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Med-Care EMS asked McAllen leaders to choose one of four subsidy options because of cost increases
Virginia, Nebraska, Connecticut and Mississippi could change how the benefits are paid or which diagnoses are covered
Rebecca Knick, wife of Hampton Fire Lt. Eric Knick, raised the issue after an incident where he sustained burns and was treated, but she was not notified
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The 4-page preliminary report addresses areas of Florida International University’s collapsed pedestrian bridge undergoing forensic testing. The full report is not expected for another year.
A black woman thrown down by an Austin police officer in a 2016 traffic stop has settled with the city in her excessive use-of-force court filing.
The Davidson County Judge ruled that city of Memphis did not violate Tennessee law removing three Confederate statues from two city parks late last year.
The Senate’s net neutrality repeal vote cannot overcome a presidential veto and there is much opposition in the House of Representatives to overturning FCC’s decision to do away with its 2015 rule.
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson settled with the city of Philadelphia in an April 2018 racial profiling incident at Starbucks that led to their arrest. They asked for a $200,000 entrepreneur program for public high school students. No charges were filed, and their arrest record will be expunged.
The state of Michigan released Detroit from active financial oversight after the city delivered three consecutive years of audited balanced budgets.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington rules that DHS’s decision to end a program for ‘dreamers’ does not explain why DACA is unlawful. The agency has 90 days to respond or start processing applications.
The controversial shift of VA secretary to White House Doctor Ronny Jackson is in part over concern about the doctor’s abilities to run a large agency that provides patient care and manages federal benefits for veterans and their dependents.
Sustainability
USDA officials say Trump’s ‘America’s Harvest Box’ of shelf-stable foods will cut federal costs, but state SNAP administrators say the agency is not thinking it through, questioning logistics and voicing concerns that access to nutrition could be compromised.
President Donald Trump visited Manchester, New Hampshire, to meet with the fire chief addressing the opioid crisis, announce Crisisnextdoor.gov, and talk about the death penalty for drug traffickers -- as well as Sanctuary Cities that harbor them.