Mayor Terry to Host Second Traveling City Hall of 2025
Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry will host her second Traveling City Hall of the year on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Sunrise Pump Station.
The Traveling City Hall series is designed to bring local government directly to the people it serves. Members from all city departments will be present and available for residents to ask questions, raise concerns, and have meaningful conversations about issues facing Evansville’s neighborhoods and community.
“As your mayor, I want to make sure every Evansville resident feels heard, and has access to the people and resources that keep our city moving forward,” Mayor Terry said. “The Traveling City Hall is one of the most effective ways we can create that access—by showing up in our neighborhoods and having real conversations about the challenges and opportunities in front of us.”
The event will begin with brief remarks from Mayor Terry, followed by a short question-and-answer session. Afterward, attendees will have the opportunity to connect one-on-one with department heads and city staff from across local government.
No registration is required, and all residents are welcome to attend.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT URGES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TICK-BORNE ILLNESS
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana health officials are urging Hoosiers to protect themselves from tick bites as ticks are active from early spring through late fall. A fatal case of ehrlichiosis in Floyd County has already been reported this month. The Floyd County Health Department and the Indiana Department of Health are working on the investigation. Indiana reported two ehrlichiosis deaths last year.
In addition to ehrlichiosis, Hoosiers are at risk for several other potentially severe tick-borne diseases. While Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in Indiana, Hoosiers are also at risk for a group of diseases that includes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. They are also at risk for alpha-gal syndrome, a condition caused by tick bites that can trigger an allergic reaction to red meat. The risk for tick-borne diseases is present in all parts of the state.
Preventing tick bites is the best way to prevent tick-borne diseases. We encourage Hoosiers to take the following precautions to prevent tick bites:
- Know where ticks are likely to be present (close to the ground in grassy, brushy, or wooded areas)
- Treat boots, clothing and outdoor gear with 0.5% permethrin (NOTE: permethrin should NOT be used on bare skin)
- Use EPA-registered insect repellents with active ingredients such as DEET, picaridin, IR3535, oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD) or 2-undecanone
- Treat your pets for ticks in consultation with a veterinarian
Once indoors, people should thoroughly check for ticks on clothing, gear, pets and skin. Tumbling clothes in the dryer on high heat for 30 minutes will kill ticks, and showering can help remove any unattached ticks. Attached ticks may be safely removed by using tweezers to grasp the tick close to the skin and then pulling outward with steady and even pressure. After the tick is removed, the area should be washed thoroughly. Ticks should never be crushed with the fingernails.
Anyone who becomes ill after finding an attached tick should see a healthcare provider immediately and alert the provider to the exposure. Most tick-borne diseases can be treated with antibiotics, and prompt diagnosis can help prevent complications. Testing ticks to see if they are carrying diseases is not generally recommended, as the information cannot reliably be used to predict whether disease transmission occurred.
Statement from State Sen. Vaneta Becker State Sen. Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville) made the following statement
Statement from State Sen. Vaneta Becker
State Sen. Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville) made the following statement
regarding the conclusion of the 2025 legislative session:
STATEHOUSE – “This session has been a particularly challenging one. A wide array of bills have been passed, including our biennial budget.
“I believe more funding should have been provided for public schools, and I am disappointed to see more money put toward vouchers in 2027 to anyone, including millionaires. I am also in disagreement with the bill to make school board elections partisan, as I think it is not in the best interest of students or our communities.
“Though there were things we could have improved on, I do think we have done well in our efforts to lower health care costs in the future.”
Taste the best Indiana has to offer with local Indiana Grown businesses
INDIANAPOLIS – On April 29, Indiana Grown will be hosting the Indiana Grown Showcase at the Biltwell Event Center (950 S White River Pkwy Dr W, Indianapolis, IN 46221). This event will feature of over 75 local vendors, Indiana businesses and artisans.
“Indiana Grown businesses will be showcasing the fantastic food and products Indiana has to offer,” said Don Lamb, Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. “This is a phenomenal chance for restaurants, chefs, retailers, grocers and food service professionals to meet local Indiana Grown members.”
This event will be at the Biltwell Event Center on Tuesday, April 29 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The showcase event is specifically for distributors, food industry professionals, K-12 food service directors, buyers, local retailers, grocers and chefs. Featured items include beef, bison, baked goods, seasonings and spice blends, honey, body care products, craft spirits and much more all created by Indiana Grown members.
“Indiana Grown has a vast array of members creating and producing the highest quality products here in Indiana,” said Caroline Patrick, Director of the Indiana Grown program. “We are excited to present this opportunity to connect local Indiana businesses with buyers.”
This event is for restaurant and food procurement specialists and is not open to the general public. Attendees must register, for free, here. Media are welcome to attend.
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Time: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Location: Biltwell Event Center (950 S White River Pkwy Dr W, Indianapolis, IN 46221)
Details: Join us for this free event and taste from over 75 Indiana Grown members sampling beef, bison, baked goods, seasonings and spice blends, honey, body care products, craft spirits and much more all created by Indiana Grown members. This curated event is designed to connect local Indiana businesses with distributors, food industry professionals, K-12 food service directors, buyers, local retailers, grocers and chefs.
EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT
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Scorched Earth Politics: The Illogical Democratic War on Elon Musk and Tesla
Scorched Earth Politics: The Illogical Democratic War on Elon Musk and Tesla
By Joe Wallace
APRIL 27, 2025
In an era of deep political polarization, few figures ignite as much controversy as Elon Musk. Once a darling of the left for his visionary leadership in electric vehicles and climate change advocacy, Musk has now become a target of disdain among many Democratic leaders and activists. The shift is not just ideological—it’s deeply personal and economically destructive.
Just last week, former Minnesota Governor and one-time Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz publicly expressed joy over Tesla’s plummeting stock price. In a moment that left many Americans stunned, Walz admitted he uses a phone app to track the losses to Elon Musk’s net worth, smiling quietly to himself each time the valuation drops. This wasn’t policy critique. This was schadenfreude—taking pleasure in someone else’s financial pain.
But here’s the irony: Musk owns only about 12.5% of Tesla. When the stock dropped from a high of $488 to a low of $217 in early 2025—a 56% decline—the market capitalization lost nearly $846 billion. That’s not just a blow to Musk. It’s a blow to millions of investors, including countless ordinary Americans, retirees, and yes, Democratic voters and institutions.
Many of the same progressives now sneering at Tesla’s pain celebrated Musk as a climate change warrior just a few short years ago. He led the electric vehicle revolution, catalyzed an entire industry toward cleaner transportation, and forced the legacy auto giants to follow suit. Tesla’s Gigafactories provided thousands of good-paying jobs and revitalized industrial zones. Yet none of that seems to matter anymore.
Why the sudden turn? The answer lies not in Tesla’s products, but in Musk’s personality—and more importantly, his politics. Since acquiring Twitter (now X), Musk has aligned more vocally with libertarian and center-right views, championing free speech, questioning woke orthodoxy, and challenging Democratic narratives. For some, this political deviation was unforgivable.
But the reaction hasn’t been limited to online criticism or Capitol Hill snubs. It’s turned into something darker—something economically irrational and ethically troubling.
In California, New York, and even Walz’s own Minnesota, public pension funds hold substantial positions in Tesla stock. CalPERS (California Public Employees’ Retirement System) has long held Tesla in its top 100 investments. New York’s Common Retirement Fund and the Minnesota State Board of Investment also have positions in Tesla, directly exposing teachers, firefighters, and government employees to the consequences of these ideological attacks.
By publicly cheering Tesla’s decline, Democratic leaders like Walz are effectively celebrating the erosion of their constituents’ retirement savings. This isn’t a principled stand against corruption or abuse. This is a scorched-earth emotional campaign: “If Musk must suffer, so be it—even if we all suffer with him.”
Meanwhile, the silence from party leadership on acts of vandalism and violence targeting Tesla showrooms and charging stations is deafening. While Republican officials quickly condemn even minor protest-related damage at conservative institutions, there’s been barely a peep from leading Democrats about the increasingly aggressive targeting of Tesla. The implication is clear: if you don’t toe the party line, you’re fair game.
This attitude reeks of hypocrisy. Tesla, for all its controversy, still makes the best-selling EVs in the world. The company’s products are not political. They’re technological marvels that help reduce carbon emissions—a central plank of the Democratic platform. How can the same people who warn about climate catastrophe now gleefully undercut one of the greatest tools we have to fight it?
It’s time to step back from the brink. You don’t have to agree with Elon Musk’s tweets to recognize the value of his work. You don’t have to love the man to condemn violence against his company. And you certainly shouldn’t root for financial destruction when it means torching the very pension funds that support working families.
There is no virtue in vengeance. There is no progress in pain for its own sake. The Democratic Party—and its leaders—must remember that policy disagreements do not justify economic sabotage, especially when the collateral damage is measured in lost retirements and broken public trust.
When public officials cheer Wall Street losses and stay silent on acts of aggression, they betray the very people they claim to represent. It’s time to call this what it is: a dangerous, self-defeating game of political spite. And it needs to stop.