Biden to announce 1 million claims granted for VA benefits under toxic exposure law
The PACT Act added 23 illnesses to the list of toxic-exposure-related ailments presumed to be connected to military service. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is…
The Trump cult is choosing blueberries over the judicial branch
Senators J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) listen as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at…
U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund $300 million in grants to boost exports
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
The number of births continues to fall, despite abortion bans
Children watch as rescue personnel carry a manatee to the water during a mass release of rehabilitated manatees at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Fla., in February 2023.…
Biden to announce 1 million claims granted for VA benefits under toxic exposure law
The PACT Act added 23 illnesses to the list of toxic-exposure-related ailments presumed to be connected to military service. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is…
Kansas City talked about shutting these schools down. Now, they’re growing
A large first grade class heads outdoors on May 7 at George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has seen rapid enrollment growth this year (Zach Bauman/The…
No-prescription birth control comes to N.J., but where remains a question
New Jersey joins at least 29 other states that allow pharmacists to dispense certain contraceptives without a prescription, according to the Guttmacher Institute. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The state announced that…
States need to keep PFAS ’forever chemicals’ out of the water. It won’t be cheap.
Jackson Quinn brings PFAS water samples into a temperature controlled room, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday…
PFAS bill was born in the hope of compromise. Then both sides dug in — and it died.
A PFAS advisory sign along Starkweather Creek. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner) A bill to create a number of programs aimed at spending $125 million set aside for PFAS cleanup…
Millionaire surtax revenues far exceed expectations
BEACON HILL spent most of the past year in hand-wringing mode over the state’s finances as tax revenues sagged month after month and new costs exploded, but lawmakers might soon…