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Understanding changes to Medicaid and Medicare costs and access

Johns Hopkins U shares details: How New Federal Legislation Will Affect Health Care Costs and Access for Americans: Two health policy experts explain provisions in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act that affect Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. Also see Health Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law

Discrimination & AI protections removed from ARPA privacy bill

Source: Wikipedia WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, House co-sponsors of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) reportedly will announce a hearing on Thursday to mark up the legislation in the Energy and Commerce Committee. A discussion draft of APRA was first released in April.The most recent draft no longer includes critical civil-rights protections that are needed to ensure that even when companies…

Free speech under attack in Georgia and around the country

Rolling Stones reports that in “the largest, most sustained attack on free speech since the Civil Rights Movement, Georgia has indicted 61 protestors of Cop City” and Atlanta City officials have tried to shut down residents’ attempts to put “the construction of the facility on a ballot referendum … The Civil Rights Movement was founded on the need to bring attention to long-ignored, suppressed…

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NJEDA grant can get real estate projects to the finish line

The NJEDA's Construction Inflation Fund can close funding gaps and help get real estate projects finished.

Maybe you had a construction project underway that COVID put a stop to, and three years later rising costs are a funding obstacle you cannot overcome. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)‘s Construction Inflation Fund can close that funding gap and help get your real estate project finished. The $10 million Construction Inflation Fund is a competitive grant program created to…

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Governor Murphy appoints Tahesha Way as New Jersey Lt. Governor

Governor Phil Murphy today announced Secretary of State Tahesha L. Way as the next Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. In a ceremony in the New Jersey Executive State House, Lieutenant Governor Way was sworn into her new role, which she assumes after the unexpected passing of Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver on August 1, 2023.“Sheila Oliver was the greatest partner in government I could have…

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Peggy Shephard Tells About Her Harlem EJ Group's Astonishing Accomplishments

The WE ACT grassroots organization Peggy Shephard founded in Harlem, New York City has brought extraordinary benefits to the community: they have transformed the once filthy and decrepit Harlem piers into a gem of a neighborhood park, forced the city to upgrade its entire bus fleet to a cleaner diesel system, spearheaded robust community engagement activities and have led initiatives to bring…

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New Jersey schools will provide free menstrual products for students

Recognizing that access to affordable menstrual products is key to the health and education success of New Jersey students, Governor Phil Murphy signed Bills (S-1221/A-1349) on 23 August 2023, requiring school districts to provide menstrual products free of charge in every public school with students in grades six through twelve. This legislation builds on the Murphy Administration’s ongoing…

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The Naked Man Orchid is a real flower

@Natgeo photo of the naked man orchid (Orchis Italica) looks exactly like its name. It even has little eyes. So startling that nature would mimic a human body so precisely. Photo by Javier Aznar Photography @javier_aznar_photography.

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SanDisk SSDs are failing and becoming big paperweights

Photographers and videographers enjoy the speed and storage capacity of SanDisk’s solid state drives (SSDs). Unfortunately, these disks have a growing history of total failure, where the data on them gets wiped out. And by the way, some of those failed disks are replacements issued by SanDisk’s current owner Western Digital – for other disks that also failed. Yeeps! The Verge advises: “If you’re…

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Free community lead awareness sessions given by the EPA

Para información en español sobre Conciencia comunitaria sobre el plomo visite: espanol.epa.gov/plomo/conciencia-comunitaria-sobre-el-plomo. The EPA is offering two types of lead training sessions: 1/ Understanding Lead training is perfect for community members who want to learn more about lead, its impacts, and actions that can reduce and prevent potential lead exposure. 2/ Community…

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Flying taxis could be here in 2026

Completely electric flying taxis called eVTOLs (for electric vertical take-off and landing) could be in use in the United States by 2026

Completely electric flying taxis called eVTOLs (for electric vertical take-off and landing) could be in use in the United States by 2026. United Airlines has already advance purchased 200 of them to air-taxi folks above LA traffic to the airport and has also investigated a significant amount of money for developing the technology that flies them. Depending on your perspective, the air taxis look…

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New Jersey tiene $450 para regalar a los inquilinos

Inquilinos que arrendaron apartamentos en New Jersey en 2019 puedan ser eligibles para recibir un pago de $450 del Estado de New Jersey y la solicitud es sumamente fácil para llenar.

Inquilinos que arrendaron apartamentos en New Jersey en 2019 puedan ser eligibles para recibir un pago de $450 del Estado de New Jersey y la solicitud es sumamente fácil para llenar. Pero solamente un cuarto de los inquilinos eligibles han sometido solicitudes. Someta la suya antes del 31 de enero. Para mayor información Haz clic el enlace ‘Translate’ ubicado en la esquina superior derecha de…

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A special hand motion might be a distress signal

This is a hand signal victims of sexual and domestic violence may use to signal that they are in trouble Bystanders that witness this gesture are encouraged NOT to approach the situation but to call law enforcement right away. For more information visit https://www.verywellhealth.com/tiktok-distress-hand-signal-5210298

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Videos by Ari Lopez Wei

Ari is a photographer/videographer and a living historian who educates the public about the lives of colored and black soldiers in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and WWI. See Ari’s fotos on Instagram and his blog. Newville Reenactment 2017 Alina & Gary Wedding Highlight Video

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California women being charged with murder for stillborn births

In 2018 the State of California found Adora Perez guilty of manslaughter for the death of her stillborn baby and jailed her for four years. In 2019, another grieving mother was also accused of murder for her stillborn baby. The Cut writes, “Perez could easily have spent 11 years incarcerated if another woman had not been charged under nearly identical circumstances. In November 2019, Chelsea…

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NJ bill requiring school sustainability plans advances out of committee

Trenton – In an effort to ensure New Jersey schools are meeting the state’s environmental goals, the Senate Education Committee today advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Bob Smith that would require school districts to include an environmental sustainability plan in their long-range facilities plan. “There are currently close to 600 school districts in New Jersey, and while they all vary…

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Amanda Gorman's "Hymn for the Hurting"

Amanda Gorman’s “Hymn for the Hurting”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/amanda-gorman-uvalde-poem.html A poem to help America heal.

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