Maryland, Ohio, and Virginia receive funding opportunity The Department of the Interior recently announced that $74 million has been made available to reclaim abandoned mines in Maryland, Ohio,…
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Major Drug Retailers Settle Opioid Lawsuits
CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens resolve thousands of lawsuits with $13.8 billion in total. CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart moved to resolve thousands of lawsuits this week that had been…
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Treasury Secretary Speaks at Ohio Manufacturing Event
She also held a manufacturing roundtable. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to Cleveland on Thursday to continue to promote the focus of President Biden’s administration on domestic manufacturing.…
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More American Workers Going on Strike
Many seek pay raises to keep up with inflation. In the past few weeks, thousands of teachers in Ohio and Washington, nursing home workers in Pennsylvania, and health…
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Defense Deputy Secretary Tours Midwest
Tours research facilities and speaks with university ROTC cadets. The Department of Defense’s Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks toured the Midwest U.S. Transportation Command in Illinois, the Air Force…
Read MoreFederal Judge Fines Drug Companies for Opioid Damages
CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens fined a combined $650 million. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has ordered the pharmacy operators CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens to pay a combined $650.6…
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Severe Weather to Affect Millions This Weekend
The skies turned green in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from storms. Large areas of the northern and eastern United States will be covered by severe weather over the…
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Supreme Court Releases Ruling in Insurance Discrimination Case
Majority decides the law doesn’t describe what counts as “inadequate” coverage. This past week, the Supreme Court ruled that an Ohio hospital’s health plan did not violate federal…
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VA Modernizes Ohio Healthcare System
Replaces 30-year-old information tracking software. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began the process of updating its electronic health record system in late 2020 and has been slowly…
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President Promotes Great Lakes Restoration
$1 billion in infrastructure funding to support clean-up. On Thursday, President Joe Biden traveled to Cleveland and Lorain, Ohio, to promote the plan to fund clean-up efforts along…
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