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A new survey from Pew reveals that inflation is the top concern Among Americans, while COVID-19 has fallen to last place. 70% of Americans polled between April 25 and May 1 said inflation was a “very big problem,” while 23% said it was a “moderately big problem.” Meanwhile, just 19% said Covid was a “very big problem,” while 31% said it was a “small problem.” 12% said Covid was “not a problem at all.”Oddly, Pew didn’t ask about the war in Ukraine. When broken down by political party, inflation is the top national problem according to Republicans, while Democrats are...

Lime Prices Are Surging Jim Forsyth, Reuters Mar. 27, 2014, 1:16 PM SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Mexican restaurants in the United States are being squeezed by a sudden jump in the price of limes, an essential ingredient, which has led managers in places like San Antonio that are a hotbed for the cuisine to alter recipes. "Mexico received some heavy rains that destroyed a large amount of the lime crop, so with limited supplies we are seeing lime prices skyrocket," Bryan Black, director of communications for the Texas Department of Agriculture, said on Thursday. Texas like most U.S. states receives...