Individually wrapped cheese could be banned in New York if the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act passes in the state Senate. It failed to pass in 2023.

But some of them are a little more straightforward than others. Longhorn-style cheese, for example, is often mistaken for being the same thing as Colby, and it's time to set the record straight.

Still, more than 45 million pounds of colby is produced at Wisconsin's 150 cheese plants each year. For the unfamiliar, colby is generally thought of as a milder form of cheddar but has more ...

A bipartisan bill heard by a state Assembly committee on Wednesday would change that. The measure makes colby, which was created in Wisconsin more than 100 years ago, the official cheese. Colby ...