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Feldman: What to make of America's new food pyramid?
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (313+ words) In January, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, issued a new "food pyramid," the required five-year update entitled the "20252030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans." Kennedy developed the new guidance out of public view, using a panel appointed by…...
Residents invited to share needs in new AACS community survey
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (68+ words) Residents invited to share needs in new AACS community survey'Courier & Press Audubon Area Community Services is seeking input from area residents through a Community Needs Assessment survey. The survey, open to all residents in the seven-county Green River Area Development…...
Op-Ed: Fiscal responsibility starts with competitive contracting
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (82+ words) Op-Ed: Fiscal responsibility starts with competitive contracting'Courier & Press Local governments are entrusted with taxpayer dollars, and that trust carries a profound responsibility: to spend wisely, transparently, and efficiently. Vanderburgh County faces a new financial landscape with the 2025 implementation of Indiana's…...
Schroeder: How our secrets keep us sick
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (29+ words) Schroeder: How our secrets keep us sick'Courier & Press Schroeder: How our secrets keep us sick The conversation we won't have is the progress we won't make....
Op-Ed: Six years after COVID, Indiana not ready for the next pandemic
1+ week, 2+ day ago (529+ words) The world changed six years ago this month. What began as a cluster of pneumonia cases overseas became a global pandemic that took Hoosiers" lives, upended daily routines, overwhelmed hospitals, shuttered businesses, and forced governments to make decisions at a…...
Marcus: So what did the Indiana Legislature accomplish?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (89+ words) Marcus: So what did the Indiana Legislature accomplish?Courier & Press By the time you read this column, you'll have enjoyed the end of this year's Indiana legislative session. But as I write this column, what that mindless body of men…...
Twin Bridges could be a workaround for those looking to avoid tolls
1+ week, 3+ day ago (598+ words) EVANSVILLE " Residents with plans to avoid the recently announced tolls for the new I-69 Ohio River Crossing by continuing use of the Twin Bridges will likely be able to, but the experience will be quite different. Under the Record of Decision…...
Hicks: The Biden economy versus the Trump economy
1+ week, 3+ day ago (729+ words) There is a simple way to cut through the noise about whose economy is stronger " Donald Trump's or Joe Biden's. Pick a moment in time under each president and compare the numbers side by side. The best comparison is the…...
Decision that may affect EVSC school board races still up in the air
1+ week, 3+ day ago (877+ words) EVANSVILLE " Quietly, a waiting game plays out that could substantially affect this year's elections for Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. school board seats. Candidates for the seats now held by Mike Duckworth, Chris Kiefer, Melissa Moore and David Hollingsworth may not…...
Howey: Mayor was an original skeptic of Bears' interest in Hammond
1+ week, 6+ day ago (721+ words) Are youse guys gonna steal da Bears? And do you wanna come with?" In the dialect of Da Region, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. has heard it all. And he wasn't born yesterday, so when da Chicago Bears began looking…...