Kentucky Official Says State Is Safe to Visit Amid Outbreak
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Asian tick’s New Jersey foothold … Ohio cities find compromise on telecom bill … North Dakota governor covers costs of his official travel … and Kauai recovers.
A Legal Quirk Means You Can Be Dead in New York But Alive in New Jersey
All 50 states recognize that someone is legally dead once they are brain dead, but the Garden State has a rather large exemption.
A Salmonella Recall Is Affecting 207 Million Eggs Across the U.S.
About 1 million people in the U.S. get sick from salmonella every year, with about 19,000 people hospitalized and 380 deaths.
Some Good News (For Once) About the Nation’s Opioid Abuse Crisis
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Okla. teachers declare victory … Calif. city manager accused of unlawful recordings … N.M. small towns oppose faster internet … and Florida sees uptick in sinkholes.
To Curb Rising Health Insurance Costs, Some States Try 'Reinsurance Pools'
In its first year, Minnesota's reinsurance pool has performed even better than expected.
A Single Judge Just Gave California Coffee Sellers a Huge Headache
The eight-year court battle stems from a state law that requires businesses in the Golden State to warn consumers of chemicals in their products that have been linked to cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
New Report Ranks Cities on Their Local Food-Truck Regulatory Regimes
A timely Chamber of Commerce index looks at city hall rules from an entrepreneurial perspective.
Trump’s Opioid Crisis Looks Similar, Yet Altogether Different From State and Local Experience
The president’s speech in New Hampshire had a mix of bipartisan solutions, along with highly political ideas and rhetoric that could destroy broad support for his initiative.
Advocates Offer New Remedy for Health Care Woes as a Bridge to Single Payer
“Universal coverage is within our grasp” in California, but the overall cost is yet to be determined.
Medicaid Makes Up Largest Share of Grants to States
Mix of total funding from federal grants varied by state
Aid-in-Dying Gains Momentum as Erstwhile Opponents Change Their Minds
New Jersey is one of at least 25 states considering aid-in-dying bills this year.
States Want More Money and Less Punishment Over Opioids
“To fully address the crisis we have to treat it as a health care issue, as a child welfare issue and as a drain on our local economies,” said U.S. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state.
Lessons From Kentucky’s Public Health Surveillance and Community Prevention
The National Governors Association selected seven state governments to participate in a learning lab and receive technical assistance.
Governors Want Room to Shape Health Care Innovation
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper are making a second, bipartisan attempt at improving Obamacare and affordability.
Elder Abuse Is the ‘Silent Epidemic of Our Time’
The opioid abuse crisis may be contributing to a ‘staggering’ spike in adult protective services caseloads. And local officials fear the problem will only get worse.
Good News: Overdose Deaths Fall in 14 States
But the bad news: “But we’re still seeing rates of overdose that are leaps and bounds higher than what we were seeing a decade ago and far beyond any other country in the world.”
Trump’s Historic Medicaid Shift Goes Beyond Work Requirements
All the states requesting Medicaid work requirements are led by Republican governors who tout the “it’s a trampoline, not a hammock” approach to the social services safety net.
The Rush to Replenish Blood Supplies After Mass-Casualty Events
An estimated 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood. Less than 10 percent of that population actually do.
Why Police Backing Is Key to Needle Exchanges
Nationwide, the list of syringe exchanges, both official and unofficial, has grown by about 15 percent a year for the past three years, with the fastest growth in Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio.
Trump Picks White House Deputy Chief of Staff as the Next ‘Drug Czar’
But Jim Carroll has no prior public health experience.
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