Like many modern humans, especially those of us who are regularly bombarded by various technologies, I spend way too much time being distracted by “stuff” that doesn’t really matter, from news feeds to emails and text messages and what we’ve come to call social and streaming media—not to mention more traditional forms of the entertainment […]
Utah should not let federal funding formulas dictate the level of investment in our children and families. In order to fulfill the House Majority 26 Policy Priority to “continue aligning policy to support marriage and family stability, cut costs for families, and cultivate a culture that encourages and makes it easier to raise children,” Utah must […]
Democrat Tina Kotek’s second television spot of her gubernatorial re-election campaign focused most directly on the unlikely subject of food banks. But the unsubtle subtext of the ad was the president. After noting that she had once worked at the Oregon Food Bank, the rest of her narration said this: “that’s why President Trump’s cuts […]
Coloradans for a long time have understood that the Trump administration is punishing their state out of political spite. Now there’s proof. It was always shocking to think that an American president could so subvert democracy as to use taxpayer money to extort a whole state, but direct evidence demands the victim move beyond disbelief […]
Arizona school vouchers that are pulling $1 billion away from students in K-12 public schools are here to stay, whether we like it or not. And, unfortunately, they’ll stay with no real oversight that taxpayers like me might expect, leaving parents with remarkable discretion over how our public money is spent. What are we supposed […]
Oak Grove, Minnesota, has petitioned the state Supreme Court to settle a dispute with Anoka County over which of the two jurisdictions can designate the use of electronic voter rosters — as opposed to paper rosters — in county, state and federal elections held at Oak Grove’s polling places. Anoka County has mandated all precincts in […]
I’ve lived my whole life in Lansing. I’m a father of two, a grandfather of six and I work at an assisted living community. My work is rewarding because it allows me to help older adults maintain their autonomy, dignity and quality of life – I like making that possible for them. I’ve always believed […]
More than 300,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage. Ninety-two percent of them weren’t found ineligible. They lost coverage because of paperwork. That number should shape how Missouri prepares for federal Medicaid work requirements, which take effect Jan. 1, 2027. A proposal to write work requirements into the state constitution passed the Republican-led House this year but […]
For a patient with a high risk of a cancer diagnosis, the most frightening part of an extra scan should be the result, not the bill that may arrive weeks later. Oklahoma’s new cancer coverage laws, Senate Bill 109 and House Bill 1389, became law last year. They were written around a simple idea: no […]
People with disabilities are hearing the words ‘institutionalization’ and ‘Olmstead’ daily. This shift in the way policymakers openly discuss the segregation of people with disabilities naturally follows nationwide budget cuts to home and community-based services. If people with disabilities cannot get the services and supports they need to live independently in their homes and communities, […]
