For Friday, April 19, 2024
HEADLINE NEWS:
Feature Headlines
Wreaths Across America to display exhibit at VFW Post 10147 Building...
Miller’s Ale House construction
Police search for missing woman, last seen in Marianna
Apopka Citizens Police Academy continues
OUR POSITION:
The bipartisan EPIC Act will fix the IRA’s “pill penalty.” (Pills or IV lines?)
By Michael Ward, Vice president of Public Policy and Government Affairs at the Alliance for Aging Research, a nonprofit.
President Biden’s signature legislative accomplishment, the Inflation Reduction Act, (IRA) included a number of provisions good for the health and well-being of America’s seniors, starting with the new $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs under Medicare. Read more on page 2A.
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY: OPINION & ARTICLES OF INTEREST
April 29 meeting is on code changes
Christine Moore, County Commissioner District 2
On Mon., Apr. 29, 2024 at 6 p.m. I am co-hosting a Town Hall Meeting on changes to the Orange County Code. It’s at Zellwood Elementary School, 3551 Washington St., Zellwood, FL 32798. Read Moore on page 2A.
Multi-school event was fun, exciting
Melissa Byrd, Orange County School Board, District 7
Last weekend we held the first Community Celebration at Wekiva High School and it was one of those events that when it was done, we said, “Wow, we need to do this again!” Read Byrd on page 2A.
When I first entered the educational system at five years old, I started in kindergarten and at that time, kindergarten was a time to learn how to communicate and work with others to carry out tasks that were set before us. Read Hayden on page 2A.
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