Wow.

The most prominent Mississippi Republican to express openness to Medicaid expansion for years has become the biggest roadblock to its passing.

My editorial about Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s dug-in position that threatens to kill the entire proposal:

mississippitoday.org/2024/04/18/del…

More excellent investigative reporting from Sara Sneath. Get this -- Shell gives LSU $25M. What does the company get in return?

The opportunity to design/influence/review university's coursework around...carbon capture. Read it -->

“For me and my Republican colleagues, it came down to a business decision. How could we, in good faith, leave billions on the table?” said conservative NC State Senator Jim Burgin #CloseTheCoverageGap #ExpandMedicaidNow #GetMississippiOffTheBottom Care4Mississippi MS State Med Assn

This is a fantastic story: 'For decades, U.S. residents with heritage from the Middle East and North Africa, which is known internationally as the MENA region, have been classified by the government as white.' Now that's going to change. -- stateline.org/2024/04/19/cen…

Here’s Sunday night’s story on why millions of people have been kicked off of Medicaid, what you can do to stay informed, and, of course, some stuff Jim Cramer was wrong about. youtu.be/bVIsnOfNfCo

Katherine Goodlow said she’s lost six friends and acquaintances to suicide, two to car crashes, and one to appendicitis. Median age of 2017-2021 Indigenous deaths in SD was 58 — 22 years younger than white South Dakotans.

From Arielle Zionts of KFF Health News
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When ProPublica began reporting on the Supreme Court, Justin Elliott and Josh Kaplan had no sources at all. But they made >1,000 calls.

“Many, many, many, many people said no to us, or just didn’t return our calls.”

So they kept calling.
The Journalist's Resource
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TODAY: Louisiana lawmakers will debate a bill that seeks to gut the state’s public records laws by barring “deliberative” government records from public access at all levels of government. Critics call it “extremely alarming” #lalege #lagov nola.com/news/politics/… via @nolanews

This week’s main story is about Medicaid, why so many people are losing access to it, how you can stay informed, and how to prove you were born. Y’know, if living and breathing doesn’t do the trick.

As soon as I read that one of the construction workers who fell into the water refused medical treatment I just knew these were immigrant men.

Because what do you mean you fell down with a bridge and just walked it off? 🙁

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In 2023, card draining and other gift card-related fraud made up $217 million of the record-high $10 billion in money lost from scams nationwide. Here's what states are doing about it: stateline.org/2024/04/15/as-… via Stateline

This is literally our country's biggest health insurer. Great digging from John Tozzi and Anders Melin bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US will soon learn how bad its PFAS crisis is. But Maine has already begun to look—and is waking up to a nightmare. For The Atlantic I spoke to a family realizing they drank toxic water for 30 years, and what it may have cost them. Maine is a warning: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

NEW: How will pending abortion bans in FL and AZ change the map of abortion access? NPR worked with Caitlin Knowles Myers to map it 👇npr.org/sections/healt…