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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

IN: Hunger/Food/Nutrition

National Nutrition Month is an annual campaign established in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Adobe stock)
IN students fed tasty lessons for healthy eating habits

Schools play a critical role in nurturing Hoosier children's health and well-being which lay the foundation for lifelong eating habits. Throughout …

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The 2024 Kids Count Data Book serves as a call to action in Indiana. (Adobe Stock)
Report: IN youth making progress despite challenges

The newly released 2024 Kids Count Data Book finds the well-being of Indiana is better this year than last. More than 1.5 million children live in …

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Food banks universally need four things: Donations of food, financial donations, volunteers and advocates. (Adobe stock)
Indiana's 30th 'Soup Bowl' sells out in effort to sack hunger

A fundraiser timed to kick off on the heels of Super Bowl 58 will help tackle food insecurity in Indiana. Since 1994, Hoosier Hills Food Bank has …

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The Nobel Foundation notes from 1957 until he died in 1968, King traveled more than six million miles, wrote five books and spoke more than 2,500 times about civil rights and injustice. (Adobe Stock)
IN city honors MLK's message of unity through community giving

Today is the nationally recognized birthday of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who advocated for nonviolent methods to fight injustice…

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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources launched the Sportsmen's Benevolence Fund, recently renamed Indiana Hunt for Hunger, in 2008 to create an easy way for hunters to help fight food insecurity in the state. (Adobe Stock)
Hoosier hunters team with food banks to fight hunger

Indiana food banks are in dire need of meat for families who simply cannot afford to buy it at the grocery store and local hunters are doing their par…

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The Emergency Food Assistance Program determines the amount of food Indiana and other states receive. The totals are based on the number of unemployed persons and number of people with incomes below the poverty level in a state. (Adobe Stock)
IN Food Banks Question Congress' Inactivity on Farm Bill

The Farm Bill is federal legislation governing many nutrition, agriculture and rural development programs, and as the clock ticks down toward its …

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Federal spending on USDA's food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $183 billion in fiscal year 2022. Adjusted for inflation, that's 6% less than the previous year. (Adobe Stock)
Indiana Food Banks Step Up to Use Funding from Legislature

It has been one month since Indiana announced food banks across the state will share $2 million in state funds, and those food banks say it cannot …

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A bipartisan group of attorneys general in 31 states and the District of Columbia are partnering with USDA to enhance competition and protect consumers in food and agricultural markets. (Adobe stock)
IN Joins Bipartisan Effort to Investigate Food Prices

Indiana is part of a bipartisan effort among law enforcement leaders around the U.S. to beef up enforcement and prevent antitrust activity within the …

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For more than 40 years, the Summer Food Service Program in Indiana has provided children ages 18 and under with free, nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. (Adobe Stock)
Indiana's Summer Meal Programs in Full Swing

Children living in income-restricted households do not always have regular access to healthy meals, especially when school is out. Almost 200 summer …

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Food banks and soup kitchens depend on donations to make nutritious food available for people experiencing food insecurity. About one in nine Americans lacks regular access to healthy foods to meet their basic needs. (Adobe Stock)
Hoosiers Who Harvest Can Help Fight Hunger

One organization is taking a hands-on approach to addressing food insecurity in Indiana by working alongside farmers. And it could use some more …

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According to the Kids Count Data Book, in 2020-21, 9% of children between birth and age five in Indiana lived in families in which someone quit, changed or refused a job because of child care problems. (Adobe Stock)
Report: Child Care Remains Out of Reach for Many Hoosiers

Working Hoosiers are fighting to find child care to mesh with their work schedules, placing Indiana 24th in child well-being, according to a new …

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In today's economy, new research suggests families making less than $75,000 annually may sometimes struggle to feed their families. (Adobe stock)
Research: Tech Opportunities Could Reduce IN Food Insecurity

New research by an Indiana nonprofit coalition reveals areas for innovation which could help minimize food insecurity. The report showed technology …

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