The New West: Smoke In The Sky, A Purifier At Home
Amid forecasts for increasingly unhealthy air due to wildfire smoke, residents in Western states are snatching up home air purifiers. With good reason.
How Best to Save a Struggling City? Agency by Agency
COMMENTARY | Flint, Michigan, offered a devastating lesson in how state takeover of a city can fail. Agency control—“de-municipalization”—is a better idea.
Some Fish Are Still Full of Mercury, for a Worrying Reason
Emissions of mercury have declined, but levels in fish could still increase thanks to overfishing and a changing climate.
California Department of Education Develops First Statewide Ethnic Studies Curriculum
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Atlanta city council considers e-scooter ban … Opioid crisis causing special education rates to surge in Kentucky… Appeals court in Mississippi upholds new voting districts that give African Americans more power.
An Experimental Housing Assistance Program Produces a Striking Result
Providing customized help to housing voucher recipients in the Seattle area raised the odds participants moved to neighborhoods where kids have better economic outcomes.
Trump Shift, Backed by States, Fuels Fear of Too Few Medicaid Docs
Seventy-two million Americans rely on Medicaid for health care.
Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid
First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative. Then the student declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships. Lawmakers in Illinois are calling for an end to the loophole.
Drilling Deeper Wells is a Band-Aid Solution to Groundwater Woes
COMMENTARY | Although this seems like a logical response when usable water supplies are scarce, deeper drilling cannot go on forever.
Pregnant But Hours From a Hospital? A Push to Examine Rural Maternal Health
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | California allows religious symbols on doors … Republicans in Connecticut ask health commissioner not to weigh in on vaccines … Chicago Mayor calls for interstate gun loopholes to close.
Ohio Governor Urges State to Seize 'Window of Opportunity' on Gun Laws
Two days after a mass shooting in Dayton, Gov. Mike DeWine called for the state legislature to pass a “red flag” law, toughen background checks, and improve access to the state’s mental health system.
Real ID, Real Problems: States Cope With Changing Rules, Late Rollouts
Miscommunication between states and the feds have led to hassles for drivers in many states trying to get Real IDs.
If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs To Know
Colorado is on the front lines in dealing with how marijuana use affects surgery. Lessons learned on operating tables and in recovery rooms have prompted calls for more research on marijuana nationwide.
Could a National Buy Back Program Reduce Gun Violence in America?
COMMENTARY | Gun control policies may someday restrict new gun sales. But what impact can they have when Americans already own millions of guns?
A Plan to Keep Microbeads Out of Lake Michigan
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Florida legislator says legislature should be 50% female before an abortion vote … North Carolina bans LGBTQ conversion therapy … Idaho residents fight restrictions on ballot initiatives.
'Do Something!': Republican-led States Grapple with Responses to Mass Shootings
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he’d be open to discussing gun control proposals, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott emphasized the need to address mental health issues.
Making It Easier to Rescue Dogs Trapped in Hot Cars
Firefighters and paramedics can now legally break windows to rescue pets left in hot and cold cars under a new law in New York.
White-Nationalist Terrorism Must Be Stopped
COMMENTARY | Conservatives have not been afraid to confront extremism in our world, and we must not be afraid to confront terrorism here at home.
Drugmakers Master Rolling Out Their Own Generics To Stifle Competition
Lawmakers who created the modern generic-drug industry in the 1980s never imagined anything like this—brand-pharma companies maximizing profits by appearing to compete with themselves.
There Aren’t Enough Doctors to Treat HIV in the South
The South sees more new HIV cases than the rest of the nation combined.
When Fear of Deportation Keeps Families From Help After a Shooting
In the aftermath of the El Paso killings, some undocumented immigrants reportedly were too afraid to seek care or help locating their relatives.
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