How Resilient Is Your City? This Index Will Tell You
“Every city is unique, and each faces specific challenges,” says Arup director Jo da Silva. “But, the factors that enable cities to deal with disruption are universal.”
5 Bits of Expert Advice About Analytics and New Medicaid Rules
Some important insights from a recent seminar at the University of North Carolina.
Where Did Federal Funds for Cover Oregon Go?; N.C. May End Border Dispute With S.C.
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Federal prosecutors seek death penalty in Charleston; San Francisco remains a ‘sanctuary city'; and Boston’s sick of sick time.
To Combat Disease, States Make It Harder to Skip Vaccines
Around the country, it’s about to get more complicated for parents to exempt their children from regular vaccination.
At Rikers Island, a Legacy of Medication-Assisted Opioid Treatment
The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has the longest-running opioid treatment program in the nation. Only a few other correctional facilities have followed its example.
Route Fifty Roadmap: New Hospital Taking Shape in Vacant Mall Department Store
In Ontario, Ohio, a vast empty parking lot shows signs of life through an unusual new use for a challenging redevelopment site.
Calif.’s Undocumented Immigrant Children Get Comprehensive Health Coverage; Scared Texan vs. the DEA
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: South Carolina inmates sneak on social media; Michigan governor may have deleted Flint emails; and North Carolina’s top attorney doesn’t want to defend its ‘embarassing’ bathroom law.
Where Drinking, Drugs and Alzheimer’s Are Disproportionately Fatal
Why are falls disproportionately killing people in Northern states such as Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin? Why is Alzheimer’s disease causing relatively more deaths in Washington state?
Pa. Trims Corrections Costs by Relocating Inmates in Need of Radiation Treatment
Savings are relatively small compared to overall state corrections spending.
Alaska Food Safety Funding Faces Major Cuts; Radioactive Storage Idea Raises Questions in S.D.
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Seattle’s achievement gap; Tulsa looks at walkability; and equalizing taxes in Rhode Island.
States Require Opioid Prescribers to Check for 'Doctor Shopping'
“We in the health care profession had a lot of years to police ourselves and clean this up, and we didn’t do it.”
New Poll: Government Isn’t Doing Enough to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
Americans agree that substance abuse is one of the most serious threats to the nation’s health and government efforts to address the problem thus far have been inadequate.
Healthy School Snacks Promote Student Nutrition
Snacks bought at school can play a big role in kids’ diets and well-being, but until recently, many students did not have healthy food and beverage options readily available.
Louisiana Governor Touts Medicaid Expansion as Way to Help Cure Budget Woes
“It’s the easiest big decision I will ever make as governor,” John Bel Edwards said of his move earlier this year to expand the health care program for those with low incomes.
Big Drop in Fla. HIV Cases Raises Questions; Texas High Court Blocks Houston’s Air Quality Rules
Also in our State & Local Weekend Digest: Mysterious odors in N.Y.’s Capital Region; Cincinnati boosts municipal minimum wage; and Oklahoma’s definition of rape.
HHS Secretary Links Zika Emergency to Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis
Congress so far has not been willing to appropriate new Zika money, nor has it agreed on a solution for the Puerto Rican debt crisis, which threatens the island with default on its $72 billion debt.
An Illinois County Provides Model to Get a Pill-Disposal Program Up and Running
Lake County knew that preventing prescription drugs from getting into a water supply or the wrong hands is important. And it got help from Walgreens in its prescription turn-in efforts.
This City's Opioid Treatment Model Spawned Imitators
Responding to the opioid epidemic, a Baltimore addiction treatment center offers all medications and all levels of care.
Bernie Sanders Wades Into Philly Tax Fight; Cleveland to Pay $6 Million to Tamir Rice’s Family
Also in our State and Local Daily News Digest: Alaska state workers face pay freeze; Flint water crisis social media monitoring; and a big jump in concealed handgun permits in Sacramento.
States Step In to Help Traumatized Veterans
State officials say they are trying to bridge what they see as gaps in mental health services provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
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