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Joe Biden tells supporters he intends to run in the 2020 presidential election. Also, on the Wednesday rundown: A landmark bill in California would ban toxic chemicals in cosmetics; and groups sue to end disease-spreading elk feeding.

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The Medicaid expansion measure passed in November aimed to provide health insurance for the estimated 60,000 Idahoans who fall into the coverage gap. (Kencf0618/Wikimedia Commons)

Lawmakers Debate Medicaid Expansion Details as Session Winds Down

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

BOISE, Idaho - With the legislative session drawing to an end, Idaho lawmakers still are working out how to implement voter-backed Medicaid expansion ...Read More

Expanding Medicaid coverage in Nebraska is projected to create and sustain nearly 11,000 jobs, and bring nearly $600 million in federal taxes paid by Nebraskans back to the state. (USAF)

Navigating Stumbling Blocks to Medicaid Expansion

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

HASTINGS, Neb. — Last year, Nebraska voters passed a measure to expand Medicaid, but state officials are stumbling out of the gate to implement ...Read More

A bill that would establish an auto-enroll retirement program has a hearing in the Washington state House on Tuesday. (Jon Connell/Flickr)

State-Facilitated Retirement Program Winds Through Wash. Legislature

Monday, March 18, 2019

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A bill that would give workers an easy way to save for retirement is quickly making its way through the Washington state ...Read More

In Ohio, only 43 rental units are available and affordable for every 100 households considered extremely low-income. (cocoparisienne/Pixabay)

Report: Many Poor Ohioans Lack Safe, Affordable Place to Call Home

Monday, March 18, 2019

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Housing is a foundation for living, and a new report suggests it's an unstable foundation for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans ...Read More

Farmworkers will discuss workplace retaliation and health hazards from pesticide use at the Farmworker Tribunal in Olympia on Monday. (Community to Community Development)

Farmworker Tribunal Sets Legislative Agenda from 'Bottom Up'

Friday, March 15, 2019

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Farmworkers will be in Olympia next week to discuss workplace conditions. For the sixth year, laborers from across the state of ...Read More

The SAVE Act, a bill to grant full practice authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, is seeing bipartisan support in the North Carolina Legislature. (AARP)

Bills Suggest Bigger Role for NC Nurses in Health-Care Access

Friday, March 15, 2019

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. - Nurses and nurse practitioners would play a bigger role in North Carolina's health-care system under some new legislation ...Read More

For every 100 extremely low-income households in Maine, only 52 homes are affordable and available. (larissal1234/Twenty20)

Report: Serious Affordable-Housing Shortage in Maine, U.S.

Friday, March 15, 2019

PORTLAND, Maine - There's a severe shortage of affordable rental housing for extremely low-income households across the United States, and according ...Read More

The minimum wage for tipped workers in Pennsylvania has been $2.83 an hour since 1998. (pxhere)

Economists Urge PA to Raise Minimum Wage

Friday, March 15, 2019

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Raising the minimum wage will help all Pennsylvanians, economists and social scientists are telling state lawmakers. Gov. Tom Wolf ...Read More

Older Oregonians say age discrimination is prevalent in the workplace. (AARP Oregon)

Oregon Legislators Push to Tackle Age Discrimination

Thursday, March 14, 2019

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon lawmakers are considering a measure to combat age discrimination in the workplace, and when older people are looking for ...Read More

The overall incarceration rate in the United States is 700 inmates per 100,000 people, but in Texas it's nearly 900. The average cost of incarceration is $22,000 per inmate, per year. (Pixabay)

Companies Pledge to Hire More Applicants with Criminal Backgrounds

Thursday, March 14, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas – Leading companies in the United States, and trade groups representing more than 60 percent of the U.S. workforce, have ...Read More

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