Tag: Government programs
Deep-red Idaho sees growing clash between GOP and far right
BOISE, Idaho — The dream world for Idaho’s ascendant far right is one where state lawmakers run a sovereign nation-state free of federal oversight....
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Evers launches bid for second term
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers made it official Saturday, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he...
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending
President Joe Biden portrayed the May jobs report as a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and education to keep growth going...
Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, on Saturday to help him encourage Americans to sign up...
Maryland man gets 6 years for $1 million in fraud schemes
BALTIMORE — A Maryland man was sentenced to more than six years for a series of fraud schemes that cost victims more than $1...
Biden administration reassessing part of Georgia health plan
ATLANTA — The Biden administration is reevaluating a plan by Georgia officials to overhaul how state residents buy health insurance under the Affordable Care...
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending
President Joe Biden portrayed the May jobs report as a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and education to keep growth going...
Opposition: Belarusian dissident forced to confess on TV
WARSAW, Poland — The Belarusian opposition said Friday a dissident journalist was coerced to appear in a video on state TV in which he...
Indiana county hit by HIV outbreak could end needle exchange
INDIANAPOLIS — A rural southern Indiana county that was the epicenter of the state’s worst-ever HIV outbreak driven by intravenous drug use is poised...
Advocates in US push new efforts to bring back deportees
MIAMI — Jesus Lopez says he feels like a stranger in the place he was born.
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