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Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a sweeping Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender-affirming health care and restricting the bathrooms they can use. The...
NC approves Medicaid expansion, reversing long opposition
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval on Thursday, capping a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government's coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. ...
Minnesota moves to strengthen status as 'trans refuge state'
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota House was moving Thursday toward strengthening the state's protections for children and their families who come for gender-affirming care by making Minnesota a “trans refuge state,” bucking a national backlash against transgender rights. ...
Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
Ashland Daily Independent. March 18, 2023. Editorial: Hoping bill will work Violence in our society has become out of control. What can be done about it is likely more complex than we know, but legislation is an important component of the answer. ...
Georgia House and Senate in power struggle over budget
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate on Tuesday rolled out a budget that would slice $87 million from the state's public universities in a power struggle with the House over hospital funding and permitting. The budget dispute looms as a threat to the General Assembly completing its...
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...
Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate advanced a pair of bills to prohibit gender-transitioning health care treatments for minors and restrict them from competing in sports, a hard-fought GOP win Tuesday following intense pressure from protesters to act. The Senate votes...
New Mexico gov to abusive caregivers: 'We're coming for you'
Any caregivers who mistreat and abuse developmentally disabled or otherwise vulnerable people will be held accountable, New Mexico’s governor and top health officials warned Monday. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, members of her cabinet and law enforcement officials gathered at 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,...
How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage
Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, and it will push many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income, a process that...
