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California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries. He had an open wound on his left leg that refused to heal — made worse by living in a dirty, moldy house with five other people, two ball...
Editorial Roundup: New England
Hearst Connecticut Media. March 22, 2023. Editorial: CT officials ready to start trash talking over waste disposal proposal We can expect a lot more trash talking in the weeks to come. Gov. Ned Lamont started the exchange by pitching an ambitious...
Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq's oil legacy post-2003
NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq (AP) — The oil is pumped 24 hours a day several meters from Raghed Jasim’s home in Iraq’s crude-rich southern heartland. Gas flares from the field light the night sky bright orange, spewing acrid smoke; when the wind picks up, the 40-year old’s clothes are coated black. ...
Today in History: March 24, Exxon Valdez crashes in Alaska
Today in History Today is Friday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2023. There are 282 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez (vahl-DEEZ’) ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William...
Missouri Senate OKs limits on transgender treatments, sports
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri youths no longer could receive gender-affirming treatments under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate. The bill, which now heads to the GOP-led House for consideration, would prohibit doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and...
North Carolina lawmakers nearing final Medicaid expansion OK
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina neared final legislative approval Wednesday as the House agreed to a bipartisan plan to ease or eliminate regulations that block the opening of new hospital beds or operating expensive equipment. Republican...
Sick days perk for Wisconsin lawmakers targeted
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A perk that allows Wisconsin state lawmakers to apply the value of unused sick days to pay for health insurance premiums upon retirement is being targeted for elimination under a new bill. The proposal circulated Wednesday by three Republicans would end the...
Beshear signs bill to bolster Kentucky's rural hospitals
FRANKFORT, Ky.. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday signed into law a bipartisan measure that's meant to bolster access to health care across Kentucky by injecting additional revenue into hospitals. The infusion will help shore up financially ailing hospitals in rural Kentucky,...
WH economic report: Money for child care would help growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is making the case for more government support for child care programs in an economic report that it released Monday, drawing on extensive research to say additional spending would improve kids' lives, increase the quality of early childhood schooling and enable...
Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics near front
KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — In a cramped municipal building in this former front-line village, its front window boarded up with plywood, a team of volunteer specialist doctors have set up a mobile clinic. For the residents, it’s a lifeline. Even before Russia's war, access to...
