Florida State

POLITICO

A POLITICO analysis found that Medicaid expenditures for undocumented immigrants in Florida has dropped dramatically since Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law directing hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status.

Florida Medicaid spending on undocumented immigrants plummets after new law

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Next year could get complicated for folks with a Medicare Advantage or a Stand Alone Part D Prescription Drug Plan. While it’s always good to pay attention to your Annual Notice of Changes (ANOC) that arrives in your mailbox in September, give it an extra look this year. With the changes coming in 2025, this is the year to talk to a Medicare insurance agent to guide you through the details if you haven’t used one before.

Medicare Changes

North Carolina State

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Town Talks

Can You Park in Front of Someone’s Property in North Carolina?. Parking on crowded city streets and neighborhoods can be challenging, and many wonder if it's permissible to park in front of someone’s property. Here's a breakdown of North Carolina's parking rules:

Can I legally park in front of someone’s home? What North Carolina law says

Though physicians are facing a pay cut under CMS' 2024 proposals, there is an upside in the plan for providers that participate in Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations: CMS wants to allow high-performing ACO providers to claim a share of the savings they generate early. The Medicare pay...

ACOs May Get Payment Boost In 2024 Under CMS Proposal

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

California State

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Georgia State

Atlanta, GA

The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert blocked part of Senate Bill 63 from taking effect...

Judge temporarily blocks Georgia law that limits people or groups to posting 3 bonds a year

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

Aurora’s pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness, which only allow a maximum 30-day stay, have been cycling the same individuals in and out, city staff told council members Thursday. Many return to street encampments when their time in the pallet shelter runs out, Jessica Prosser, homeless services director for the city, said. Then, the city sweeps the encampment again, and they get to come back to the shelter for another 30 days, Prosser explained. This process can repeat multiple times.

Aurora pallet shelters a revolving door for homeless

The Hill

House Republicans and a handful of Democrats on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to expand proof-of-citizenship requirements to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states, legislation that has been touted by former President Trump. The legislation — formally titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — cleared the chamber in a…

House passes bill to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections

Ohio State

Three years ago, Sen. J.D. Vance proposed to replace "every civil servant" with partisan loyalists. Today, the Ohio lawmaker is Donald Trump's running mate. “I think that what Trump should—like, if I was giving him one piece of advice—fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state,” Vance said on a 2021 podcast appearance. “Replace them with our people. And when the courts—because you will get taken to court—and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say, ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.’”

'Fire every single mid-level bureaucrat': Vance on federal employees

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

California has become the first state in the United States to prohibit school districts from mandating parental notification when a student changes their gender identification. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the groundbreaking legislation into law on Monday. Implications of the law. The new law specifically bans school rules that require teachers...

California becomes first state to ban rules requiring schools to notify parents of child’s pronoun change

Tennessee State

Missouri State

UPI News

Missouri and six other GOP-led states filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a new Biden administration rule aimed at preventing discrimination in healthcare based on one's sex or gender identity.

Seven GOP-led states sue to block Biden's new anti-discrimination healthcare rule

Mississippi State

Salon

A U.S. District Judge in Mississippi has blocked a Biden administration proposal to ban discrimination based on gender identity — including transgender status — among healthcare providers. The policy, finalized in May of this year, clarified existing sex discrimination protections within the Affordable Care Act to include discrimination...

Judge blocks Biden trans healthcare discrimination ban from taking effect in early Loper-Bright test

Kianna Writes

In a startling turn of events, Rubio’s Coastal Grill, a once popular fast-casual restaurant chain in California, is now grappling with a hefty lawsuit. The legal action comes after a series of layoffs that caught many employees off guard, sparking controversy and claims of legal oversight.

A restaurant in California is being sued after letting go of some workers

The only state Medicaid plan with a work requirement is showing cracks after its first year, AP reports: With just 4,300 members, numbers are much lower than officials projected and roughly 100 times fewer than what full Medicaid expansion in Georgia would cover. By now, Georgia officials expected their new...

First Year Of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Plan Shows Few Have Coverage

Increasing state cigarette taxes has proven to be an effective policy to decrease smoking rates, and it appears that is also true in Kentucky. Nearly 30 percent of Kentucky adults smoked in 2011, two years after the legislature had doubled the cigarette tax to 60 cents a pack. Following a 50-cent increase to $1.10 in 2018, the state’s adult smoking rate fell to 17.4% in 2022, the last year for which a rate is available.

Cigarette tax collections in KY dropped after last two tax increases; smoking rate declining

Denver, CO

A pair of migrant families with children living in a homeless encampment in Denver are trying to raise money to buy two trailers with working bathrooms and kitchens, according to Housekeys Action Network Denver, or HAND.

Denver homeless migrant families with children want to buy trailers

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HealthSherpa and Insurers Team Up To Curb Unauthorized ACA Enrollment Schemes

The largest private company that brokers use to enroll people in Affordable Care Act health plans said it’s joining with insurers to thwart unauthorized Obamacare sign-ups...

HealthSherpa and Insurers Team Up To Curb Unauthorized ACA Enrollment Schemes

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