Health Care
Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would help millions of military veterans sickened by exposure to toxic burn pits.
By Emily Singer - July 28, 2022
Senate Republicans blocked the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which would expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
By Josh Israel - July 28, 2022
Congress designated 988 as the universal number for the mental health crisis hotline system in 2020 after nationwide protests against cases of police brutality.
By Associated Press - July 24, 2022
Eighty-eight Republicans voted against the compromise to expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
By Josh Israel - July 14, 2022
The North Carolina Republican is running for Senate as a ‘liberal agenda crusher.’
By Josh Israel - July 12, 2022
The plan would close a tax loophole and raise an estimated $203 billion over a decade, which Democrats say would be used to delay until 2031 a shortfall in the Medicare trust fund.
By Associated Press - July 09, 2022
The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, returning the private sector to pre-pandemic levels.
By Emily Singer - July 08, 2022
‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022
The Ohio Republican Senate nominee’s campaign has not said whether J.D. Vance still supports cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
By Josh Israel - July 07, 2022
Republican QAnon conspiracy theorist J.R. Majewski tweeted his disdain for Europe’s lower rate of mass shootings after six people were killed in Highland Park, Illinois.
By Emily Singer - July 05, 2022
Fire officials in some cities worry that the cancelations of community displays could prompt some people to ramp up their use of consumer-grade fireworks.
By Associated Press - July 04, 2022
The Democratic proposal would cap drug prices and allow the government to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
By Oliver Willis - July 01, 2022
Operation Fly Formula is projected to import the equivalent of 17 million 8-ounce bottles of infant formula by the end of June.
By Oliver Willis - June 22, 2022
Republican House candidates say government relief spending is wasteful — but their companies have benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program.
By Josh Israel - June 22, 2022
Why would Republican lawmakers take issue with a bill that would help protect pregnant people in the workplace?
By Lisa Needham - June 22, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris said the internet can be ‘a place of fear’ for many, especially marginalized people.
By Associated Press - June 20, 2022
‘A lot of people are going to be happy and a lot of grandparents are going to be happy, too.’
By Associated Press - June 17, 2022
Sigal Chattah later claimed that her comment about Nevada Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is Black, was ‘tongue-in-cheek.’
By Emily Singer - June 15, 2022
‘We have waited a long time for this moment,’ White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said.
By Associated Press - June 12, 2022
American Rescue Plan funds are going to programs that assist students in the areas of mental health, academic achievement, career development, literacy, and life outside of the classroom.
By Oliver Willis - June 10, 2022
An estimated 27,800 uninsured adults would gain health care coverage through Medicaid expansion in South Dakota.
By Emily Singer - June 08, 2022
The Senate bill passed on Tuesday would expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2022
President Joe Biden is using the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic manufacture of solar panels and other clean energy components.
By Oliver Willis - June 06, 2022
There have been over 1 million U.S. deaths from COVID-19, and a fresh variant daily is hospitalizing over 100,000 Americans and killing more than 300.
By Associated Press - June 05, 2022
The Republican Ohio Senate candidate has flip-flopped on red flag laws, among many other issues.
By Josh Israel - June 03, 2022
Local first responder departments will be able to use the funds for ‘whatever help they need the most.’
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022
‘You’ve got a lot of first- and second-generation immigrant folks that are kind of left high and dry by these non-daily room cleaning requirements,’ said Hawaii Democratic state Rep. Sonny Ganaden.
By Associated Press - May 29, 2022
When administered within five days of symptoms appearing, the antiviral drug Paxlovid has been proven to bring a 90% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths among patients most likely to get severe COVID-19.
By Associated Press - May 28, 2022
The National Republican Congressional Committee released a campaign ad falsely blaming Democrats for the formula shortage.
By Emily Singer - May 24, 2022
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his spouse appear to have increased their holdings in a major pharmaceutical company since December.
By Josh Israel - May 23, 2022
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
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Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today
Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Ken Calvert.
By Jesse Valentine
Ashcroft has criticized other campaigns for relying on out-of-state donors
By Jesse Valentine
Campaign says GOP Senate hopeful has no responsibility for facility and lawsuit lacks merit
By Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
A federal law that allows emergency departments to treat patients without regard to their ability to pay will be under U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny this week, and Ohio doctors are concerned about the case’s local impact on emergency abortion care.
By Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
Virginia set to receive $156 million from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program
By Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury
‘Having the president of the United States speaking out loud and with confidence about abortion access is a great thing’
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
A national group focused on expanding access to the ballot box for those with disabilities is launching a chapter in Alabama.
By Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector
Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun
Bills that would allow trained pharmacists to prescribe birth control were approved Thursday by the Michigan House Health Policy Committee.
By Katie O'Brien Kelley, Michigan Advance