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Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements costing taxpayers millions despite low enrollment
March 20, 2024 | News, FinanceThe program touted as an alternative to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has cost taxpayers millions, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care.
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What are microcredentials? And are they worth having?
| News, WorkforceCOMMENTARY | Microcredentials give employees a way to verify their competencies while providing government and industry with another approach for finding skilled workers.
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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.
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Longtime state senator announces plans to retire
| News, ManagementIn an interview from earlier this year, Washington’s Karen Keiser discussed her nearly 30-year career and how to affect change in state legislatures.
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Is the US privacy policy good enough?
| News, CybersecurityCOMMENTARY | A disjointed approach plagued by compromises is making American data privacy policy more complicated and less effective in delivering the protections people desperately want and need to see.
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Records shed light on program pairing cops with mental health professionals
| News, ManagementNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that he plans to double the budget for the community-based program that dispatches a mental health counselor with a plainclothes police officer during certain mental or behavioral health calls.
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Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity
| News, ManagementCOMMENTARY | Growing research is showing the benefits of universal free school meals for the health and well-being of children, including a slowing in the rise of childhood obesity rates.
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Supreme Court appears wary of restricting government action to control misinformation
March 18, 2024 | News, Digital GovernmentThe justices' skepticism in the case has state and local election officials breathing a little easier as they worry about misinformation efforts ahead of November elections.
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Local news is crucial to governance, and it’s hurting
| News, ManagementCOMMENTARY | Public officials need to support it any way they can. It’s good for their communities, and it's good for them.
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How to prevent ideas from getting lost in translation
| News, ManagementPolicy researchers and government administrators often seem like they’re speaking different languages. A new book aims to help experts communicate more clearly, so their ideas can have real-world impacts.