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Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing...

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 11:53 AM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 22 The Kansas City Star on hubris and COVID...

FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by more than 30% last year, with two devastating surges eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most complete assessment yet of the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 22, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

Most Idaho nursing home workers unvaccinated for COVID-19

Jun. 21, 2021 04:58 PM EDT
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Less than half of nursing home workers in Idaho have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

Senate leader Phil Berger answers questions from reporters during a press conference outlining the state budget Monday, June 21, 2021 at the North Carolina Legislative Building. The budget includes tax cuts, raises and bonuses. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
Senate budget uses NC revenue boon on more tax cuts, capital

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 21, 2021 03:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is the latest sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 19, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

Reminder: Masks still required in healthcare settings

Jun. 18, 2021 04:01 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Wearing a mask is still required in a healthcare setting and is still one of the most effective tools in preventing the spread of COVID-19...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
Rutland Herald. June 14, 2021. Editorial: First in the nation Congratulations, Vermont. We did it. We moved the needle...

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is the latest sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
GOP needs new health care target; 'Obamacare' survives again

By Alan Fram Jun. 18, 2021 12:35 AM EDT

In this June 8, 2021 photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
'Obamacare' survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge

By Mark Sherman Jun. 17, 2021 10:21 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 01:23 PM EDT
Palm Beach Post. June 12, 2021. Editorial: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis errs in restricting race studies in schools At a...

Bill would permanently expand telehealth services

Jun. 13, 2021 03:18 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new bill in Washington would permanently expand telehealth services under Medicare and allow patients in rural areas without access to...

In this May 13, 2021 photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are committed to passing legislation this year to curb prescription drug prices. In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing legislation that imposes a steep tax on drugmakers refusing to deal with Medicare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
To curb drug prices, Democrats still seeking a balance

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 12, 2021 08:11 AM EDT

More than 100K Oklahomans sign up under Medicaid expansion

Jun. 11, 2021 04:41 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More than 100,000 Oklahomans have qualified for Medicaid since enrollment began this month under an expansion of the program that voters...

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, health care workers prepare the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for farm workers at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend the state's extraordinary budget surplus on correcting the most widespread financial impacts of the pandemic, pledging to give $600 payments to most taxpaying adults while committing to pay off all of their outstanding rent and utility bills. But left out of the governor's $267.8 billion budget proposal last month: Money to rebuild local public health departments, whose staffing shortages and fragmented funding were exposed by the coronavirus, impeding a more coordinated response to the crisis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
California debates public health spending as virus recedes

By Adam Beam Jun. 11, 2021 12:54 AM EDT

Cemetery and funeral workers place the coffin of a man who died of COVID-19 into a niche at the Nuestra Señora de Belen cemetery in Fusagasuga, Colombia, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
The Latest: Pot-for-shots plan stumbles in Washington state

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:58 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin

By The Associated Press Jun. 08, 2021 05:00 PM EDT
Wisconsin State Journal. June 6, 2021. Editorial: Republicans shouldn’t risk $1.5B for Wisconsin schools Wisconsin...

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, House members meet in the Statehouse, in Boise, Idaho. Mainstream and far-right Republicans are battling for control of the party and the state in the deeply conservative state. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
Far-right Idaho Republicans battle to control party, state

By Keith Ridler Jun. 08, 2021 12:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Governor Tony Evers arrives to a ceremony at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Gov. Evers made it official Saturday, June 5, 2021, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he stands as a Democratic block to the Republican-controlled state Legislature.(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Evers launches bid for second term

By Scott Bauer Jun. 05, 2021 08:55 PM EDT

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, June 4, 2021. Biden returns to the White House after spending a few days in Rehoboth Beach to celebrate first lady Jill Biden's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Aamer Madhani Jun. 05, 2021 01:17 PM EDT