Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 ...

Kansas tribe ends nearly $30 million deal with ICE

A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism.

Judge: Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revocation

A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she challenges her arrest and detention by the Trump administration. Rümeysa Öztürk, a ...

“Mayor, don’t be ugly,' councilmember says in debate over expediting plan to name risky apartments

Council Member Letitia Plummer wanted a database of Houston's most dangerous apartments but that proposal has since been ...
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Locally Sourced Chum

The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data. Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Recently, on the website of USA Today, I asked a generative AI chatbot called DeeperDive a question ...

Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation that was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s is facing widespread outrage ...
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UConn retained search firm for football coaching hire. Here's what the school got for $60K

UConn has used Parker Executive Search in the past. The athletic matchmaking giant helped the Huskies hire Benedict to ...