Midwest Memo
Price of admission
by Alan Shultz
      We were seated next to a table of three at the Pizza Hut in Monticello the other evening. Nice enough seeming folks - parents and a twentysomething year-old adult son. Plenty of pizza, and lots of refills made their way over to that particular table. And there was quite a little mess to clean up af...
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Stiff cigarette tax is needed
By William B. Stephan
      While we are enthusiastic about many features of the new health plan proposed by Governor Mitch Daniels, the American Lung Association of Indiana is especially supportive of his efforts to aggressively address tobacco related health issues and access to heath care for the uninsured.
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