4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (312+ words) California regulators ordered Health Net to fix how it’s handling the termination of assisted living services for low-income residents after the insurer’s abrupt decision left patients and providers scrambling. The state’s corrective action plan requires Health Net to extend services…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (264+ words) Attorneys for the New Mexico Department of Justice are expected to make their opening arguments Wednesday in the state’s case against Facebook for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Attorneys general across the nation joined multi-state lawsuits against…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (710+ words) Spring City Pharmacy is stocked with medications, hardware supplies, cards, household goods and runs an old-school soda and ice cream bar. Brad Magg and his business partners decided to keep the pharmacy running in downtown Colfax because they remember it…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1668+ words) Kayla Essen prayed she’d get arrested. The 32-year-old from Sioux Falls said she had been on and off drugs since she was in high school — fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and meth. Addiction was the only thing she was destined for, she…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (635+ words) The Colorado River’s Upper Basin states are not required to make mandatory water cuts that the federal government imposed on the Lower Basin. But that piece of good luck doesn't guarantee smooth sailing for Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (257+ words) © zimmytws - iStock-2206705589 Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds for gender-affirming healthcare. Congress granted states the authority to determine which healthcare services its public insurance programs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1242+ words) President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections. The order directed the U.S. Postal Service to strictly regulate the envelope design of…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (274+ words) As early as next year, Texas college students could start earning a degree in three years. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is working on a statewide plan for all public universities to offer accelerated 90-credit-hour degree programs. Governor Greg…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (561+ words) Democratic California lawmakers are pushing a last-minute bill to ban federal agents from using electric shock gloves, becoming one of the first states in the nation to respond to reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to purchase thousands of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (229+ words) Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport officials announced plans Friday to rename the airport in Dolly Parton’s honor. Lee discussed the idea this week with Parton’s team after the legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist died at age 80, and…...