics may no longer apply.

The Natural Resources Commission on Tuesday approved designating the more-than-176-acre site as the Lydick Bog Nature Preserve.

Texas-based Whole Woman's Health Alliance reapplied for the license Thursday, avoiding what it feared would be a lengthy legal battle.

The 2-1 ruling was made last month by an Indiana Department of Health administrative panel, but the panel didn't immediately explain the rejection.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced Monday he won't seek re-election next year but he didn't reveal his future political plans.