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April 12, 2018 at 7:33 am

Report: Many state pension systems have huge funding gaps

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A public employee pension crisis for state governments has deepened to a record level even after nearly nine years of...

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April 12, 2018 at 7:01 am

Opioid trials to begin in 2019 as settlement is also pushed

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge with an audacious plan to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by local governments against the drug industry over...

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In a Wednesday, March 14, 2018 photo, Kara Eastman speaks at a fundraiser for her campaign at the Omaha Design Center, in Omaha, Neb. Thirteen women are on the list released Thursday of primary candidates for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia, pushing the number of women on ballots for U.S. House seats this year to 309. That tops the 2012 record of 298 female House candidates. (Matt Dixon/Omaha World-Herald via AP) NEOMA201 NEOMA201

April 5, 2018 at 10:35 am

Women file to run for U.S. House seats in record numbers

After Virginia released its candidate list Thursday, a total of 309 women from the two major parties have filed candidacy papers to run for the...

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February 27, 2018 at 12:57 pm

DOJ to support lawsuits against companies selling opioids

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it will support local officials in hundreds of lawsuits against manufacturers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers...

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February 12, 2018 at 4:30 pm

Opioid makers gave $10M to advocacy groups amid epidemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications'...

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January 30, 2018 at 10:33 am

As opioid crisis grows, judge aims for solutions, settlement

The goal is impressive: Hammer out a legal deal that starts guiding the nation out of an epidemic of opioid addiction. How and when that...

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January 18, 2018 at 9:00 am

Governors ask Trump, Congress to do more on opioid crisis

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — Less than three months after President Donald Trump declared the U.S. opioid crisis a public health emergency, the nation's governors...

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January 11, 2018 at 11:41 am

US gives $2B to help homeless amid plans to cut housing aid

President Donald Trump's administration announced $2 billion in grants Thursday for local agencies trying to help the homeless even as the government proposes deep cuts...

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January 10, 2018 at 1:49 pm

Judges rule Pennsylvania can keep congressional map

Pennsylvania can keep its congressional map, a judicial panel in Philadelphia ruled Wednesday, rejecting an argument from a group of Democratic voters who contended it...

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January 6, 2018 at 8:22 am

Trump’s actions re-ignite states’ rights debate VIEW

Lawmakers and others in Democratic-leaning states have been howling over the past year about actions by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans that they say...

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