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Archive: March 13, 2017
Click to downloadHARRISBURG, Pa. – Clean-water advocates say proposed federal cuts in Chesapeake Bay restoration funds would reverse years of progress. The Trump administration is proposing a 93 percent cut in federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program, a multi-state agreement administered by the Environm ...Read More
PHOENIX – Arizona may hold a precarious place in the new health care system proposed by House Republicans. The reasons are the state's aging population and higher than average insurance costs, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. The foundations says for most Arizonans, the tax credi ...Read More
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the U.S., and the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women, but it's also the most preventable. March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. James C. Hobley, a member of the American ...Read More
AUSTIN, Texas – A new report warns that rural hospitals in Texas could be hit hardest under a Congressional plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. It found that proposed funding cuts to the Medicaid program, which already is operating at a minimal level in Texas, could force man ...Read More
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could save billions of dollars by reducing the number of high school suspensions and favoring rehabilitation over punishment, according to a new study by the California Dropout Research Project. Researchers followed more than 100 randomly chosen 10th graders ...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – There's a call for the White House to release its policy on how it will keep from interfering in law enforcement matters. Less than two months into the new administration, Ian Bassin, executive director of the legal watchdog group United to Protect Democracy, says there have b ...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – ***Update - Organizers say Senator Joe Manchin has now agreed to attend. *** Organizers still hope to see West Virginia's U.S. senators and congressional representatives at a town hall in South Charleston Thursday night, although none has said he or she will attend. Cath ...Read More
BEREA, Ky. – Lawyers across Kentucky will soon have more than legal briefs and court appearances on their dockets. On March 27, the legal community will engage in a friendly competition to raise money for hunger relief. The Kentucky Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division is a driving force ...Read More
