October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in the wake of a recent study showing an increase in the incidence of cancer at younger ages, the Brem ...Read More
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Rhode Island is tackling the yearlong process of redetermining people's Medicaid eligibility. Once the COVID-19 public health declaration expired ...Read More
South Carolina is joining forces with neighboring states in an effort to save one of the country's most important ecosystems: salt marshes. The ...Read More
Mississippi is ranked third-lowest among the states for the overall well-being of its children, in the new Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. ...Read More
Congressional lawmakers have reintroduced the PASTEUR Act, which is designed to ward off people's growing resistance to infections. PASTEUR stands ...Read More
The Bureau of Land Management has announced a $161 million investment in habitat and wildland restoration projects in 11 western states. Alaska is ...Read More
The need for Mississippi women to prioritize their health doesn't stop when National Women’s Health Month ends this week. One expert says it's ...Read More
A new report released by the Center for Audit Quality revealed audit partners at public companies are increasingly pessimistic about the state of the ...Read More
By Jenna Kunze for Native News Online.Broadcast version by Alex Gonzalez for Hawaii News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism ...Read More
Just back from the Rural Action Policy Summit, advocates and policymakers want federal lawmakers to take action on what they call top rural policy ...Read More
Republicans and Democrats have reintroduced the PASTEUR Act in Congress, which stands for "Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging ...Read More
Vermont has become the first state to remove the residency requirement from its medical aid-in-dying law. Advocates for terminally ill adults say the ...Read More
A Kansas nonprofit group is working to change lives and strengthen communities by harnessing the ways people use and share their talents. The ...Read More
Louisiana's Atchafalaya River Basin is slated to become the 31st National Estuarine Research Reserve. The National Estuarine Research Reserve is ...Read More
In 2019, Louisiana could have powered New Orleans with the amount of wasted methane from venting and flaring for an entire year. Research by Synapse ...Read More
Kansas wildlife conservation programs would get a huge boost if the renewed effort to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act is successful this ...Read More
By Dana Cronin for Civil Eats. Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Oklahoma News Connection, reporting for Solutions Journalism/Public News Service ...Read More
Alaskans opposed to the merger of Fred Meyer and Carrs grocery chains are trying to block the deal, signing a petition to the Federal Trade ...Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of finalizing new rules regulating methane and other hazardous emissions from oil and natural ...Read More
A recent report showed the number of uninsured kids in South Carolina is on the decline. The Georgetown University Center for Children and ...Read More
By Kristi Eaton for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Soundbite Services for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder ...Read More
Results of a new Georgetown University study showed Oklahoma saw the most favorable rate of improvement in the country for its number of uninsured ...Read More
Federal funding during the COVID-19 public emergency helped to stabilize the number of uninsured children in Mississippi – but as pandemic relief ...Read More
New Jersey saw a decrease in the number of uninsured children in 2021. According to a report from the Georgetown University Center for Children ...Read More
A legal battle between former consultants for Alabama Power has revealed documents showing a critical lack of oversight by the Alabama Public Service ...Read More
A new report finds business experts are not altogether pleased with the U.S. economic outlook. The Audit Partner Pulse Survey showed 51% of audit ...Read More
Runoff for Louisiana Dist. 3 Public Service Commissioner Could Impact Energy Policies
December 2, 2022
The Dec. 10 Louisiana Democratic runoff for District 3 Public Service commissioner could determine how the five-person panel regulates fossil fuels ...Read More
Some of Alaska's lower-income families want the expanded Child Tax Credit program to be reinstated, as the cost of living continues to rise. The ...Read More
The number of Louisiana families with children reporting they sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in the previous week has increased by 48% ...Read More
The Hawaiian island of Lanai is one of many rural communities in the U.S. experiencing health inequities. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Lanai ...Read More
While there has been on-again, off-again talk of tech-focused antitrust legislation coming out of Washington, American parents are more focused on ...Read More
Although Amtrak's Acela cuts travel time to three hours between Washington, D.C., and New York, a proposed high-speed line could reduce it to an hour....Read More
This week is Falls Prevention Week, and the National Council on Aging is spreading the word to Oklahomans. Statistics show falls are the leading ...Read More
The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has been without water after extreme floods damaged the city's aging water infrastructure. The failure is blamed on ...Read More
A nonprofit group is suing the state of Vermont on behalf of a terminally ill Connecticut woman. At issue is Vermont's medical aid-in-dying law, ...Read More
August is National Make-a-Will Month, an opportune time for New Jersey residents to begin end-of-life planning. In a Caring.com study, 40% of ...Read More
Louisiana's children are facing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression - according to the 2022 Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey ...Read More
Alaska is struggling in measures of child well-being, according to a new report. The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey ...Read More
New Jersey ranks near the top in the nation for overall child well-being, according to the newest Kids Count Data Book, but advocates for families ...Read More
Oklahoma ranks in the bottom ten of states when it comes to child well-being, according to a new report. The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual ...Read More
A new report finds Rhode Island has improved children's economic well-being, but it is lacking in improving education for children. The Annie E. ...Read More
A new report ranks Hawai'i 22nd among states, according to indicators on child well-being. The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its annual ...Read More
Kansas ranks 17th in the nation for promoting children's overall well-being – that's according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2022 KIDS COUNT ...Read More
Children in Delaware and other states are coping with unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression – that's according to the new 2022 KIDS COUNT ...Read More
The newest childhood well-being report released this week from the Annie E. Casey Foundation showed Mississippi does not fare well in the 50-state ...Read More
The newest childhood well-being report released this week from the Annie E. Casey Foundation showed Alabama does not fare well in the 50-state ...Read More
Children's advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about the mental-health struggles facing Vermont kids. The 2022 Kids Count Data Book released ...Read More
Children in South Carolina are facing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression, according to the 2020 Kids Count Data Book, released today by ...Read More
Since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, groups are sounding alarm bells about antitrust legislation which could inadvertently ...Read More
The Atlantic hurricane season typically runs from June to October, and environmental groups are urging Congress to advance a bill which would require ...Read More
