NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year-old from …
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday he would let the state budget bill coming to his desk become law without his signature, opening the way for …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — About 500,000 people who recently lost Medicaid coverage are regaining their health insurance while states scramble fix computer systems that didn’t properly evaluate people’s eligibility after …
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves released a proposal Thursday aimed at helping some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals, even as the Democrat who is trying to …
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is set to release a proposal aimed at helping some of the state’s financially struggling hospitals ByEMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press September 21, 2023, 12:43 …
Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising, according to figures released …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A meeting Tuesday of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics was dominated by vaccine skeptics pushing concerns about COVID-19 immunizations that are unaccepted …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature voted Thursday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s …
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare’s new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a poll shows that …
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When health care workers in California asked the state Legislature for a raise earlier this year, it seemed like the …