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Can Washington’s agriculture industry survive on H-2A workers?
Many of the state’s 340,000 undocumented immigrants work in the agricultural sector. For farmers, mass deportation could exacerbate labor shortages. by Reneé Dìaz Wenatchee World / February 18, 2025 In Washington, agriculture is a cornerstone of the local economy, and labor shortages in agriculture have become a pressing concern. With the potential for mass deportations under policies proposed…
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Arizona Two Spirit Powwow empowers community amid growing anti-trans legislation
Brandelyn Clark Feb. 24, 2025 PHOENIX – The Arizona Two Spirit Powwow returned to Phoenix on Saturday to spotlight Indigenous LGBTQ+ and two-spirit people for a day of cultural celebration and community. Hosted at South Mountain Community College, the event welcomed dancers, drum groups and attendees from across the region. More than just a traditional…
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Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters
After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows. Feb. 23, 2025, 6:00 AM CST / Updated Feb. 23, 2025, 2:10 PM CST By Ash Reynolds As Reda Rountree and her family packed their bags and prepared to flee their…
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Genetic info would be shielded from life, disability, long-term care insurance under Nebraska bill
Feb 20, 2025 | 12:45 pm ET By Zach Wendling LINCOLN — Brandi Muhle was 9 years old when her 35-year-old mother, an Omaha police officer and a marathon runner, was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Muhle said her mother, Kamie K. Preston, never smoked or drank and was “the picture of perfect health.” Preston fought and…
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Indiana is one of 17 states suing over a federal law that protects students with disabilities
Dylan Peers McCoy Feb 17, 2025 Indiana is one of several conservative states asking a Texas court to declare unconstitutional a 52-year-old federal law that offers crucial protection for people with disabilities, including students. Conservative attorneys general in 17 states filed a lawsuit in September that they say aims to reverse a Biden-era regulation from the U.S.…
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RFK Jr.’s history of medical misinformation raises concerns over HHS nomination
Keesha Middlemass February 6, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated by President Trump to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). On February 4, Kennedy passed a critical hurdle in a party-line vote, and his nomination was sent to the full Senate. During his confirmation hearings, senators revisited…
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Florida Removes 1.3m People From Health Care Plan
Published Feb 09, 2025 at 5:00 AM EST By Hugh Cameron To watch video report, Click Here. Over one million Floridians have had their health insurance revoked as a result of a nationwide disenrollment from coverage that was previously safeguarded as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrolment in Florida has fallen from…
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Republican states claim zero abortions. A red state doctor calls that ‘ludicrous’
States reported a sharp decline in abortions after Roe v. Wade was overruled. By Sarah Varney February 13, 2025, 2:51 PM In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, was zero. In South Dakota, too, official records show…
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Missouri prison nursery opens to bipartisan fanfare with goal of keeping mothers with babies
‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,’ said one caregiver in the prison nursery By: Anna Spoerre – February 3, 2025 5:55 am VANDALIA — Tara Carroll gave birth to her daughter in 2022 while…
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