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States look to Medicaid to curb maternal mortality
March 29, 2024 | News, ManagementExpanding Medicaid postpartum care from 60 days to 12 months gives states more tools for addressing rising maternal death rates.
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Pretrial diversion programs are effective. And expensive for participants.
March 28, 2024 | News, ManagementCourts often charge high fees for people to get into programs that allow them to avoid prison. Alabama's Jefferson County is trying a different approach.
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Deadly fires from phone, scooter batteries leave lawmakers playing catch-up on safety
| News, ManagementLithium-ion battery fires move fast, blaze hot and are tough to extinguish.
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One city’s long and historic lawsuit against the gun industry appears to have met its end
March 27, 2024 | Management, NewsAfter surviving 25 years of appeals, Gary, Indiana's efforts to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for illegal gun sales is likely over after the governor signed a bill aimed at extinguishing the suit.
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Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery to honor victims of slavery
March 26, 2024 | News, ManagementThe park features sculptures and wall with 122,000 surnames of the 4.7 million people formerly enslaved recorded in the 1870 Census.
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With addiction bill passed, now Oregon faces biggest challenge
| News, ManagementCounties have to build new treatment facilities to deflect people away from the criminal justice system but they only have a few months before possession is recriminalized.
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How New Jersey’s new affordable housing law aims to ease the housing crisis
March 22, 2024 | News, ManagementThe new law lets municipalities know exactly how much affordable housing they have to build. It’s an approach that states are increasingly trying in an effort to pressure local governments to increase affordable options.
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Legislative inaction and dissatisfaction with one-party control lead to more ballot initiatives, with 60% of them in 6 states
| News, ManagementCOMMENTARY | Citizen-led ballot measures have been used in various states to expand Medicaid, preserve abortion rights and raise minimum wages, but over the past five years, lawmakers have increasingly made it harder to get these initiatives and referendums on… Read More »
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GOP attorneys general charge into battle over state election rules
March 21, 2024 | News, ManagementIf the 2024 election is contested, Republican AGs look well-placed to push conservative legal arguments that could directly influence court decisions and infiltrate the broader public debate, experts say.
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States turn to Medicaid to tackle housing insecurity
March 19, 2024 | News, ManagementSection 1115 Medicaid waivers can help states reduce health inequities by covering housing costs and providing meal support for vulnerable populations.