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Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Closer to Getting Victim Visas
Sarah Betancourt April 22, 2024 Many of the migrants who were sent to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022 have cleared a significant hurdle in their efforts to obtain visas for people considered victims of crime. That’s according to a document shared with GBH News and two attorneys who represent some of…
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Age-Based Broadway Discounts May Be Ending
By Michael Tubbs | Posted on April 20, 2024 10:00 AM Ageism Is Being Recognized As Prejudice And Age-Based Discounts May Come To An End On Broadway Of the many advantages to youth, Broadway discounts may not be at the top of the list but it’s certainly something the younger set has come to rely on over…
Read MoreWant To Enjoy Your Retirement? Consider Delaying It
APRIL 23, 2024 • ALLISON SCHRAGER The bad news is that most of us will need to work longer. The good news is that, if we do it right, most of us will want to. Retiring at 65 or even 67 is just not realistic for most people’s finances — or the government’s. So both the public…
Read MoreEEOC Weighs In On Novel Artificial Intelligence Suit Alleging Discriminatory Hiring Practices
Duane Morris LLP April 22 2024 Duane Morris Takeaways: In Mobley v. Workday, Inc., Case No. 23-CV-770 (N.D. Cal. April 9, 2024) (ECF No. 60), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a Motion for Leave to File an Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff and in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. This development follows Workday’s first successful…
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Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them.
By Jordan Rau UPDATED APRIL 24, 2024 The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so. The new rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are the most substantial changes to federal oversight of the nation’s…
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Unsheltered People Are Losing Medicaid in Redetermination Mix-Ups
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR APRIL 23, 2024 KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this northwestern Montana city. Evans said she lost Medicaid coverage in September because she hadn’t received paperwork…
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The Path to a Better Tuberculosis Vaccine Runs Through Montana
By Jim Robbins APRIL 18, 2024 A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other. The BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine, created in 1921, remains the sole TB vaccine. While it is 40% to 80% effective in…
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Medicare’s Push To Improve Chronic Care Attracts Businesses, but Not Many Doctors
By Phil Galewitz and Holly K. Hacker APRIL 18, 2024 Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing with anxiety and her other health issues. Lester credits the chats for keeping her out of…
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Haitian-American Activists Bash Biden for Resuming Haitian Deportation Flights
By Elliot Spagat | The Associated Press Published April 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM EDT The Florida Immigration Coalition is blasting the Biden administration for renewing deportation flights of Haitians to their homeland at a time when the Caribbean nation is suffering its worst humanitarian and security crisis in decades. “This deportation flight is another example of…
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