New California Senate leader says his priorities are climate change, homelessness and opioid crises
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California Sen. Mike McGuire takes over as leader of the state Senate on Monday, it
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Georgia sues Biden administration to extend Medicaid program with work requirement
[ad_1] ATLANTA — Georgia sued the Biden administration Friday to try to keep the state’s new health plan for low-income
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Mississippi eyes quicker Medicaid coverage in pregnancy to try to reduce deaths of moms and babies
[ad_1] JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi could allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes for
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A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight
[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom backs dam removal projects aimed at sustaining salmon populations
[ad_1] EUREKA, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the
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A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Ending it could help Congress expand the child tax credit
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
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NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates
[ad_1] New Jersey’s public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have
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U.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms; firms swap wind leases
[ad_1] ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind
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New Jersey OKs two new offshore wind farms that would be farther from shore and beachgoers’ view
[ad_1] ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Stung by the pullout of the world’s largest offshore wind developer from two projects off
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Home energy aid reaches new high as Congress mulls funding
[ad_1] Officials say the federal home energy assistance program served more than 7 million families in the last fiscal year,
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