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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2026 · 14 MIN

Indiana Can Move Fast for the Bears, But Not for Hungry Families

from Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts · host Darren Watts

Indiana always seems to find creativity, urgency, and fast-moving frameworks when it comes to projects like bringing in the Chicago Bears, expanding data centers, and chasing big development headlines. But when it comes to real economic pain like food insecurity and working families struggling to put meals on the table, it took Dollar General, not the government, to step up. In this episode, I talk about Dollar General’s 1.6 million pound food donation to Indiana food banks, why that support matters, and what it says about Indiana’s priorities when outside help moves faster than public leadership on everyday survival.Indiana politics, Indiana food banks, Dollar General, food insecurity, working families, economic hardship, partial government shutdown, Indiana priorities, Chicago Bears Indiana, Indiana data centers, poverty, hunger, corporate donations, public policy, economic justice, state government, everyday families, Indiana communities, cost of living, food assistance,

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