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‘That was my home’
SAN DIEGO — Tracy Bennett has packed up and moved her tent and possessions so many times when the city periodically clears her sidewalk encampment, she jokes she could run her own moving company. The black canopy that she’s wrapped in blue tarps and filled with blankets, food, a coloring book and the rest of […] The post ‘That was my home’ appeared first on Stateline.
Grassroots groups help Medicaid recipients regain lost coverage
Eight months after states started dropping millions of low-income families from Medicaid rolls, grassroots groups say they are leading the push to re-enroll people denied coverage for bureaucratic reasons. Nationwide, more than 12.5 million people have lost coverage since April. That’s when the federal pandemic provision that had required states not to drop anyone from the rolls expired and states […] The post Grassroots groups help Medicaid recipients regain lost coverage appeared first on Stateline.
5 Southern states had most of the nation’s population growth
Southern states continued to get the lion’s share of new residents this year as Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina added almost 1.2 million people among them. The South was the only region that drew net new residents from other states. Meanwhile, the national population grew by 1.6 million people from births and […] The post 5 Southern states had most of the nation’s population growth appeared first on Stateline.
‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but critics question the need
Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the state had lost billions to organized theft was a myth manufactured by retailers themselves, Haywood argued. Now...
This group wanted to train more Democratic women for office. Growth came with a cost.
This story was originally published by The 19th. When it comes to training and recruiting Democratic women to run for office, no organization comes close to Emerge America. By the 2016 election, Emerge’s fingerprints were all over victories for Democratic women in almost two dozen states. And fueled by a backlash from women to former […] The post This group wanted to train more Democratic women for office. Growth came with a cost. appeared first on Stateline.
More Hispanic families are reaching the middle class
The Hispanic middle class has grown faster than the white or Black middle class in the past decade and has reached near-parity with the white middle class in seven states, according to a new Stateline analysis. Between 2012 and 2022, the percentage of Hispanic households in the country that qualified as middle class grew from […] The post More Hispanic families are reaching the middle class appeared first on Stateline.
Corporations could consume tens of billions of dollars from opioid settlements
This story was produced by KFF Health News. The marketing pitches are bold and arriving fast: Invest opioid settlement dollars in a lasso-like device to help police detain people without Tasers or pepper spray. Pour money into psychedelics, electrical stimulation devices and other experimental treatments for addiction. Fund research into new, supposedly abuse-deterrent opioids and […] The post Corporations could consume tens of billions of dollars from opioid settlements appeared first on Stateline.
Flagship public universities likely to cut more humanities, staff — especially in rural states
First in an occasional series on academic changes in state-funded colleges and universities. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taya Sullivan, 20, is a freshman at West Virginia University, double majoring in neuroscience and Spanish. She also has a campus job in a linguistics lab, building on her majors and earning money she needs to continue her studies. […] The post Flagship public universities likely to cut more humanities, staff — especially in rural states appeared first on Stateline.
The future of ‘cap-and-trade’ carbon markets could hinge on Washington state
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Some lawmakers across the country think the future of climate policy looks like this: A growing network of states forming a carbon market, forcing polluters to pay by the ton for the greenhouse gases they emit and reinvesting the revenues into clean energy and electrification projects. Such programs, known as cap-and-trade, limit […] The post The future of ‘cap-and-trade’ carbon markets could hinge on Washington state appeared first on Stateline.
From flush to faucet: More places look to turn sewage into tap water
Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of climate change. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — After an Orange County resident flushes her toilet, the water flows through the Southern California community’s sewer system, meanders its way to the sanitation plant, has its solids removed, is piped to a wastewater […] The post From flush to faucet: More places look to turn sewage into tap water appeared first on Stateline.
Some South Dakota abortion rights groups don’t back ballot measure to restore access
This story first appeared in the South Dakota Searchlight. Some South Dakota abortion rights groups do not support a potential ballot measure that aims to restore those rights. The groups say they have concerns about the measure’s language and the way it was drafted. “We are not telling people to donate, or volunteer,” said Samantha […] The post Some South Dakota abortion rights groups don’t back ballot measure to restore access appeared first on Stateline.
How many inmates return to prison? Inconsistent reporting makes it hard to tell.
Several states this year have reported lower rates of recidivism, showing that fewer convicted criminals are being re-arrested after leaving prison. But those statistics hardly tell the full story. Recidivism rates across the country can vary greatly because of how they’re defined, how the data is collected and how it’s...
States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people
Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question: “Do you have naloxone that I can pick up today?”. Mississippi enacted a law authorizing pharmacists to sell the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone...
Police officers can help prevent domestic violence killings by asking the right questions
For help, call 800-799-7233, or text “START” to 88788 for the 24/7 National Domestic Violence Hotline. Today, Andreae Lloyd’s family will mark the second anniversary of her death. Just after midnight on Dec. 7, 2021, police say, Xavier Johnson, Lloyd’s boyfriend, knocked on the door of the Miami-area group home she managed, where she was working an overnight […] The post Police officers can help prevent domestic violence killings by asking the right questions appeared first on Stateline.
After Clean Water Act ruling, states that want to protect affected wetlands need millions
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped federal oversight from millions of acres of wetlands long protected under the Clean Water Act. Now, erecting safeguards to ensure those waters are not polluted, drained or filled in by developers falls to the states. They’re finding that it’s not easy. “States and tribes already didn’t have enough funding to support […] The post After Clean Water Act ruling, states that want to protect affected wetlands need millions appeared first on Stateline.
This land is our land: States crack down on foreign-owned farm fields
Andy Gipson gets concerned even when American allies such as the Netherlands and Germany invest in large swaths of Mississippi’s farmland. “It just bothers me at a gut level,” he said. For Gipson, Mississippi’s commissioner of agriculture and commerce, the growing trend of foreign ownership could threaten what he views as the state’s most valuable […] The post This land is our land: States crack down on foreign-owned farm fields appeared first on Stateline.
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