The votes will likely set up a conference committee showdown related to the state's two-year budget plan. Meanwhile, news outlets also report on developments from Arkansas, Mississippi and California. The Washington Post: House And ...
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For a moment last April, the Indiana General Assembly looked like it was going to conclude like an Indianapolis 500 race – with the state Senate putting the hammer down on a “farm protection” bill the House still had some ...
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U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) used a special Town Hall session hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Wednesday to issue a call for both new patent legislation and immigration reform to help drive capital investment and ...
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UPDATE: After three and one-half hours of public hearing Thursday, Senate Bill 1337 was sent to the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives by the Agriculture Affairs Committee with a "do pass" recommendation. The quick-moving ...
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Today's headlines include detailed coverage of the Obama administration's announcement that it will delay a health law requirement that mid-sized employers provide health insurance to workers while also allowing larger employers more ...
Tags: Medicaid Managed Care, Health Law, Obamacare, Anti-ACA Sentiment
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use. Another 15 states have decriminalized the drug. And 19 states allow it for medical purposes. An increase in ...
The agreement would get rid of the troubled system that has often left doctors uncertain about their reimbursements, but the bipartisan leaders have not yet found a way to pay for such a change. Los Angeles Times: U.S. Lawmakers Reach ...
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Today's headlines include stories about the health law's coverage gap. Kaiser Health News: Arkansas' Medicaid Experiment, Key To Obamacare Expansion, On Ropes Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "The Arkansas' ...
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The USDA catfish inspection program, first authorized in 2008, is continued in the 2014 farm bill, which also includes a first-of-its-kind “crop insurance” program for catfish farmers. Most of the so-called political experts ...
Today's headlines include reports about how the health law played in last night's State-of-the-Union address by President Barack Obama. Kaiser Health News: Ex-Microsoft Exec Brings Lists And Whiteboard To Overhaul Of Obamacare Website ...
Tags: Treating Clubfoot, Obamacare Website, America's Economic Divide
While legislators in at least seven states contemplate measures to stop implementation of the health law, Maryland's Senate advanced a bill to provide insurance to those who were unable to enroll in that state's troubled health exchange ...
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the likely next Senate Finance Committee chairman, is flexing his political muscles by proposing a change to how Medicare treats and pays for care for chronically ill patients. Wyden is in line to take over ...
Kaiser Health News staff writer Anna Gorman, working in collaboration with USA Today, reports: "On a recent winter morning, health outreach worker Christopher Mack walked through the streets and alleys of the city's Skid Row, passing a man ...
An Arkansas special election, which was held to replace a Democratic senator who was forced to step down over ethics violations, centered on questions about the state plans to expand Medicaid. It resulted in a Republican win and takes away ...
The chair of Manitoba Pork Council reports there's a growing recognition in the U.S. of the damage being caused by U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling. A delegation representing Manitoba Pork Council has completed a trade advocacy ...
Tags: M-Cool Builds, Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council, Mandatory COOL