In The States

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, will now cover traditional Native American health care practices for the treatment of substance abuse disorders. Native Americans continue to be disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic, with higher overdose death rates than... Read More

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that convicted felons who served their sentences must be allowed to vote in this year’s election, despite the objections of the state’s top election official. For many years Nebraska permanently barred anyone... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will headline a rally in Atlanta a week before the Nov. 5 election alongside celebrities and civic leaders focusing on engaging younger and first-time voters, as well as voters of color. The Oct. 29... Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed first-in-the-nation legislation requiring oil refineries to maintain minimum amounts of fuel to ease price spikes during maintenance outages.  The law, the result of a special legislative session that came to... Read More

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris zeroed in on former President Donald Trump 's comments suggesting the U.S. military could be used to deal with “the enemy from within” as the two presidential nominees took the fight for battleground Pennsylvania to opposite... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment for a proposed resource management plan associated with the development of a 200-MW solar farm in Washoe County, Nevada. NextEra Energy Resources, the developer of the project, has proposed... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy has announced that California is launching its first federal Home Energy Rebates program. Supported by the Inflation Reduction Act, the California launch is part of a nationwide initiative to provide $8.8 billion in federal... Read More

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — A New Jersey nonprofit has introduced a new assessment tool to help small- and medium-sized companies in the state get involved in the growing offshore wind energy sector. The new tool, called the New Jersey Manufacturing... Read More

A Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart Friday morning after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state. B. Braun Medical's manufacturing site and distribution center in Daytona Beach were not seriously impacted by... Read More

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama will headline a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state of Pennsylvania Thursday evening, the first stop of several at which he is expected to urge Democrats to turn out... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, and whipping up a barrage of tornadoes. It caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by... Read More

WASHINGTON — Fourteen attorneys general claimed in lawsuits they filed Tuesday against social media company TikTok that its platform is addictive for children and hurts their mental health. TikTok advertises itself as a safe social media platform for young persons.... Read More

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a postcard-writing pizza party to help turn out voters there. Leaning against the... Read More

TOPEKA, Kan. — Health officials in Kansas have launched a new “behavioral risk factor” dashboard to make it easier for public health professionals, researchers and residents to find and interpret the results of the state’s annual health survey. Each year,... Read More

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 17 bills into law on Tuesday, a number of which have a direct bearing on health care in the state. “These bills will make a real difference in people’s lives by expanding... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday called former President Donald Trump “incredibly irresponsible” for spreading falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene 's destruction, offering especially sharp words as a new storm bears down on Florida with just weeks until Election Day. "There’s a... Read More

WASHINGTON — As sure a sign of autumn as pumpkins decorating the front porch, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court returned to work on Monday, beginning the term with a civil rights case involving the denial of unemployment benefits.... Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Milton strengthened into a major hurricane Monday on a path toward Florida population centers including Tampa and Orlando, threatening a storm surge as high as 12 feet in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass... Read More

Sam Dutcher had just finished running errands when the 18-year-old's Honda Pilot suddenly began to accelerate, even though his foot wasn't on the gas pedal. The brake wouldn't work, he couldn't shift into neutral, and before long, the runaway SUV... Read More

SEA GIRT, N.J. (AP) — The federal government gave a key approval Tuesday to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey, even as residents in the town where its power cable would come ashore worry it could go through underground... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has directed the Defense Department to send up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers to distribute food, water and other emergency supplies to the communities that were ravaged by Hurricane Helene. The soldiers, members of an Infantry... Read More

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials say they will do everything in their power to ensure that voters in the crucial presidential swing state will be able to cast their ballots despite the devastation of Hurricane Helene and the destruction... Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state's abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order... Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across... Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that $5.5 million in grants are available to New York municipalities to support their efforts to install electric vehicle chargers, including hydrogen fuel filling station components and Level 2 and direct current fast... Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — On Tuesday, Louisiana will become the first state in the U.S. to categorize two widely used abortion pills as “controlled dangerous substances.” Opponents argue the classification could have catastrophic impacts in a state that already has a... Read More

PERRY, Fla. (AP) — A crisis unfolded in Asheville as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast. The death toll from the... Read More

SAN FRANCISCO — A new ranking of the best and worst states in the United States for health care in 2024 finds the healthiest Americans have access to health care services and affordable insurance to pay for it. The grades... Read More

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life... Read More