Council Approves Sports Development Area, Charges Dropped Against IU Demonstrators, Microsoft Plans to Invest $1 Billion, West Lafayette Council Votes Down Ceasefire Resolution

A majority of the Indianapolis City-County Council voted to approve a new sports development area at its meeting Monday night. The Monroe County Prosecutor’s office is dropping charges for criminal trespass against 55 pro-Gaza demonstrators arrested at IU’s Dunn Meadow. Governor Eric Holcomb announced Tuesday that Microsoft plans to invest $1 billion on a new data center in northwest Indiana. The West Lafayette city council this week voted down a resolution calling for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza.