Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
Ohio ratemaking reform bill would give more favors to utilities, critics say
An electricity meter. Getty Images. Ohio utilities haven’t asked to increase electricity rates in more than a decade — but that doesn’t mean customers aren’t paying more. Instead, utilities have…
Less than 10% of bills on the Legislature’s 2024 ‘appropriations table’ became law
Entrance to the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee room in the Maine State House in Augusta. (Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star) For the few ways a bill can become law, there…
Trump sycophants dress like their master, show up at courthouse to debase America and rule of law
U.S. Sens. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., listen as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024, during his…
More than half of states sue to block Biden Title IX rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
More than half of states, all with Republican attorneys general, have sued to block a recent U.S. Department of Education final rule seeking to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination. (Credit:…
Abortion ballot measures could lift Dems in U.S. House races, campaign chief says
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19, 2023. DelBene spoke to reporters Friday, May 17, 2024, about how…
Farm bill text released in U.S. House, setting up fight with Senate
Doug Goyings, a fifth-generation farmer in northwestern Ohio, received a USDA Rural Energy for America Program grant in 2023 to install a 288-panel solar array (seen at left) at his…
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt introduces bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it blocks IVF
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama addresses a crowd at a breakfast hosted by the Chamber of Commerce in Montgomery on Nov. 3, 2023. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector) WASHINGTON — Two…
California’s budget deficit revives state’s everlasting battle over school funding
Financial support for the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools is not only the largest chunk of the state budget, but for the past half-century it has been…
Report: Home Affordability In Hawaii Is ‘As Bad As It’s Ever Been’
Rising interest rates and a drop in sales have done little to lower average home prices.