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Friday, May 17, 2024
NE Winnebago Tribe apprenticeships prepare students, build workforce
Workforce watchers project the country could face critical worker shortages in many of the skilled trades in coming years. The Nebraska Winnebago …
Thursday, May 16, 2024
First Amendment rights to mass protest under attack in MS and beyond
In a blow to free speech and the right to assemble, the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case involving the rights of protest …
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
VA works to improve, better fund mental health services
Virginia is bolstering mental health care during and beyond Mental Health Month. Since the pandemic, the need for behavioral health services has …
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
New IN law stirs debate over academic freedom, teacher training
By Aleksandra Appleton for the Chalkbeat Indiana .Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the Chalkbeat Indiana-Free Pre…
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
EDF maps show progress on Tennessee lead service line replacement
Tennessee has fallen behind on lead service line replacement, with the Environmental Defense Fund's new maps showing only one utility with a public …
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Delay in Florida Medicaid trial raises stakes for hundreds of thousands
Florida's trial on Medicaid eligibility, resulting in 1.8 million people losing coverage, has been indefinitely postponed because the judge …
Monday, May 13, 2024
Report: NV fares well with transgender rights
Ninety-three percent of transgender teens live in a state that has enacted or proposed legislation that would restrict their rights - according to a n…
Virginia groups show support for ongoing college protests
Some Virginia groups are choosing to offer support to pro-Palestine student protestors. Recent weeks have seen more than 100 arrests of protestors …
UT among largest percentage declines in Medicaid, CHIP enrollment
A new report from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families showed Utah is one of the states to see the largest percentage declines in …
SC scrambles to re-enroll kids dropped off post-COVID Medicaid rolls
More than 65,000 children in South Carolina have lost their health insurance through Medicaid, despite being eligible for coverage, according to a …
Medicaid 'unwinding' leaves thousands of LA children without coverage
More than 56,000 children in Louisiana have lost their health insurance through Medicaid last year, despite being eligible for coverage, according to …
MT sees nation's highest percentage of kids losing Medicaid
More than 4 million children nationwide were removed from Medicaid and CHIP health coverage by the end of 2023 as the government reset the programs af…