Texas to begin gathering noncitizen treatment data from hospitals statewide
Starting November 1, Texas Governor Greg Abbott will require hospitals in the Lone Star State to disclose information about non-citizen patients. Abbott plans to report findings collected by public hospitals in Texas to the federal government, blaming federal border policies for $3 billion in uninsured care across the state. Under Executive Order GA-46, the Texas […]
WATCH LIVE: Georgia leaders update on impact of Hurricane Helene statewide | FOX 5 News
Governor Brian Kemp will join Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) Director Chris … source
Ohio testing data integrity program on elections statewide
A pilot program targeting the accuracy of Ohio’s voter rolls is currently rolling out across the state. Secretary of State Frank LaRose recently announced a new voter data integrity program that began in six counties and is now expanding statewide. The program uses county-specific digital dashboards to identify voter registration discrepancies. Ohio is testing a […]
California advances first-in-nation plan to set water budgets for cities statewide
California officials have approved the first-ever regulations that impose long-term limits on the amount of water the state’s municipal utilities can use annually. The State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved a major water-saving measure on Wednesday that is expected to save about 500,000 acre-feet of water annually by 2040. According to the water authority, […]
Massachusetts 911 System Suffers Statewide Outage Caused by Malfunctioning Firewall
On Tuesday afternoon, Massachusetts’ emergency calling system was disrupted across the state due to a firewall failure at Comtech, the state’s 911 vendor. Ars Technical Reports The Massachusetts government issued a press release this week detailing the cause of a two-hour 911 outage that affected the entire state. According to the statement, a preliminary investigation […]
ICE Nabs 5 Illegal Immigrants Wanted For Murder In Statewide Sweep
Federal immigration authorities announced a slate of recent arrests that took five illegal immigrants wanted for murder out of American communities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested three Mexican nationals and two Honduran nationals over a two-week time period in late May and early June in Texas, the agency announced. Among those apprehended by […]
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore establishes statewide gun violence prevention center
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, signed a bill earlier this week creating the first statewide gun violence prevention center. The project is called the Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention Center and will be operated within the Maryland Department of Health. Its mission is to “strengthen and better coordinate Maryland’s public health approach to preventing […]
Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide
Child sexual abuse has been widespread and systematic for decades in Illinois juvenile detention centers, a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women who were incarcerated there as children says. This was clarified by the description that should be given. The complaint alleges gang rapes, forced oral sex, beatings and molestation of children, and […]
Pennsylvania governor announces new renewable energy standard, endorses statewide carbon-capping market
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Wednesday supported a statewide carbon trading market, but appeared skeptical of the regional markets embraced by his predecessor. Speaking in Scranton, Shapiro supported the bill pending in the state Legislature. The bill would create a state-wide carbon-capped regulated market, the proceeds of which would be paid in rebates to […]
Statewide legal sports betting underway in North Carolina
Mobile and online sports betting began across North Carolina on Monday, with several licensed gambling operators beginning to place bets, nine months after a law was enacted to allow such activities across the state. Several interactive sports betting operators and their affiliates, including some of the largest players in the growing legalized gambling field, held […]