Philadelphia City Council discusses maternal health disparities | #citycouncil
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Members of Philadelphia’s City Council marked International Women’s Day on Friday with a conversation about racial disparities in maternal deaths. The Committee on Public Health and Human Services, chaired by Councilmember at-large Nina Ahmad, convened the […]
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Clintons elevate women’s voices at Arkansas summit
Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton accept an award during Variety’s Power of Women on Sept. 28. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Variety via Getty Images Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and vice chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton are hosting a “Women’s Voices Summit” in Little Rock on Friday. What’s happening: Organizers say conversations at […]
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Arkansas gets federal approval to expand Medicaid
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios The Biden administration and the Center for Medicaid Services approved an amendment expanding the state’s Medicaid program, ARHOME, at Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s request. What’s happening: The expansion will be geared toward improving maternal care, mental health services, addiction services and added support for people coming out of foster care, prison and […]
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson defends FBI in Mar-a-Lago search
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on June 27, 2022. Photo: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Gov. Asa Hutchinson defended the FBI as simply doing its job when agents seized boxes from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. He made the comments Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” What he’s saying: “We cannot say that whenever they […]
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