Delaware Hospitals Resist Spending Oversight Bill
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Delaware's House of Representatives has proposed a bill that would create a state board to oversee hospital spending and control health care costs. The Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board would approve annual hospital budgets from 2026, using a variety of criteria such as state health care spending benchmarks and financial health of…
Brown Lands Major Investment for Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Plant
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown announced a significant investment in the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works…
Trump’s Hush Money Case Hearing & Bond Deadline in Fraud Case
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Former President Donald Trump has been given an additional 10 days to post his bond in his appeal against…
Johnson Seeks a Strategy on Ukraine, Promising the U.S. Will ‘Fulfill Its Duty’
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Speaker Mike Johnson is caught in a difficult position as he aims to organize aid for Ukraine while facing opposition within his own party. Mr. Johnson, who has privately expressed a desire to send aid to Ukraine despite his past votes against it, is under pressure from members like Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who filed a…
UPHP Crowned No.1 Medicare-Medicaid Plan Nationwide – Survey
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The 2023 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey has rated Upper Peninsula…
$6B invested by Energy Dept to cut industrial emissions
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to invest up to $6 billion to lower emissions from industrial…
IRA Funds Back 138 New Conservation Easements
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing about $138 million from the Inflation Reduction Act into 138 new climate-smart conservation easements as part of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The conservation easements aim to preserve wetlands, grasslands, and prime farmlands, supporting climate-smart…
Medi-Cal Falls Short in Expanding Quality Healthcare in California
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California became the first state to open its Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, to all undocumented immigrants,…
Portillo’s Beef Bus Arrives in Ann Arbor: Delight in Tasty Treats
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Chicago-based chain, Portillo's, brought its Beef Bus tour to Ann Arbor, serving locals their iconic…
Clean Energy Tax Credits Ignite Manufacturing Boom
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The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 has spurred nearly $11 billion in new clean energy investment in Michigan and $118 billion in private-sector investments across the country. The law offers tax credits for governments and private companies on clean energy projects, facilitating the announcement of 292 major new projects…