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Morristown Minute

A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear has weighed in on President Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to drop his re-election bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, “…it is in the best interest of our country and our party.”

Gov. Andy Beshear says Biden’s withdrawal best decision for country and Democratic party

Bucks County Beacon

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

Pennsylvania State

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

The Board of Directors of Democratic Jewish Outreach Pennsylvania ( DJOP ) endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president of the United States on Monday. Following President Biden’s Sunday announcement that he will not seek a second term, Jill Zipin, chair of the statewide political action committee, said Kamala Harris “unquestionably has the skills and the experience to save our nation from the threat that a second Donald Trump presidency presents.”

Democratic Jewish Outreach Pennsylvania Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The Aurora City Council decided Monday during its study session not to fund repairs to a city greenhouse and programming for a food production project. Food Justice Northwest Aurora proposed to operate the greenhouse, which needs about $250,000 in repairs after damage from the March snowstorm, according to a memo from city staff to council. The council considered giving the non-profit money for the repairs and programming at the greenhouse.

Political rhetoric prompts Aurora to squash greenhouse plan

Georgia State

The Current GA

A federal judge has denied the state’s end-around attempt to gain back time lost during the Biden administration’s unsuccessful bid to block the governor’s limited Medicaid expansion program.

Federal judge rejects Georgia’s request to extend length of time for state’s limited Medicaid plan

Colorado State

Monday was a good night in Aurora for those who celebrate Pride and pit bulls. The Aurora City Council voted to sponsor the Aurora Pride Festival for $7,500. It also approved the first reading of an ordinance to put the question of whether pit bulls should be allowed in the city on the November ballot.

Aurora donates to Pride, puts pit bull question on ballot

Palmer Township, PA

United Auto Workers members at the BMW Regional Distribution Center in Palmer Township voted Monday to ratify a new contract agreement that secures record wage increases and better workplace policies. The deal comes a month after UAW members voted to authorize a strike. In response, BMW offered a five-year contract that the union is calling “unprecedented.”

UAW Workers At Lehigh Valley BMW Distribution Center Finalize ‘Unprecedented’ Contract Agreement

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin Watch

In fact-checking the Republican National Convention live from Milwaukee, we found that statements about mortgage rates, deportations and fentanyl deaths were exaggerated, claims about harassing IRS agents and gas prices were misleading, and claims about living paycheck to paycheck and returning profits to the U.S. were accurate.

10 claims we fact-checked at the Republican National Convention

Bucks County, PA

American voters have reached a fork in the road with November’s election, Senator Casey told dozens of his supporters in Bucks County on Saturday. One path leads to Republicans capturing the White House and Senate and a likely draconian nationwide abortion ban, while the other path, which he and other Democrats are pushing forward, includes passing the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) , federal legislation which protects the right to provide and access abortion care.

Senator Bob Casey Reminds Bucks County Voters That Women’s Reproductive Freedom Is on the Ballot in November

Wyoming State

WyoFile

The Wyoming Legislature has never in its history considered, debated, nor voted on any proposal to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in any election, in any state. Political mailers sent by the officially registered WY Freedom PAC to Laramie, Fremont and Sweetwater county voters this week claim otherwise.

Mailers circulate false claims Wyoming lawmakers voted to remove Trump from ballot

The second night of the Republican National Convention focused on the party’s No. 1 issue — immigration. Donald Trump scuttled a bipartisan Senate bill on immigration and border security just so he could campaign on the immigration crisis at America’s southern border. And now, immigration permeates every plank of the Republican platform. Although anti-immigrant policies have become standard conservative talking points, like many things MAGA they are rooted in the racism and twisted theology of Christian nationalism.

The Theology Behind the Christian Nationalist View on Immigration

When Georgians head to the polls in November to help pick the next U.S. president, most of them will probably pull the lever for President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

Third party candidates Kennedy Jr., West file petitions to appear on Georgia ballot

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Pillen says he'll call a 'winner take all' special session if votes are there

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Pillen says he'll call a 'winner take all' special session if votes are there

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