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Health & Wellness August 25, 2026

California Weighs Penalties for Healthcare Providers That Don’t Rein In Costs

This article by Claudia Boyd-Barrett first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Aug 24, 2026 California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t…

Health & Wellness July 13, 2026

As GOP Cries Fraud, Newsom Backs Medicaid Spending on Housing and Food

This article by Angela Hart first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jul 13, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care November 2, 2024

‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic

This article by Christine Mai-Duc first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Christine Mai-Duc Updated October 31, 2024 Originally Published October 31, 2024 The city of Beverly Hills…

Environment January 27, 2023

How California’s ambitious new climate plan could help speed energy transformation around the world

by Daniel Sperling, University of California, Davis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] California is embarking on an audacious new climate plan that aims to eliminate…

Environment January 11, 2023

How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

by Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that…

Government & Politics August 31, 2026

GOP path to retaining US House majority narrowing as midterms near

by Shauneen Miranda, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 31, 2026 WASHINGTON — With less than 70 days until midterm elections, Democrats…

Health & Wellness August 31, 2026

ACA premium prices insuring 900K Georgians to shoot up — again

by Ariel Hart, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 31, 2026 The Affordable Care Act health insurance program that covers 900,000 Georgians…

Government & Politics August 31, 2026

Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps?

by Innisfree McKinnon, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On Aug. 27, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming Lake…

Justice August 31, 2026

Indictments against a top extremism researcher and the SPLC force a reckoning on research ethics – an extremism scholar reflects on the field’s challenges

by Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The August 2026 federal indictment of Heidi Beirich, a longtime researcher who studies political violence…

Government & Politics August 31, 2026

In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats

by Asma Uddin, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Elected officials across Texas are increasingly treating ordinary Muslim religious practice – prayer, dress,…