Tag: Government programs

Appeals court upholds rationing of hepatitis C treatment

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CINCINNATI — The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in...

Judge extends order halting WVa needle exchange law

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A federal judge Thursday extended a temporary restraining order on West Virginia's new law that tightens requirements on needle exchange programs. ...

FDA trims use of contentious Alzheimer’s drug amid backlash

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WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators on Thursday approved new prescribing instructions that are likely to limit use of a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug. ...

Kentucky’s Attica Scott challenges US House budget chairman

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FRANKFORT, Ky — State Rep. Attica Scott, one of two Black women in Kentucky's legislature, announced Wednesday that she'll try to unseat longtime Democratic...

Indiana delays unemployment benefits despite judge’s ruling

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that it still hasn’t decided how to continue payment of federal unemployment benefits, more than...

California delays considering supervised sites for drug use

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers will wait until next year to continue considering a bill that would give opioid users a place to inject...

Warnock balances partisanship with broad pitch ahead of 2022

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SMYRNA, Ga. — On Capitol Hill, Sen. Raphael Warnock blasts Republicans’ push for tighter voting rules as “Jim Crow in new clothes,” while his...

Race is on to get rental assistance out to avert evictions

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BOSTON — More than $7,000 behind on rent, Tyesha Young had hoped a program in Louisiana would bail her out and allow her family...

UK urged to defer winding down of salary support program

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LONDON — Business leaders and unions joined forces Thursday to urge the British government to maintain a salary subsidy program that is being wound...

Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A voter-approved expansion of Medicaid took effect Thursday in Oklahoma after a decade of Republican resistance in a state that has...