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Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. Hospitals, physician groups, and nursing homes across 15
House Speaker Shekarchi describes priorities in new $14.3B RI budget House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi describes the priorities in new $14.3B state budget Rhode Island House Democrats proposed a $14.3 billion budget that increases health care funding without raising income taxes on the wealthy. The budget includes a tax on second homes valued over $1
The Senate Banking Committee would shut off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding stream from the Federal Reserve to provide the vast majority of deficit reduction in reconciliation provisions released Friday. The panel posted an eight-page text that would restrict the CFPB from requesting a transfer from the Fed, according to a section-by-section explanation of
President Donald Trump signs order to cut PBS and NPR funding President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop directly funding PBS and NPR. President Trump signed an executive order to defund NPR and PBS, claiming left-wing bias. A Pew Research poll shows more Americans support continued federal funding for public broadcasting than oppose
How would a Dept. of Education closure affect Americans? U.S. President Donald Trump moved to eliminate the Department of Education. But he can’t shutter the agency without congressional legislation. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget could eliminate Head Start funding, impacting 800,000 children nationwide. In Mississippi, Head Start serves 25,000 children and 238 pregnant mothers.
In 2012, radio reporter Sophie Evan works on her Yupik News broadcast in the newsroom of KYUK Radio in Bethel. (Bob Hallinen / ADN archive 2012) As the Trump administration works to end nearly all federal support for public broadcasting in the United States, the loss of that money for the state’s 27 public radio
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 16:30 pm The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) are urging lawmakers in the House of Representatives to approve tens of billions of dollars in international humanitarian assistance in an upcoming appropriations bill. CRS Executive Vice President Bill O’Keefe provided
Donald Trump to withdraw US from World Health Organization President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), citing its handling of COVID-19, alleged political bias, and failure to reform. unbranded – Newsworthy The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is holding off on reinstating more than $200 million