By MARTY WOOD Guest Columnist During an interim study committee this fall, legislators convened to hear stakeholder testimony regarding prior authorization in Indiana. Requiring prior authorization from a patient’s health…
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As my adoption and reunion story continues, I’ve changed some names, places, and dates. Around Thanksgiving in 2015, my birth mother Linda and I once again were in the middle…
The Pope recently issued a paper on changes in the Catholic Church concerning divorce. Our office frequently has requests for a “church divorce” or encounters a client who has questions…
By JENNA BURKHARD Guest Columnist In a few weeks, our state legislators will convene for the 2023 legislative session. One issue that will likely be top-of-mind is Indiana’s high healthcare…
A principal recommendation of the recent Governor’s Public Health Commission report is the urgent need to increase state funding of public health. It’s an essential component of their plan to…
Welcome to the Timesheet. This column is the first of regular communications from an elected official to those I’m honored to serve. As your employee, it’s important that the voters…
For 2023, I have chosen STRENGTH as my word for the year. As I pondered over what word I would choose to focus on in 2023, I kept coming back…
I started the current Christmas season trying to avoid “Last Christmas” by Wham!. You see, my brother-in-law, Tim, texted an invitation to participate in WHAMAGEDDON, a game making the rounds…
The Reporter’s editor and I were recently talking about how an opinion is not a fact, no matter how hard someone wants to believe otherwise. Facts can be verified. I…
By KENZIE GARNER Sheridan High School Student The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s 10th grade English class, taught by Abby Williams. Growing up, I…