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The prospect — albeit still dim — that Georgia could fully expand Medicaid has prompted Democrats and patient advocates to turn up the pressure on Republicans in the state legislature to act. But political experts, advocates and policy analysts say GOP lawmakers face significant headwinds to approving a plan they have long derided as wasteful, … Read more
The same New York state judge dismissed Trump’s 2021 lawsuit against the paper and three of its journalists for their Pulitzer Prize-winning series on his finances.
As Vermont grapples with rising opioid overdose deaths, the House has passed a bill that would allow for the creation of overdose prevention centers in the state that would include safe injection sites — places where people can use heroin and other narcotics under the supervision of trained staff and be revived if they take … Read more
New Mexico’s governor presented a broad suite of legislative proposals on gun control and enhanced penalties for violent crime Friday, vowing to forge new pathways through the complex landscape of constitutional law in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to expand gun rights. The announcements by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a second-term … Read more
President Biden received a hostile welcome from swing state voters in Pennsylvania during a visit to several small businesses to tout his Bidenomics economic plan. “Go home, Joe!” one onlooker yelled as the Pennsylvania-raised president walked into a bike shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. “You’re a loser!” another yelled. “Loser!” During the president’s visit, he swung … Read more
Senator Chris Van Hollen describes what he witnessed on the Egypt-Gaza border.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Friday defended his radio show comment that the state is doing everything it can to stop people crossing the border illegally short of shooting them, because the president would charge him with murder.
Former U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Herb Kohl was remembered Friday for his love of both the city where he grew up and the state of Wisconsin at a memorial service attended by sports, political and business leaders. Kohl, 88, died Dec. 27 after a brief illness. Speakers, including former President Barack … Read more
Michigan’s tax revenues will see a slight decline this year before rebounding for the next two years after that — in large part because of tax policy changes implemented by newly powerful Democrats who were working last year with a record surplus, state officials projected Friday. Economists in the Legislature and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s … Read more
At least 24 reports of adverse events related to products recalled in December but no illnesses confirmed linked to foods, FDA says The Quaker Oats Company has added two dozen additional types of granola bars, cereals and snack foods to a December recall over possible salmonella contamination. The company, which is owned by PepsiCo, announced … Read more
